Vetbed seller on Ebay

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I thought I would share the details of a brilliant Ebayer that I have found. Someone on the forum very kindly suggested I use Vetbed in my little piggie house to keep them extra snug as I was having a paranoid moment rolleyes

I thought the best idea would be to look for some offcuts as I only needed small pieces and found this seller

http://shop.ebay.co.uk/benllechpets/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p3686

Her prices are really reasonable and she kindly combined postage costs for me. Her postage cost was really reasonable and it turns out it didn't even cover it **shock**. Delivery was quick as well. The Vetbed is the genuine article, not an imitation, and even has the stickers on the oval pieces that I bought.

In the end I bough a 60 x 59 white piece, as my house is 30 x 30cm, so this will make 4 pieces, and 2 oval grey pieces each which will fit nicely in the big log roll. She charged me £13 including postage :)

It is all in the wash now and hopefully be dry in time to go in their house tonight
 
well it is all washed, tumble dried and in the cage. They seem to like it immediately - in fact I wish the whole cage was covered in it! It didn't wash as well as I expected, although maybe it is just a few loose bits coming off. Willow seems to want to nibble it - hopefully she won't come to any harm and will quickly realise it isn't food :...
 
no doubt about it - they love it; judging by the amount of poos on it this morning! Given its depth I thought it might be harder to clean than the fleece, which I just brush every day, but in actual fact it is dead easy - a quick shake and back in the cage :)

and I have just managed to hit 50 posts with this one LOL!
 
I know it's a weenie bit late, as you've put it through the wash already, but a tip about vetbed is to put it in a pillow case when you wash it (or a dedicated bag for washing). As quite a bit of the 'fluff' tends to come out with the wash- it has been known to clog, and break down washing machines on the rat forums I'm on.

How is it for absorbency? Do you think it'd be as good as fleece if you use it in conjunction with something like puppy pads, or a mattress pad? Sorry for the fifty questions! :red
 
Hi Joanne - yes got the pm ta although I can;t open it LOL! But they seem to be working now thanks :-)
Now the fleece re vetbed question. I think I would love to have the girls on vetbed in the whole cage as it is soooooooo soft, although at 9ft x 2ft+ it would probably be very dear. I think the fleece may be easier to clean daily with a dustpan and brush than the vet bed would be and it would be awkward to take a big piece of vetbed out of the cage and shake out each day, where as these small bits in their houses are dead simple. My fleece seems to be pilling already so not sure how long it will last
 
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I know it's a weenie bit late, as you've put it through the wash already, but a tip about vetbed is to put it in a pillow case when you wash it (or a dedicated bag for washing). As quite a bit of the 'fluff' tends to come out with the wash- it has been known to clog, and break down washing machines on the rat forums I'm on.

How is it for absorbency? Do you think it'd be as good as fleece if you use it in conjunction with something like puppy pads, or a mattress pad? Sorry for the fifty questions! :red
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Thanks for the idea - will pick up a cheapie one over the weekend. Hammocky Hammocks also do a big 'wash bag' which I will get when they have some more made - I am embarrassingly useless at sowing! I'm not sure on the absorbency yet although it seemed dry this morning. I believe it is meant to wick straight through, so you would still need something like the inco pads underneath (which I use and are absolutely superb!). I think the best way to describe it is that vetbed is like giving them a lovely thick winter 15 tog duvet to walk on and fleece is more like a summer weight 4.5 tog duvet to walk on. Does that give you an idea of the softness of them? :-)

PS tried to post this earlier but got websensed at work as it was 1 minute past 2!
 
Thank you very much, the duvet cover connotation was really handy! As you said, Vetbed sounds fantastic for under igloos!

Regarding the inco pads, do you use reusable ones, or are they the one use only? Also, where abouts did you get them, if you don't mind me asking?

My boys are on still on cardboard bedding for now until their C+C cage grids arrive (they're due on friday- I'm really excited), but I'm going to change them to fleece once the cage has been fully set up- I'm just still exploring options for what to put under the fleece. So sorry for the interrogation again!
 
Of course I don't mind LOL! I use the washable inco pads from Coastal Linens. They offer brilliant service and charged me just £5 delivery for 8!

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I haven't looked back since moving across to fleece and inco pads. It is so easy. The inco pads wash really well - they are in my machine now! - and even though I have 4 pigs I am only having to change it once a week, and even then I think that is more for my benefit than theirs! The fleece definitely needs changing weekly though. I use a dustpan and brush and it takes me 2 minutes to sweep up all their poo. The hay box helps keep things tidier, and they were do a lot of their poo in their, so that gets changed every night. This forum has been brilliant for all the ideas
 
Oooh! Those pads look fantastic! Have you got two of those sewn to fleece then? Do you think they'd last for a year or so? I was trying to work out the costings compared to our bales of cardboard, and if I can replace the fleece once every three to six months or so, and then the pads roughly every year- does that sound about right?

I've been really tempted to make a mattress type thing- using this tutorial here. Those pads really do look awesome, so I'm currently planning on going with two layers of fleece- and layer of inco pads on the bottom. (Or do you think I'd need two?)

I think the other half thinks I'm a little bit crazy getting so excited over fleece and pads! rolleyes
 
I think you will find the inco pads last a lot longer than a year LOL! They are good for 200 washes @ 90 degrees for human use! I have 2 Rabbit 140 cages linked together. I use 2 in each cage, although to be honest 1.5 would be good, but I don't want to cut them up. I have 4 in use and 4 in the wash.

You won't need 2 layers of fleece; only 1 - it is there to wick the moisture away into the inco pads. The inco pads are super-absorbant and lock the moisture in, so they feel dry to the touch even at the end of the week, as does the fleece. Go for it - it is fab. The inco pads are a big outlay initially, depending on how many you need, but they take up less storage space then normal bedding and work so much better
 
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