If you sew extra loft quilt batting betweeen two layers of fleece, then you have what I am finding is Perfect.
I sewed pieces of fleece sewn into strings onto the sides (like a chair pad) to attach it to the cage floor.
It was a simple project that turned out to be perfect and solved every single problem I had. The hardest part was fitting 4 layers of high loft polyester quilt batting and 2 layers of fleece in the sewing machine. I had to go a bit slow, but it worked. I was really worried it wouldn't fit in the washer, but it's about like washing a queen sized comforter. It's smaller, but thicker. My cage is 3gridx4grids. Larger cages could be done with several of them that pull apart to wash.
- No more disposable pads newspapers, towels, or mattress pads
- No more fleece getting sucked up while I vacuum
- No more wet spots
- No more bricks or rocks or clips or tape to hold it down
- No more dealing with hair stuck to the fleece[FONT=Arial Narrow] since the fleece is held down tightly the vacuum sucks it up when I do the poo[/FONT]
I also made and bought some thin style fleece pads that I use under hidey's. I even made a thin one that is tied to the ramp. It catches the urine and washes with everything else.
It's never wet in more than one pee spot, and lasts over a week in a 2 story 3grid x 4grid cage with 2 pigs before it starts to stink like old urine.
Flipping it over midweek makes it even easier to keep the buildup off the top layer.