Under The Fleece

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I have been testing out fleece in my guinea pig cage. I put newspaper under it, but that's not really working. So what else can I put under my fleece?:ple:
 
I put old towels underneath (with newspaper under them). I change the fleece every 3 days. The newspaper is often still dry.

Lots of people use puppy pads underneath but I've never tried them. My aim was to reduce the amount of stuff I had to throw away as we only have our rubbish collected once a fortnight so puppy pads wouldn't help me with that.

Sorry edited to ask what is it that isn't really working exactly?
 
The newspapers get stuck, and I mean really stuck to the fleece. I had to speak the fleece in hot water, and scrub it off with a really hard brush thing and about of soap. Put I guess putting towels under the fleece would stop that. Thanks
 
Ooh yuck! I've not had any problems with towels sticking to the newspaper so hopefully that would do the trick for you too.
 
i use washable absorbent bedpads, or disposable ones. you can also use towels or puppy pads. :)
 
I sew fleece around water absorbent crib mattress pads and water absorbent cloth diapers. I brush them off everyday outside. I wash the smaller fleece pads and fleece beds every other day or so and the large one once a week. Makes for easy cage cleaning!

Also when I put all the beds/small pads in with the big pad, I do a double wash to make sure it's fully clean!
 
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I have a custom liner for under fleece I bought off Etsy that helps a TON. But when it's being washed I've just had fleece blankets layered and that has worked out alright too. I used to use towels and that worked alright too, but since I have enough blankets, just use them. :)
 
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