I am currently debating bedding ideas. I was thinking of switching to fleece but the person who owns the washer and dryer I use will not allow me to wash anything that is what they consider "urine soaked". So layers of towels won't work for me.
I formerly used woody pet for my horses and I love it. It smells good, absorbs a ton, and is inexpensive if maintained properly. I have always started it as pellets and let the urine activate it, then it expands into a sawdust. To clean I just remove the poops and any red spots (the bedding turns red once it has absorbed too much) and mix together the pellets and sawdust. Unfortunately, it is too hard to remove the poops without removing a lot of the good bedding.
My question is could you combine the two mentioned above??? I would put an underlayer of the pellets and a layer of fleece on top. The top layer would wick away the urine and the woody pet would absorb it. The poops would then stay on top and be easily removable. I realize the fleec would still need to be washed, but i think I could get away with it this way. Any other ideas would be appreciated. Thanks.
I formerly used woody pet for my horses and I love it. It smells good, absorbs a ton, and is inexpensive if maintained properly. I have always started it as pellets and let the urine activate it, then it expands into a sawdust. To clean I just remove the poops and any red spots (the bedding turns red once it has absorbed too much) and mix together the pellets and sawdust. Unfortunately, it is too hard to remove the poops without removing a lot of the good bedding.
My question is could you combine the two mentioned above??? I would put an underlayer of the pellets and a layer of fleece on top. The top layer would wick away the urine and the woody pet would absorb it. The poops would then stay on top and be easily removable. I realize the fleec would still need to be washed, but i think I could get away with it this way. Any other ideas would be appreciated. Thanks.