TheQueen
Well-known Member
Cavy Slave
- Joined
- Jun 23, 2005
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- Joined
- Jun 23, 2005
- Messages
- 1,083
Hello all, I have a quick question. I'm planning out the girls' new hay loft, and I thought that it might be nice to have carpet as the bedding in the one part, and then have Carefresh in the "kitchen" area. Does anyone use carpet for bedding here? Does it work well? Obviously it isn't on the main floor, so it probably won't be "used" as much, but how would I do it? What would I need to put underneath it? Anything? And how would I clean it? And finally, would it smell worse than other bedding, like fleece?
If the carpet doesn't sound like a good idea, I'm going to use fleece. But I have a question about fleece. I used it before, and I was thinking, what if I laid a piece of wood down, put puppy pads or towels or whatever on it, and then sort of "wrapped" the fleece around the wood, and set it in the cage? It would be much easier to clean, and the pigs wouldn't be able to try to dig through the fleece. However, would the wood start to smell? What do you guys think of this idea?
And one other question. I have a 2x4 cage, and the loft I'm going to make is going to be a "C" shape, with the back half of the cage having four grids across it, and the two sides of the cage having two grids over them, leaving the center two front grids empty for a ramp. (Sorry if that was confusing.) My question is, 1) Will it support itelf? and 2) Do I need to put up grids so they don't fall? With the last loft I had (before I remodeled the cage) I didn't have a problem with them trying to jump or falling, but I just want to be safe. Thanks!
If the carpet doesn't sound like a good idea, I'm going to use fleece. But I have a question about fleece. I used it before, and I was thinking, what if I laid a piece of wood down, put puppy pads or towels or whatever on it, and then sort of "wrapped" the fleece around the wood, and set it in the cage? It would be much easier to clean, and the pigs wouldn't be able to try to dig through the fleece. However, would the wood start to smell? What do you guys think of this idea?
And one other question. I have a 2x4 cage, and the loft I'm going to make is going to be a "C" shape, with the back half of the cage having four grids across it, and the two sides of the cage having two grids over them, leaving the center two front grids empty for a ramp. (Sorry if that was confusing.) My question is, 1) Will it support itelf? and 2) Do I need to put up grids so they don't fall? With the last loft I had (before I remodeled the cage) I didn't have a problem with them trying to jump or falling, but I just want to be safe. Thanks!