Fleece Bedding

[Annika Lord]

So, Ive heard from many places that fleece bedding for a guinea pig (esprcially in the Midwest cage, which I just set up) is amazing and makes clean up even easier. So, 1. Where the best place I can get it for cheap? 2. What's the best brand that's safe for my guinea pig?

 

[Beans&Toast]

So, Ive heard from many places that fleece bedding for a guinea pig (esprcially in the Midwest cage, which I just set up) is amazing and makes clean up even easier. So, 1. Where the best place I can get it for cheap? 2. What's the best brand that's safe for my guinea pig?

I changed to fleece recently and it is soooo much easier!
I just use a dustpan and brush to sweep up the poop.
I use old towels under the fleece to absorb urine so they're not sitting in their own pee..

It doesn't have to be expensive or fancy, (I made the mistake of getting a really fluffy teddy bear kind of fleece but that doesn't work, it needs to be just normal polyester fleece. Polar/anti pil fleece works best.

It's also best to wash it a couple times first before using to make it wick, so the moisture just absorbs instead of sitting on the fleece.

Hope that helps

 

[Annika Lord]

Thank you, this actually helped a ton!

 

[Beans&Toast]

Thank you, this actually helped a ton!

I got my fleeces from a shop called B&M (not sure if you have that where you are?) but it's was only about £2 for a square of it, about 130cm x 150cm so it's nothing too pricey at all.

I spot clean the fleece a couple times a day, just picking up any poops..
And I fully change the fleece once a week, sometimes twice depending on how much peeing they're doing

 

[ayemee]

I love using fleece as bedding. When you wash it before use make sure you only use wash powder and not any softener. This allows the fleece material to wick away the wee to the absorbent layer underneath.