Sprout is pulling back the corners of the fleece

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Sprout keeps pulling back the corners of the fleece. Both fleece and towel but leaves the newspaper.
McMac has never done it so I don't think it is him. It's only when Sprout started living in there that it was happening.
My fleece is cut to the size of the base plus a extra cm for shrinkage. So I don't have any way of attaching it to anything. Unless I use little bits of tape in the corners to hold them down. But he might chew it :S
 
Oh dear rolleyes
I don't have correx on my cage so I just tuck the fleece under the grids. Of course in your case you can't! Unless you could put something in each of the corners I'm afraid I don't have any other suggestions.
 
haha my youngest started doing that and fuzzy followed suit! rolleyes
I bought bigger fleece that i could lap over the correx AND under it so theres no way of pulling it out, you could try that, just means buying new fleeces but b&m bargains have loads on offer, just bought a 170cm for £3.99 :)
 
Hyacinth is an offender in this regard, too. She likes to burrow under the fleece. I had cage liners carefully seen to measure, and she chewed the seams to get underneath. I've just replaced all my fleece liners with blankets that have significant overhang so she can't do it any more - I don't want her to suffocate!
 
He doesn't even burrow underneath them. He just peels back the layers down to the newspaper and then goes to the bathroom mallethead Maybe something heavy will do
 
LittleEskimo said:
He doesn't even burrow underneath them. He just peels back the layers down to the newspaper and then goes to the bathroom mallethead Maybe something heavy will do
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Maybe he just likes doing his business on newspaper. How about putting a piece of newspaper in a corner on top of the fleece or in a tray and see if he will use it and not lift the other layers.
 
Mine kept doing that it was so annoying! In the end i had to wrap the edge of the fleece under the towels all the way around and really push it into the edge of the cage so that they couldn't get to it, and it worked, so wrap the fleece around the towels, then pugh all the way around so that it is bedding into the edge of the correx - probably makes no sense ha ha
 
I will try putting a bit of newspaper on top of the fleece, although McMac enjoys chewing newspaper now and again.

If not I think some little stones might help
 
If all else fails, you could try sewing your fleece to your towel to make like a cage liner and then putting some velcro under neath and attaching it to the base of the cage ? I don't use newspaper anymore because i just can't tell the difference !
Maybe thats a bit complicated but it could work (: although rocks are probably easier :')
 
All of ours do this, we have vet bed over newspapers then fleece on top that goes up the sides of the cage. Ours are forever tugging at the edge to form clumps of fleece which they use as pillows.
 
twiams said:
If all else fails, you could try sewing your fleece to your towel to make like a cage liner and then putting some velcro under neath and attaching it to the base of the cage ? I don't use newspaper anymore because i just can't tell the difference !
Maybe thats a bit complicated but it could work (: although rocks are probably easier :')
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Velcro actually sounds like a good idea. Along with sewing the stuff together. I might think about it :)
 
LittleEskimo said:
Velcro actually sounds like a good idea. Along with sewing the stuff together. I might think about it :)
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Haha, i've thought about doing it myself so it doesn't get all wrinkled when the pigs run about but I'm just too lazy to do it ... ")
 
I think that's a great idea too! Might try it! Altho last time I sewed anything I sewed the item to my trousers lol :p
 
gogoguineas said:
I think that's a great idea too! Might try it! Altho last time I sewed anything I sewed the item to my trousers lol :p
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I actually managed to get the sewing machine needle through the soft flap between thumb and forefinger. Then I had to reverse sew to get it out while trying to keep still and not faint. That was 15 years ago. I gave the sewing machine to charity and haven't sewed since!
 
oh Sprout ! :(|)

Give them both kisses and snuggles from the girls and I XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Just a word of caution, not a heavy rock a friend of mine lost her piggie to a tragic accident with a rock :0
 
Glynis said:
oh Sprout ! :(|)

Give them both kisses and snuggles from the girls and I XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Just a word of caution, not a heavy rock a friend of mine lost her piggie to a tragic accident with a rock :0
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No of course not, I worry about that happening all the time :(
Just some little pebble type things xxxxx
 
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