HEY! I have a hay question

[candypigpig]

Could I, in theory, use hay as bedding with nothing under it? i'm tried of fleece and its getting hot out. What are the pros and cons of just hay?

[cavy-cool-crazy]

You need newspaper under the hay. Otherwise the cage will be amazingly yucky and wet within hours!

Pros:-
You are providing unlimited hay.
It is fun to play in (for the pigs, not us).

Cons:-
The pigs eat wet/soiled hay and could get sick.
You waste a LOT of hay.
It can be expensive to fill a big cage of hay.

That sums it all up for ya. Basically I would stick with fleece. You could go halfers - half the cage newspaper and hay, half in fleece. That way you get the best of both worlds. You could use coroplast to make a ledge to protect the fleece from too much hay spreading over it.

[Ly&Pigs]

You would have to change the hay out every single day which could get expensive.

[candypigpig]

Yeah. After I posted I thought: "If i were a piggie would i want to running around in my food and peeing in my food and pooing in my food. No." I'll try the half hay half fleece. that sounds good. Thanks!