Confused With Fleece

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Mozzy70

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Okay, I am so confused. Some sites recommend using 2 layers of fleece with 2 layers of towels while others say only use 1 layer of fleece as otherwise urine won't wick through quick enough. What are your thoughts on this? I am finding the towels get drenched within a couple of days.
 
I use one layer of fleece and then one layer of toweling (or zorb), with another layer of fleece on the bottom (sort of like a towel sandwich).

In areas that get a lot of pee I have smaller pads with 2 layers of toweling that can be easily replace.
Although in all honesty mine mostly pee in their hay trays (lined with newspaper and changed daily).

How many pigs do you have and how big is their cage?
 
I agree with what Swissgreys says.
The 2 layers of fleece means the two outer layers. So if you want to make yourself a ready made liner (to avoid having to layer things yourself), then you would have two layers of fleece, and inbetween those two layers you would have an absorbant layer, like towels. Sew all that together and voila, a ready made liner. The bottom layer of fleece is not really necessary, although it does help to keep the moisture inside, by the absorbant layer, rather than having it seep straight through onto your correx, but the other nice thing about the bottom layer of fleece is it means you can use either side of the liner as the up side. So like my one liner is purple fleece on the one side and blue fleece on the other side, that means this week I can have a purple liner in my cage, and in two weeks (becuase I would have to wash it after 1 week so would use a different one then) I can have a blue liner in my cage. One liner, two choices.

If you're just layering, however, then you only need one layer of fleece, put on top of an absorbent layer like towels.
 
2 guinea pigs in a cage that measures 110cm X 75 cm floor space. With one guinea pig who drinks a lot. Have been using one layer of fleece that is sewn to a mattress topper, over a couple of towels.
 
Sadly that cage is much too small for 2 pigs.
This is also the reason you are having to change everything so often - if they had more space you would be abe to go longer between changes.

Here is the link to a fantastic visual guide to cage sizes that might help.
Cage Size Guide
 
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