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Posts: 4114 05/30/08 12:36 PM Moderator |
Kiln-dried pine is fine, but your vet is right about the rest. Un-dried pine and cedar have oils that can be toxic. Corn cob is not good, in part, because its
prone to go moldy. And clay? just too many things wrong with that.
Kiln-dried pine, aspen, and paper-based bedding, like Carefresh are all good choices (other than fleece, of course). |
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ronald305 |
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Posts: 34 06/14/08 08:32 AM |
Hi all you cavy slaves
I need to ask a silly question I keep hearing the word fleece for piggy bedding, may I ask what is a fleece and would it good for my two girls because the bedding they are using now is not working very well at all it's aspen and they are making a mess every time they take off running like a bat out of helland it gets in everything and every where their hair their food the bedding I used the first time was carefresh is far less messy for me, I need to know if the combination of fleece and carefresh would work or use the aspen I have with anything, because I have wasted money already on sani-chips, pine shaving for which is not healthy for them,I need help here-thank you |
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Posts: 34 06/14/08 08:51 AM |
I have one more question how much bedding goes in the their cage
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PooksiedAnimals |
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Posts: 4114 06/14/08 09:08 AM Moderator |
Everything you wanted to know about fleece: The Fleece Project
As for how much bedding - it really depends on the type of bedding, the pee and pooing habits of your pigs, the size of the cage, the frequency you wish to clean the cage, whether you spot clean, and personal preferences. Some people put in a ton of bedding, so pigs wallow through it (until it gets packed down). Others put in just enough to cover the bottom of the cage, perhaps with more in the corners where they pee. Even fleece users have different ways of piling the fleece, and what they use for the underlayer. What one person swears by, another may hate. In the end, its whatever works for you and your pigs. You haven't been able to find kiln-dried pine? (You say pine is unhealthy for them, so it must be raw pine?) Depending on your setup, a Carefresh and fleece combination could be hard to clean. I would think the Carefresh would stick to the fleece. However, I dislike Carefresh, so I'm biased on that point. |
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ronald305 |
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Posts: 34 06/14/08 10:26 AM |
thanks for the info it will help alot, Right now I'll try anything, The fleece and the carefresh idear was just a thought, May I as you what you use, and
does your piggies make a mess like mine do, I just need to get away from using anything that makes a mess that all, even after the 2nd level is finish and
about the pine I bought Im not sure if it is is kiln-dried pine but I will ask the store I brought it from.thanks again
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Posts: 34 06/14/08 10:38 AM |
where can I find fleece
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Posts: 7 07/04/08 07:51 PM |
I have used pine bedding for all of my small animals for a long time, and this sounds so much better! My mother and I are going to be buying a chunk of fleece
in the next few days for our piggers! :) Thanks everybody here!
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Posts: 41 11/06/08 11:46 PM |
I so luv u guys, ok I was looking for better bedding that wont get all over my new barber carpet, I was using CareFresh and it got everywhere, anywhere I or
the boys go there's Carefresh. So when I saw the word fleece with !!!!! after it i read the whole section. I went to the dollar store and got 2 rolled
fleece blankets, binder clips, double sided tape and puppy pads. My husband and i just finished putting it in and the boys were like. OMG!!!! what is this on
the floor, popcorning around and voiceing their approval. Thanks soooo mush.
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WheeksandSqueeks |
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Posts: 183 11/14/08 01:40 PM |
CavyQueen, using towels under the fleece helps absorb the urine more and in turn your puppy pads can be re-used.
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newpiggymom |
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Posts: 16 02/14/09 04:24 PM |
Here is a website of a lady who makes fleece bed spreads for C&C cages.
Last Edited By: newpiggymom 02/14/09 11:39 PM.
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Squeakers |
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Posts: 18 03/19/09 07:28 PM |
Has anyone tried the piggy bed spreads that were previously posted with a link??? Changing wet Carefresh bedding makes my nauseous, so I am sure wet
newspaper/towels would do the same. I like the fleece idea, and this seems to have the whole enchilada, but the price is initially high. Just making sure
others were happy and they last a decent amount of time.
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PooksiedAnimals |
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Posts: 4114 03/19/09 08:31 PM Moderator |
The price seems high - but I don't know how much puppy-pads normally sell for. Technically you don't need a non-porous backing if its in a coroplast
cage, anyway. I would suggest you try fleece. Depending on how big your cage is and how poopy and peeing your pigs are you may not need a thick absorbent
middle layer. I am not an everyday fleece user, but have done short stints with just a double layer of fleece and some newspaper underneath (although now I
have some towels to use underneath, instead.
Personally, I hate Carefresh. I'm a wood-chip person -- its messy, but cheap and easy to use. |
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Posts: 16 03/23/09 11:07 AM |
My guys LOVE the piggy spreads. I use a little broom and sweep the poops and then every few days I throw the whole thing in the washer with a little vineagr.
I was spending alot on carefresh, so I bought these instead. They wash really well and are extremely well made. I was so impressed with they when I got them
in the mail. I have the cloroplast bottom, but it never gets wet at all becuase of the plastic backing on the spread. I would buy them all over again if I
had to pick between carefresh and the piggy bed spreads!
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newpiggymom |
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Posts: 16 03/23/09 11:11 AM |
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Squeakers |
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Posts: 18 03/23/09 05:44 PM |
Oh cute Herman piggy! I am really considering those piggy bed spreads, just an expensive step if I end up not liking it. But I see how it would save a lot of
money in the long run. My concern is that the urine smells??? Do you just do the poops once a day... or twice? Do you have a "potty" for them in a
corner they seem to use more often now?
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Squeakers |
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Posts: 18 03/24/09 05:28 PM |
Ok trying fleece with towels, and so far so good... They do tend to go more in a particular corner, so I was going to encourage that by getting a corner potty
and putting some Carefresh (what they used to have) in it. But the only ones I can find in the pet store are plastic and they turn everything over. Does and
one know a Piggy Potty I can buy that is heavy, possibly made of metal or a ceramic similar to a food bowl... Even online I searched and nothing :-(
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Posts: 4114 03/24/09 06:47 PM Moderator |
I have seen people make them out of coroplast, which I'm sure you could attach somehow to the base... say with binder clips? Would that help?
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Posts: 18 03/24/09 07:44 PM |
Ya good idea! Has anyone found any that are pre-made also?
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newpiggymom |
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Posts: 16 03/29/09 01:13 PM |
Herman just seems to pile his poops in one corner, but the other piggy, Spike, likes to spread his presents everywhere. This might sound gross, but my
sister-in-law (I don't like her much :) ) gave me a dust buster for Christmas, so I turned it into the piggy poop sucking machine. I just run the dust
buster over the fleece in the morning and before bed. I have had no problem with smells at all, but I do wash the whole thing every few days. I wanted to add
a picture of the whole cage, but I can't seem to add anymore pictures :( I'm sorry! I would say that if you get the spreads, get the darker colors
becuase they do not look as dirty. We have a blue one and a yellow one, but the yellow looks dirter faster.
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MaineShutterbug |
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Posts: 82 08/23/09 08:26 AM |
This forum has been helpful!
I admit it: I use ordinary pine shavings & I know better & work at the animal shelter with homeless piggies. *hangs head* Quite honestly the cost of filling two 2x4 C&C cages doubled my use of shavings & I couldn't afford aspen on my fixed income. I live in the Pine Tree State, after all :) At the animal shelter we use sheets & bedding for the rabbits because its the cleanest way to go. With the increased costs of pine, coupled with the nasal noises & sneezes I'm hearing from my boys, I'm considering the swap to fabric for my pigs. Question: why fleece vs. other traditional fabric? When I have foster rabbits in dog crates I use second-hand sheets from the thrift store. Do you think this would not work as well as the fleece? The boys already have fleece cozies and beds and I was going to use velcro to keep the things down. They enjoy that well. They both seem to keep one corner for pee & poo so I was thinking of putting newspaper under those corners. |
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