Review: Vetbed

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hi,

i have a sick piggy at the moment as she has a respritory infection and i currently use wood shavings, do you think wood shavings increase the risk of infection, should i change to vetbed?
and does vet bed smell of wee if they wee on it?
thanks
 
Bought my vet bed from the cats/ dogs section in a large pet store. My pigs love it- seems to suit them especially well since they have long hair too.
 
Hi Kristie...wood shavings are particularly bad for respiritory infections as their noses are so close to it- they breathe in the dust particles etc. I bed mine on newspaper and hay with a sleeping area of vet bed- it doesn't smell but I do change it regularly.
 
Still slightly confused about Vetbed!

Been to the pet shop today and brought 1mx1m piece of vet bed!

Do you cover the entire cage with this vetbed or just part of it!

I normally use woodshavings at the moment and do get on with it but would like to save money!

Any advice welcome
Thanks
 
I'm thinking of converting to give it a go, how often does everyone wash their vet bed and would it best best to get 2 lots of alternate every week?
 
yes I have bought vet bed & been using for 2 days love it so much already have a second lot on order.

To show how good it is on the first day I had it down I must have put the water bottle at wrong angle & when I came home 3/4 had emptied into the cage. I felt the vet bed & it felt dry on top so first thought tiger must have been very thirsty. But i realised he couldn't have possibly drunk that much so lifted it up and was wet underneath & some had seeped through to the bottom of the cage. Saying that there wasn't a puddle or anything just damp all over. Also most inportantly tiger was dry!

I had to wash it of course which was easy just swept it off bunged in washing machine and replaced it with another piece. The piece I washed at 10.00pm was dry by 7.00am next morning just hung on airer (probably earlier actually)

I also have sweeped out all the poos today which was very easy & only took couple of seconds. When using shavings I would sit there for 20mins picking out poos & wees each day to stop me having to spend so much on shavings. I then had to obviously clean properly every three days which took ages as the shavings would be stained onto sides with all the wee.

I got mine from the below seller on ebay. It is a bit pricey but def worth it. You need to get two pieces though so you can put new one in the cage whilst one in the washer.

Also the chocolate colour I got is great for not showing up poos!

dogtastic_tamara0204

I give it ***** 5 stars
 
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I spoke with the manufacturers on Monday and they said for the first few times wash it on 30 degrees and after that no hotter than 40degrees.
 
i put mine on 60 and 90 once a month and have no problem been use them for years still use the first lot i bought about 4 years ago
 
I have just ordered a piece of Vet Bed from E-Bay, will give it a go and if I like will order more :):)
 
I now hate vet bed after about 2 months of using it. I find it very smelly and hard work to get all the bits off before washing it! I was changing every three days and had newspaper unneath and changed that daily and it still smelt and was so much hard work! changed to megazorb and so far am loving it!
 
Briony_Y said:
I now hate vet bed after about 2 months of using it. I find it very smelly and hard work to get all the bits off before washing it! I was changing every three days and had newspaper unneath and changed that daily and it still smelt and was so much hard work! changed to megazorb and so far am loving it!
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Snap! I tried it for just over a week and then changed to Megazorb, I love that and so do the piggies :)
 
have had the pigs on vetbed now for about 6 weeks and i still love it! we just try to remember to hoover it every day(when the pigs are out of the cage free ranging of course:))) and then give it a good hoover on wash day, and i havent had any problems whatsoever with it so far. pigs love it too, so happy all round!
 
i've just ordered some pro-fleece in pink to try with the piggies. at the moment i use newspaper and over 3/4 of the cage they have pet blankets, and then the other 1/4 they were having newspaper with megazorb and a big pile of hay over the top. i do this because they like snuggling in the hay, but also because they only go to the toilet in this 1/4 of the cage, which is good. :)

i am struggling with it though. i'm having to change their bedding everyday! that might be because i'm obsessive though and like everything neat and tidy!

i've stopped using the megazorb because i think it's too dusty for them really. might stop using it for the rabbits litter trays aswell as i'm sure i'm allergic to it! i can't breathe when near it!

anyway, so i'm hoping this new pro-fleece will mean i don't have to change the bedding everyday! i'll change the 1/4 of the cage with the newspaper and hay obviously, but hopefully i can just hoover the fleece and wash it every few days, instead of everyday like i'm doing now!
 
biscandmatt said:
i've just ordered some pro-fleece in pink to try with the piggies. at the moment i use newspaper and over 3/4 of the cage they have pet blankets, and then the other 1/4 they were having newspaper with megazorb and a big pile of hay over the top. i do this because they like snuggling in the hay, but also because they only go to the toilet in this 1/4 of the cage, which is good. :)

i am struggling with it though. i'm having to change their bedding everyday! that might be because i'm obsessive though and like everything neat and tidy!

i've stopped using the megazorb because i think it's too dusty for them really. might stop using it for the rabbits litter trays aswell as i'm sure i'm allergic to it! i can't breathe when near it!

anyway, so i'm hoping this new pro-fleece will mean i don't have to change the bedding everyday! i'll change the 1/4 of the cage with the newspaper and hay obviously, but hopefully i can just hoover the fleece and wash it every few days, instead of everyday like i'm doing now!
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my profleece arrived the other day and i love it, and so do the piggies! i washed it first and it dried quickly and feels lovely. really like it.

i just have a piece in 3/4 of the cage and the other 1/4 is where they have the litter trays and all their hay/hayrack etc, so this gets changed twice daily, and under the profleece i have newspaper and this also gets changed daily. the profleece i'm hoping i can change twice a week, and that'll be great because i have been chnaging the fleece bedding everyday and washing it!

i got the medium piece that is 36 x 24 inches, and i need a 26 inch width! grr! but i still want the 36 length so looks like i will have to have a slight gap round the edge or buy the next size up just for the sake of it touching the edges properly! can't stand things not completely neat or right! :red

can't wait to buy some more! i got the pink this time so i might get green next time!
 
biscandmatt said:
my profleece arrived the other day and i love it, and so do the piggies! i washed it first and it dried quickly and feels lovely. really like it.

i just have a piece in 3/4 of the cage and the other 1/4 is where they have the litter trays and all their hay/hayrack etc, so this gets changed twice daily, and under the profleece i have newspaper and this also gets changed daily. the profleece i'm hoping i can change twice a week, and that'll be great because i have been chnaging the fleece bedding everyday and washing it!

i got the medium piece that is 36 x 24 inches, and i need a 26 inch width! grr! but i still want the 36 length so looks like i will have to have a slight gap round the edge or buy the next size up just for the sake of it touching the edges properly! can't stand things not completely neat or right! :red

can't wait to buy some more! i got the pink this time so i might get green next time!
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i just ordered some more profleece, in green this time! and i got the large size so there isn't a tiny gap round the edges this time, and also because i am a tad obsessive! rolleyes can't wait for it to arrive now!
 
i have got vet bed no probs newspaper underneath vet bed and flleece and igloo my piggies are fine i get the odd poo but washes ok i check every day but often only need to change paper and i change vet bed every other day or fleece
 
I used to use vet bed but changed back to fleece. I found the vet bed did stay dry enough on top around most of it, but in the corners where she pee'd alot it stayed damp and wet, if i shook it to get hay off it, half her wee hit me in the face, I also found it was very hard to get hay/poo off it even with brushing it over and over again, When i washed it and took it out of the machine i'd spend ages clearing up the poo left over in the machine and the hay, plus the machine smelt strongly of wee. I would have to give vet bed (2) ** out of 5.
 
got some on ebay it is sooo much easier than chippings and way less mess!:)
 
our girls tunnel under the vet bed sometimes so we can't see them at all! they seem to like it though?!rolleyes
 
Vet bed in pillow case

To get round the problem of bunging up the washing machine I put my vet bed inside a pillow case and tie the top with an elastic band or hair band. This way you catch all of the hair/hay/poo and can give it all a good shake outside once it's washed - then you don't spray yourself with guinea wee! I usually wash mine every 2 days - it takes up half the machine and I fill the other half with my normal washing. I haven't noticed it making my other washing smell - at least none of my friends has said I smell bad!
 
Just bought some vet bed

I'm a new guinea pig owner as I've just been 'adopted' by two beautiful rescue piggies that are 9 months old.

I've only had them 6 days, but since joining this forum I've now bought some vet bed to try...though I am a bit confused as some people seem to love it and others not.
I'll see how they get on. :)
 
vet bed question

Should I be putting the vet bed in just their bedding area or all over.

At the moment I'm using newspaper then wood shavings, with hay on top.

I have enough vet bed to do all the hutch, my main concern is.....it's still quite warm here in the south east, and I don't want them to get too warm ?/
also my piggies seem to poop and wee everywhere.
 
moola said:
To get round the problem of bunging up the washing machine I put my vet bed inside a pillow case and tie the top with an elastic band or hair band. This way you catch all of the hair/hay/poo and can give it all a good shake outside once it's washed - then you don't spray yourself with guinea wee! I usually wash mine every 2 days - it takes up half the machine and I fill the other half with my normal washing. I haven't noticed it making my other washing smell - at least none of my friends has said I smell bad!
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What a good idea!:)
 
Vetbed

Hi
I've been having a look through this topic but it's quite long so I've skipped a few pages so sorry if I've missed the answer to my question. I've got 8 guinea-pigs so there is quite a lot of old sawdust that gets put in the bin, so much so that there isn't much room for other rubbish and I've bought a roll of vetbed from ebay to use as bedding instead. I was advised on another guinea-pig forum to use puppy pads underneath the vetbed and I was just wondering if this would be OK? Also the puppy pads have baking soda in them to stop it smelling, would using fragranced puppy pads be bad because my guinea-pigs would probably chew on it? I haven't tried vetbed or the puppy pads yet because I bought it yesterday and it's got posted today so it should be here on Monday. Also I was going to brush it off once or twice a day and put it in the washing machine once a week and I'd have extra pieces for when the other bits are in the wash. Do you think this sounds OK or is there something I'm doing wrong or need to change?
Thanks for the help :)
 
I've had the vetbed for about 3 weeks and I totally hate it. It is fine for 2 of my hutches, one hutch has 1 guinea-pig in it and the other one has 2 guinea-pigs in it. But the other 2 hutches smell constantly, and I spend at least an hour and a half every day sweeping them all, changing the newspaper etc. I'm trying to persuade my Mum to let the guinea-pigs go back to the shavings they used to have in their hutches but right now she's saying wait a while and see then because it was quite expensive. I personally think it was such a waste of money and I hate it that my guinea-pigs are standing in their own pee and poo. Also I don't know what I'm going to do when I go back to school with all the sweeping out etc. in the morning, which is another reason why I hate it.
 
I had vet bedding for my two Lionhead bunnies I used to have.
Certainly helped to keep down on mess.
Currently using megazorb but it sticks to socks like crazy and spreads throughout the house!
Going to order a 5m roll tonight so I have plenty for the cage, strip to put in when other is in wash, some for the run and also for the upper lever.
Didn't realise you could get it so cheap of the bay!
 
We are getting some vet bed to put in the new c&c cage. A question for people that already have it, do you have to have neough to go up the side a little? Incase they pee right on the edge?
 
I love vetbed. I think its so soft and nice for them under their little piggie feet so I use it on top of fleece but because its so expensive I cant afford to do the whole cage in it.

Something I dont like is how the poops and bits and peices get stuck in the bumps of it but put the right way its easy to get out.

My pigs love vetbed and will always go on it if its in their cage.

I give vetbed 4 star (not 5 because of the expense)
 
I love vet bed! I give it 5*'s because with so many guinea pigs woodshavings were costing me a lot! This vet bed stuff is brilliant! I bought it off a friend for cheap and my guinea pigs love it :)
 
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