Puppy training pads vs towels

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Hi folks, I was just wondering if anyone has had much success with using puppy training pads under their fleece and how long they generally last? I've been getting tired of the massive amount of towels we use/wash/dry (my cage is 2x5 and uses 4 big bath sheets for a double layer). We also find that most of the hair that we can't shift is actually on the towels rather than the fleece. So I'm wanting to try something different and have bought some puppy training pads.

My new adopted girl is on them at the moment in her makeshift cage until she goes in with my other 2 girls. My plan is get all 3 girls together, then bring my boy in as he's past the quarantine period after being neutered. The cage will become a 3x5 etc.

So, what is everyone's experience with puppy training pads please?

**Heads up btw, Home Bargains are selling a pack of 14 pads for £2, which seems really cheap when I compare them to ones sold online.**
 
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I use Asda's 'L:ittle Angels' bed pads for toddlers. They fit my Ferplast cage bottom perfectly. I sometimes use puppy training pads, the ones I have used are from a discount store, and don't seem such good quality, so I tend to stick to the Asda ones. They don't last that long before getting really soggy, but I don't think they smell like towels do when they get wet. Hope that helps.
 
I think Puppypads are pretty small?

Anyway I layer my cage like this:

Correx is at the bottom, on top of that I put newspaper & then towels because I like the piggies to have some comfy bounce :))

Then I put a layer of Drynites or other mattress protectors, I get a pack from Poundland, they are a £1 for a pack & are large sheets you use under a child's bedding to protect the mattress in case of accidents in the night.

Then I put a cotton mattress topper/protector which I have cut & sewn to the shape of the cage. I bought mine in Tesco or Morrisons, they must not have a plastic backing though.

Then I put my fleece on top.

The towels are not really needed underneath at all, mine are never wet, I just wash them now & then for extra fluffiness rolleyes
 
Where do your guineas usually go to the bathroom? Do they have certain corners?

McMac uses his hay loft and one corner of his cage, under his ramp, for the toilet (guineas like to go in darker areas I think) and so I only need to use dish clothes or hand towels.

If you set up a dark 'den' type area they might use that part for the toilet. Not that you wont get poops elsewhere but I found McMac only wees under the ramp where it is dark
 
I tried puppy pads (I had some left from my puppy) but they are tiny, I also tried some disposable bed protectors from Asda that I was given by my brother "because it may come in handy" - apparently he sees me as a mad hoarding animal lady!

The bed protectors are much bigger than the puppy pads and worked a dream but one of my boys decided he wanted to try to eat it so I had to change over to towels.

I personally prefer the towels because they are cheaper to use and are more environmentally friendly than disposable pads and I have other pets that have fleece and things as bedding so I just chuck everything into one big wash a week.

I suppose it helps that I have a new washing machine and its kind of a bit of a novelty at the moment lol :))
 
Hi, I use mattress toppers under the fleece in my cage . The cotton ones work best. They are currently on sale in argos. £4.99 for double and kingsize cotton toppers and £1.99 a 120cm x 60cm cot mattress protector.
I change these weekly. They dont get as smell as towels and dry really quickly after washing.

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We're using bath mats which appear to be more absorbent than towels :)
 
I cut pieces of the puppy pads and put them in corners on top of the fleece. I dont use the whole thing, I use towels and then pads in corners.
 
I'm going to buy some cotton mattress toppers but for now I have changed from using towels to lots of layers of polar fleece with a nice soft fleecy blanket on top, I find the fleece doesn't smell as much as the towels did.
 
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