Fleece Help Please

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Gonna be having indoor piggys so they will be in an old strip of carpet with pupoy pads on top then fleece on top of them but how do you stop the fleece from moving around an rucking up? And how oftenido you need to change it. Thinking of 2 or 3 piggys, going to rescue some from a center so not sure how many yet but going to take thise they find hard to rehome so could be a group.
 
Hi there and welcome.
How often you change your puppy pads and fleece will depend on the size of your enclosure and the number of piggies you have in it.

Even if you are using old carpet, I would put something like a shower curtain down first because puppy pads will leak sometimes and the carpet will quickly get smelly. You would be best off with a water proof ground sheet, then puppy pads and then layers of newspaper or towels, then fleece if you do decide to go down that route.

I change my fleece and the wet top layers of newspaper every day when i am using it (I'm always changing bedding options). It will definately need poo-sweeping every day at least and ideally twice a day or more.

My fleece is pinned down by the top of the cage, and in the run the fleece is larger than the run so the run holds it down.

Good luck :)
 
I use correx floor with newspaper on top and litter trays with hidey boxes and loads of hay. They only wee in the trays. I have used vetbed but it gets very messy very quickly so I have reverted to paper and hay. They live in half my room surrounded by a puppy pen.

You could use bricks to hold the fleece in place, or wooden blocks/logs.
 
I've been wondering about this too...we've only had our piggies since Tuesday. Half the c&c cage is covered in a fleece pad with an absorbent middle layer and the other half is newspaper with hay in places. The newspaper gets wet and smelly so quickly....was wondering if it was better to use fleece pads throughout the cage or do piggies prefer some non-fleecy area in their cage? I'm cleaning out the cage much more often than I thought I'd have to! I am keen that it doesn't begin to smell so even if I used fleece throughout I would be washing quite a lot! I am running out of newspaper supplies too! Any advice form experienced piggy owners welcome :-)
 
You can use towels then two layers of fleece for the whole cage. It needs to be changed every three days.
 
If you have all fleece...do you lay hay in places on top or just have it in a hayrack? My piggies seem to prefer the fleece snuggle sacs for sleeping rather then burrowing in the hay but feel like they should have some as well but not sure if it's needed. Thanks.
 
I have litter trays with shavings then hay at one end of the c&c then fleece everywhere else.My piggies love rummaging in it and often sleep in it.
 
I have the same set up as madguinealady and it works fine. I have puppy pads under all the fleece areas. Before I discovered the puppy pads I used cheap waterproof shower mats from IKEA which washed easily. I now use those on the carpet when the piggies are out to protect our floors.
 
Hello, new to all this. Just got my 2 little cuties. I've had them for 2 weeks today :) I have an 'outdoor' big wooden cage (that lives in my lounge), 2 floors with a big run. I've just been using sawdust bedding and loads of hay (for food and bedding) but means I have hay and saw dust all over my floor all the time. (as they love running around, popcorning and chucking it everywhere) is shredded paper or fleece better? or shall I just experiment and see what they like? Stupid question, but is just normal fleece? Wow whole new world here didn't even consider this!
 
Yes normal fleece.you wash it three times then dry it.I use vinegar to wash mine in.This allows the wee to go through the fleece onto the pads.You can get custom fleece liners on line.May be someone on here that does them.
 
Washed my fleece three times now, and it's still beading up water on it.... grrr. Gonna try this wash with vinegar instead of soap. I was using Tide. Is that that problem? I was told anti-pill fleece or blizzard fleece, 100% polyester only. Those are the best, according to the research I did. But there again, I'm really new to this too.

I have a "one pig" sized piggloo for two pigs. They come home tomorrow, so I haven't "tested" any of my set up yet, but should I bust out the giant "two pig" piggloo, even if it takes up a lot of my kitchen area?
 
nakedpiggies said:
Washed my fleece three times now, and it's still beading up water on it.... grrr. Gonna try this wash with vinegar instead of soap. I was using Tide. Is that that problem? I was told anti-pill fleece or blizzard fleece, 100% polyester only. Those are the best, according to the research I did. But there again, I'm really new to this too.

I have a "one pig" sized piggloo for two pigs. They come home tomorrow, so I haven't "tested" any of my set up yet, but should I bust out the giant "two pig" piggloo, even if it takes up a lot of my kitchen area?
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Not really sure what Tide includes in it. Is it just a fabric detergent or does it have a softener in it as well? If it has a softener/conditioner this can cause the fleece not to wick so well. Are the pigs you are getting well bonded do you know? It is always recommended to have a hidey for each pig so they can get away from each other if needs be.
 
They are well bonded. They are brothers, but are about 9 months -1 year old, so I'm hoping they are past their puberty stage and are done with any fighting.

I'm just finished washing the fleece in vinegar, so hopefully that will make all the difference. Each pig has a snuggley in the the fleece end of the cage, but I can't fit two in the kitchen/bathroom end of the cage. You think that will be enough? Should I cut the opening larger in the little pigloo, maybe?
 
I would leave it as it is for now. You will have more than enough hideys for the time being. You may find that they both want to share the same hideys quite peacefully, but having the additional 2 in there at least gives them the choice if they want to be on their own.
Hopefully they won't be too hormonal, although I don't think they are quite through the hormonal period yet- I think it can go on till about 15months if not a little longer.
 
I will be keeping a close eye on them. They have been living in a pet store size cage, poor dears. They are moving into a 2x4 C & C cage now, so I hope they enjoy the new space. But I also hope it decreases any fights rather than starts any. Their last owner says the never fight and are always together, so that's either a great sign, or they haven't hit puberty yet. Will find out soon enough!
 
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