What do you put under your fleece?

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I havent got a clue what to put under the fleece for the boys C&C cage, does anyone use puppy pads?

I will clean the fleece every 2 days but I am concerned over what will absorb their pee:)
 
I'm using puppy pads between fleece and towels, only because I bought them for my pup and realised I didn't want to use them. They are great as they can minimise the smell but once they're done, unless I can get them really cheap, I'll just go back to towel and fleece only. I'm lucky though as my piggies pee in the one spot xox
 
I have cut a thick watertight kingsize mattress cover to size and seamed the open edges; for a 2x4 grid cage I had to only make one cut across. The cage is much easier to clean and do up now and the mattress cover (which is basically an oversized puppy pad) keeps the smell in better. With 11 piggies, virtually every corner gets soiled. It worked out at about £10 per cage size pad with some leftovers for carrier boxes etc.

Otherwise I am still using newspaper and cheap towels for the smaller corners and holiday annexes.
 
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I've only just started using fleece, and I've just been putting newspaper under it. Works well for me, and its free as I just use the free paper that comes xx
 
I use newspaper then lots of kitchen towel underneath fleece...
 
Thanks everyone:)

I can get puppy pads for £1.99, I dont like the smell of wet newspaper but we will just have to see what their favourite corner is and then put 1 puppy pad down then news paper the rest :)
 
As my military offers free credits to buy stuffs and the towels from them are super absorbent, guess what's beneath my fleece!
 
kayleighjennifer said:
Thanks everyone:)

I can get puppy pads for £1.99, I dont like the smell of wet newspaper but we will just have to see what their favourite corner is and then put 1 puppy pad down then news paper the rest :)
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Hey kayleigh can ask where you get your puppy pads from so cheap
 
I never had any luck with puppy pads, not nearly absorbent enough. I now use washable incontinence bed pads but even they don't work that well.
 
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I use a layer of newspaper and then vet bed. Does anyone on here use vet bed as no-one seens to mention it often but it is really good at drawing in the wetness and staying dry on top and its really soft and fluffy for the pigs. Like wall to wall carpet. It's also reasonably priced on ebay, but also they were selling it really cheap at crufts and discover dogs.
 
Yeah, we use vet bed. Our piggies love it, they sprawl out like their sun-bathing. We got ours from Pets At Home, about £10 for a square metre and you can cut to size. Comes out really well from the washing machine.
 
Poundland sell puppypads xx>>> I havnt tried them yet I'm just trying to stock myself up for winter when my piggies go in the shed and I'm gonna use half of their C&C cage with fleece/newpaper while the floor is shavings. I know its early... but i couldnt resist the pink pawprint fleeces they had their also :))
 
I just put newspapers and hay in most of the cage, but in the "bedroom," I wrap a puppy pad and then a fleece around a chair pad and that makes a lovely bed for them. Puppy pads are great and although they tend to be expensive from petshops, there are cheaper places to get them on line. Also, if you have a Home Bargains or B & M Stores near you, they often do them for less than half the price that say Pets at Home would.
 
I use old towels under the fleece. It works very well for me. I shake out the fleece, then put both the fleece and towels in the washing machine. It's very easy :)
 
I used newspaper, puppy pads and kitchen towel under the straw or wooden chips. Very difficult to toilet trained but there is most of the time one place where they poo so I changed them everyday. Puppy pad are bit expensive here in Macau but at least it helps.
 
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