WHY?!?! any one else have this problem?

Or put an extra towel around that area like a dish towel or hand towel. You can often find bundled packs of dish towels pretty cheap so you could change them out every day.

You can also try fleece and newspaper or try a layer of fleece over the towels.

thanks for the ideas , i do have a brick under the water bottle and last night a moved it over to the side and when i checked on them this morning the towels weren't wet any more. i guess that's good right?

I asked my mom if fleece was better than towels and she said that it didn't matter and they were both the same. are they? I do have newspaper uner neith the towels so that helps absorb the pee. and if you were to check the towels aren't wet at all (only in the problem corner)

Well thanks again tink

Fleece doesn't absorb pee. It wicks it through the fleece to the absorbant underlayer. The top layer (fleece) stays dry, while the bottom layer (newspaper, towels, puppy pee pads, etc.) gets wet.

I personally find that towels stink alot more than fleece. I had towels under my fleece for about 2 weeks and I had to wash them everyday. I switched to newspaper under the fleece and now it only has to be changed every 3 days. I also find that guinea pigs tend to get their nails snagged on the towels.

hey: thanks

i think that i might actually change their bedding to fleece. I changed their cage today and i noticed that it stunk!

I was wondering thought, i know it's bad but, does ciggerette smoke do any serius damage to the guinea pigs? My stupid dad smokes and they are in the same room too. I knows it's bad for any one but is their anything to help them out? i've tried to get my dad to stop but once your doing something or over 35 years it's hard to stop.

thanks again for your help ------- Tink

Second hand smoke is really bad for everyone, including guinea pigs.

My mom smokes, alot, I haven't noticed anything bad with my guinea pigs, I hope I don't.

i know it's bad for guinea pigs and people but i didn't know if it had any their was any other health problems with it. I hate it that smokers are so addicted to smokeings! I wish there was some way to just get rid of all the ciggerettes. Then more people would have more money (because then their not wasting their money on smokes) Not to mention the health issuses that they would be avoiding.

Anyways, about the cage right. if you are using fleece do you just have newspaper onthe bottom and then justhae the fleece over top and tucked down the sides? thats what I do with the towels.

Well it's good to know that we can count on Lipglossartist if ever we need any thing, but don't worry I have a water bottle already. (its part of the problem remember) I hope to get some fleece at Wamart on Tuesday. how big should i get it if I have a 2x3 cage?

sorry for makeing it so long :0) Tink


ps: i can't wait!!!! I'm turning 18 in less then one month and after march break I'm going to New York, New York !!! I can't wait!!!

To get the correct fleece size, measure the inside of the cage and add about 2" on each side so it comes up the sides of the coroplast a little bit.

I attached a plastic tablecloth, with the fuzzy side on the bottom, to the bottom of the cage and put newspaper on top. I just change the paper and wipe up the tablecloth..it dont stink as bad. I got the tablecloth at the dollar store.

I use a tablecloth, followed by newspapers and then one layer of fleece. I no longer have a bottom for my cage because I felt that the tablecloth was as good if not better than coroplast. I find that it is much easier to clean. I use the coroplast now for their second level.

how did you attatch the tablecloth to the bottom of the cage? I have Coroplast on the bottom . and don't the piggies chew on the table cloth? Mine dig up the towles just to get to the newspaper.

I find that the piggies do tend to chew on the tablecloth and the newspapers if you have a coroplast bottom. That is why I got rid of it. I tried everything from velcro to non-toxic adhesives and no matter what I did they managed to get under it and chew it. This is why I now have my cage resting on top on all of my bedding. The connectors hold down the tablecloth, newspapers and fleece and they no longer even try to dig under it.

Yes, I use towels and I must have super ones because they never seem to smell. I change them every 3 to 4 days, and there is 3 layers of newspaper underneath. I wish I could use fleece, but its just too expensive to buy over here