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Old 03-08-08, 12:21 pm
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Re: anything besides coroplast?

If coroplast is hard to find such as in my case, you can lay something solid across the grids then cover this with plastic, ie shower curtain or tarp then lay fleece over this. However if you wish to use shavings...what I use, I have old carpeting which has a shower curtain overtop. I took a king size fitted bed sheet and clipped this to the cage which then I filled with shavings. Their cage is a mansion...I have 6 pigs now. I replace the shavings every 2 weeks by unclipping the sheet and carrying it outside to dump in the back of my yard. Sometimes I use a wheelbarrel to carry it as it can become heavy. I'll throw the sheet into the machine and reuse. I am planning on changing this method to find an easier way. I plan on going to home depot or lowes and buying a large piece of vinyl flooring, not that expensive. The vinyl flooring will be used in place of coroplast...is just a heavier plastic. Will be easier for me to use a shopvac to suck up the shavings and roll the shop vac out the door to empty. I'm glad shavings are biodegradable. I just need to wipe down the vinyl and replace the shavings. It will save on me having to use the washer more often.
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