Hi, I have been using fleece as my guinea pig bedding for 2 years. However, it's been a such a pain everytime i have to wash as I have hand-wash it and rinse it with water many times and squeeze the dirty water out of fleece over and over again before the water is clear n clean enough to wash in the washing machine (as I feel its extremely unhygienic to just throw the 1week worth of pee fleece into the washing machine as the washing machine is used to wash my family clothes). I spend over an hour every week just rinsing the cloth alone. Even so my parents always find it very unhygienic even after i rinse it with water. However, as I am going university soon and will be very busy and becuz I'm the sole caretaker of my guinea pigs, I personally its too much to handle and it's extremely unhygienic for me to hand wash them where my hands get soaked in thick pee+ water. As such, I'm thinking of alternatives like paper bedding, however my cage is 1.5m x 0.9m and I'm thinking if that will be extremely costly? How much do you think it will cost weekly? Other alternatives include buying a new washing machine specifically for my guinea pig though money and space is kind of an issue. I've also been reading alot on training my guinea pigs to be potty train, though I don't think my guinea pig will be receptive to it. Chubby, my younger guinea pig mostly only under his house naturally, I cant determine if that's potty train or just that cause he spent most of his time under the house... Ideally it will save so much work n trouble for me if they were both potty train and only and pee at a specific area of the cage. However, for now, given the situation, it seems like the best i can do is just make chubby's house his potty area and like what standard guide for potty training is to put a potty tray lined with newspaper and perhaps some bedding. However, I have never tried this as I always felt that it will reduce chubby comfort level as his potty place (his house) is basically where he spend most of his time at and sleep, n fleece is more comfortable than newspaper or paper bedding so it doesn't really make sense for the place he spend most of his time at to be the least comfortable area in the whole cage. It's kind of a tricky situation. Wonder if anyone have any advice to share ?