Fleece

[Sqiggleypig]

Hi everyone, I’ve recently bought 2 guinea pigs and bought a large cage for cooler weather and a outside run for the warmer weather. I have been using newspaper topped with wood shavings and then hay for indoors which seems fine but a little messy. Luckily they are in my sons room. But I’ve been looking and a lot of you seem to be using fleece, is this a special pet fleece? Or will ordinary fleece blankets cut down work? Thanks.

 

[Swissgreys]

Welcome to the Forum.


There are several options if you want to try fleece.
You can buy a basic fleece blanket from somewhere like BM, Ikea or Asda, wash it a few times without any form of fabric conditioner, place an absorbent layer underneath (towels, newspaper, puppy pads), lay the fleece over the top, and off you go.

You can also make or buy a complete liner, which is basically an absorbent layer sandwiched together between two pieces of fleece.
A lot of our members make these themselves, and use cotton mattress protectors as the absorbent layer.
Of course there are also online stores which sell them ready made if sewing isn't your thing.

 

[Sqiggleypig]

Thanks you

 

[VickiA]

Hi everyone, I’ve recently bought 2 guinea pigs and bought a large cage for cooler weather and a outside run for the warmer weather. I have been using newspaper topped with wood shavings and then hay for indoors which seems fine but a little messy. Luckily they are in my sons room. But I’ve been looking and a lot of you seem to be using fleece, is this a special pet fleece? Or will ordinary fleece blankets cut down work? Thanks.

Welcome to the forum
Great response from @Swissgreys. Cheapest option for a trial is to buy cheap fleece and wash it as described and then see how you get on with it. I wash all my dirty fleece in a horse wash bag. It contains all the hair/ loose strands of hay that haven’t shaken off the fleece and stops it getting into your washing machine drum.

 

[Sqiggleypig]

Welcome to the forum
Great response from @Swissgreys. Cheapest option for a trial is to buy cheap fleece and wash it as described and then see how you get on with it. I wash all my dirty fleece in a horse wash bag. It contains all the hair/ loose strands of hay that haven’t shaken off the fleece and stops it getting into your washing machine drum.

Thanks, I did wonder about putting the soiled fleece into the washing machine. I will try that.