[kittnkarr]

Currently I am using a 2.5 gallon Shop Vac that I had purchased at Sears about 6 months back and all I can say at this point is that I love it. I have a better time trying to clean the cage of poop and hay with this then I did with my hand held. I do have to stop occassionaly to unclog the hose from the vaccum but I have found that if I just put the hose barely on I don't have as much clogging issues. Go Figure! It is powerful to use but I find that if my fleece is held in place by clips or bricks I don't have to much of a problem.

I have used the old school method of a dust pan and broom but let me say it killed my back and took to much time for me to continue using it.

I have also tried the hand vacs as well and gave up on them after about 3 months of using one. It wasn't powerful enough to get hair and hay off the fleece and the other thing was the collection cup was to small to hold the about of poop my pigs dish out. I also found that it couldn't hold a charge long enough for a 2 x 5 and a 2 x 4. When I would get to about half way through the second cage it wouldn't have enough juice/power to actually do anything.

Ok last one. I have also used a regular upright vac when cleaning my pigs cages. I used the same one that I would for the rest of the house. I didn't have any troubles using it for both tasks but the one thing that I did have troubles with was it getting clogged from the hay. That was the big down side to it, but otherwise it worked great. The best thing that I like when I would use that was I would spread out the fleece out onto the floor and place the bricks around the edges to hold it down. I would then run the vac over the entire thing to get as much of it as possible before throwing it into the wash.

Hope this helps!!