New Foam Bedding

[Humfred]

I've tried all kinds of bedding out there but I got something new since last week. I remember seeing it on the forum a while ago, so I know its not a new idea, but last week I decided to purchase some for myself. I had been using wood shavings, but the shavings I used to get from Farm and pet place keep going up in price, although the bag size has gone smaller and the quality is crap. So I bought the foam stuff from Dunhelm Mill.

http://www.dunelm-mill.com/m/shop/pebbles-aquaflex-printed-foam-fabric-54002

I've got a 2x7 with upstairs c&c so I got 6 metres which cost me £35 and was enough to make two sets and have left overs. It's so easy to keep clean. All poops and hay just wipe off and it stays a 100% dry even though the puppy pads underneath had plenty of pee stains. The cleaning was very straight forward and took me 5 minutes. No woodshavings all over the floor anymore and I've just washed it on a short cycle and it's come out fine. The only thing I regret is that I went for a light colour which shows up stains more. Should have gone for the grey or brown, but thought the light would go better with their beds etc. Haha! I prefer it over fleece as I used to hate hay getting all over the fleece. They still have a kitchen area and an area with soft bedding and fleece, but the hayrack is over the foam which makes it so much tidier. Just thought it was worth a thread to mention it to everyone who may not have heard of it as I would highly recommend it!

 

[Bekki]

There was a thread about a year ago with this, there are a few people who use it sadly my piggies just ate it!

 

[Humfred]

Ye, I remembered it from seeing it on here. Just thought it was worth mentioning how much I love it for newer people that might not know about it. It's not an obvious bedding choice, and if I hadn't read about it on here I would have never thought of trying it! :-)

Luckily my piggies are not big chewers. They haven't touched it at all.

 

[Cavyhappy]

I've never tried it, and I'm running out of hay so if I see it I might

 

[Bekki]

Ye, I remembered it from seeing it on here. Just thought it was worth mentioning how much I love it for newer people that might not know about it. It's not an obvious bedding choice, and if I hadn't read about it on here I would have never thought of trying it! :-)

Luckily my piggies are not big chewers. They haven't touched it at all.

my first bit lasted about a week before they'd eaten most of the "ridges" to some degree, little monsters eh haha other than that it was a lovely option

 

[Lilly]

I tried the foam bedding and it worked great except that my peanut Butter started to chew it. So now they have vet bed in their regular cage and I use the foam bedding underneath fleece in their floor time run. I have hard floors and the foam bedding gives them a bit of softness while the fleece prevents them from getting at it.

Peanut Butter chews on anything plastic or rubbery so can't use it. Once I tried to get a urine sample by putting him on a puppy pad with the blue plastic side up and he just started to eat it!