I Still Dont Understand Vetbed/profleece

[lincolnsmommy]

Firstly whats the difference between vet bed and profleece? i recently brought some profleece for my mice and its lovely and soft but sooo expensive. I can see the benfit using it with the mice but how do you manage with piggies? If i used this profleece in my piggies cage wouldnt fit in the washing machine so how do you wash it? even if it did fit wouldnt it ruin your washing machine anyway.

I can see the advantage of it as its mess free and nice to look at and feel but it doesnt seem practical.
Can someone who uses it explain how you wash it etc as i would love to give it a go

 

[moonie8404]

they are the same really but different brands

vetbed started only as white colour. Profleece had a variety of different colours. Vetbed is also stiffer than Profleece, or it used to be

I wash mine once a week in the machine - i have a 2ft by 4 ft cage and it just fits in. I have newspaer underneath and the pigs wee on their litter tray or upstairs which is aubiouise and newspaper and hay area - so they are pretty well trained piggies!

I hoove rit twice a day with a hand held pet hoover. Other ways are using a dustpan and brush or get some rubber groves to collect up the hay which can stick (my hoover does this for me - i would be lost without it and keeps it cleaner for much longer!)

Just wash it tablets, no conditioner at 40C. Simple - it dries really quickly too. have two lots so you can rotate for when you wash it.

Its such a chepaer alternative! i know when you buy it initially its alot but eventually its going to save on costs of other products, so will work out cheaper! the piggies love it too, so I'm sure any animal would!

i got mine from www.profleece.co.uk - i got the 2 pack for £55 (60x40 inch for my cage).

some people get it from online but from experience i dont like the quality, and its really stiff backing - profleece isnt like that and you can choose your colour. I have grey/charcoal, doesnt show up the mess either!