Silly Question About Fleece!

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I use fleece for the piggies. The way i use my fleece is one layer of fleece on top and uhaul blankets on the bottom, i recently got those uhaul blankets and i love them! and i just keep them together with pins in the 4 courners

My wife's aunt is going to make us some fleece liners with the uhaul. i see some people do a layer of fleece on top, then two layers of uhaul (or absorbent material) and one layer of fleece on the bottom. Now my question is, whats the point of the bottom layer of fleece? if any urine goes through the absorbent layer that means that it will go through the bottom layer of fleece as well since that fleece is wicked no?
 
OOO good question! Not silly at all. I don't use fleece as I have outside piggies but it would be interesting to know the answer!
 
When I used fleece I parceled it all together and the fleece on the bottom helped to stop any layers detaching and keep it all neat when washed but I don't think it really serves a set purpose
 
Technically you don't need a fleece layer on the bottom.
But the whole point of fleece is that it doesn't hold water (or urine) at all.
So in the case of a liner, the fleece layer on top doesn't hold the urine - it passes quickly through to the absorbent layer underneath.
When (if?) the absorbent layer underneath becomes saturated, then the wet layer will be sitting directly on the bottom of the cage.
If you want to protect the bottom of the cage a bit, and 'trap' the wet layer between two drier layers then you use fleece.
On cage bottoms like correx, if you put a urine soaked u-haul pad directly onto the plastic correx it will become smellier more quickly (particularly in warm weather).
If you have a dry layer both sides it won't smell as much, and it makes for a healthier cage environment (at least for humans - I don't know how picky piggies are about smelly cages!).
It is the same principle as a disposable nappy - inner and outer layers that don't hold moisture and a middle layer that traps all the moisture.
 
Swissgreys said:
Technically you don't need a fleece layer on the bottom.
But the whole point of fleece is that it doesn't hold water (or urine) at all.
So in the case of a liner, the fleece layer on top doesn't hold the urine - it passes quickly through to the absorbent layer underneath.
When (if?) the absorbent layer underneath becomes saturated, then the wet layer will be sitting directly on the bottom of the cage.
If you want to protect the bottom of the cage a bit, and 'trap' the wet layer between two drier layers then you use fleece.
On cage bottoms like correx, if you put a urine soaked you-haul pad directly onto the plastic correx it will become smellier more quickly (particularly in warm weather).
If you have a dry layer both sides it won't smell as much, and it makes for a healthier cage environment (at least for humans - I don't know how picky piggies are about smelly cages!).
It is the same principle as a disposable nappy - inner and outer layers that don't hold moisture and a middle layer that traps all the moisture.
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makes total sense! thanks
 
My lot rarely wee on their liners (they save it formtheirnhay trays) so I use both sides of the fleece so it looks nice and clean for a few more days.
 
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