How Often Do You Change The Fleece?

[Anna Perry]

I clear out any poops my guinea pigs do every night. I currently change the fleece once a week. Should I change it more often? It's a 4x5 C&C cage with 2 guinea pigs in it.
Also how often should I take out and wash the fabric beds/houses they have in there?

 

[Reenie]

I've got 3 in a 5x3 and I poop pick a couple of times a day and change the fleece about every 4 days. You've got fewer piggies and more space, so once a week is probably fine...I let my nose and the look of the cage guide me. Lol.

 

[Louise's Zoo]

Depends how wet and smelly the absorbent layer under the fleece is getting. I change mine every 3-4 days. I get rid of poo and stray hay every morning. Most of the pee is in their little tray so the fleece never gets too bad but I like to keep it fresh.

 

[rome_italy]

I clean the fleece daily, shaking it on the floor and hanging it outside for some air; but I wash it only once a week, sometimes more often but only because I want to change the colour of the cage.

 

[Flutterby]

I have a 2x18 with 10 pigs in it. I sweep the fleece 3 times a day. They have hay boxes which I change every couple of days. Under all their huts etc I put bath mats which I change as needed. This routine works for me and keeps everything nice and clean.

 

[flowerfairy]

I have two sows in a 5 x 2 c and c cage. They have 4 small litter trays with hemp beddi g in from zooplus and the rest of the cage is fleece. I wash it about once a week. They rarely wee on it.

Caramel, my neutered boar has a 3 x 2 c and c cage and a large hay tray with same bedding as the sows. His fleece is also washed once a week.

I poo pick most days and take out the wet patches of hemp.

 

[worried val of york]

Two of my boars share a 6 x 2. I have fleece on top then a layer of old towels then puppy nappies then newspaper at the bottom.
This lasts them 5 days before the need for washing.

 

[SweetJo]

I have a 5x2 C&C which gets washed once a week. I poo and hay pick morning and night. Thankfully they do all their wees in their tray so the fleece doesn't get wet