Ok I am sorry for all the questions, but I am really hoping to find a solution that works for us! I am hoping to be able to upload a picture so you can get the full "picture" of what we have going on! (and don't judge me by my poopy cage lol...tomorrow is cleaning day).
So we have a big store bought cage for our two girls. At one point I had the cage on top of a tall dresser in my daughter's room, but we were having major issues with being able to catch and hold the pigs. So I thought getting them down on the ground and closer to us might help, so I put the cage on the floor. I also made a huge playpen out of grids.
Eventually I just put the playpen around the cage and now I leave the cage door open and they just kind of hop in and out of the cage as they please and run around. That part seems to work well.
So recently I tried to switch from bedding to fleece. Mainly because the pigs HAVE to be in my daughter's room (no other options) and they were making a huge mess all over the floor. I like the idea of fleece, but they will NOT leave the fleece flat on the cage floor! I have puppy pads under the fleece, and they bunch up the fleece and try to chew up the puppy pads (they have plenty of other things to chew on). It is making it impossible to scoop up poop like I need to because the poop is under folds and under and over the fleece.
I am almost debating getting rid of the cage altogether and layering the floor and just using the grid as the cage, but I don't think they would feel very safe or cozy that way.
Any ideas on keeping the fleece down or flat? And ideas otherwise? I like the idea of the C&C cages, but a) I haven't really done enough research to know how they work, and b) I have already put so much money into the current cage situation, I can't justify spending too much more!
And ideas or feedback would be great!
So we have a big store bought cage for our two girls. At one point I had the cage on top of a tall dresser in my daughter's room, but we were having major issues with being able to catch and hold the pigs. So I thought getting them down on the ground and closer to us might help, so I put the cage on the floor. I also made a huge playpen out of grids.
Eventually I just put the playpen around the cage and now I leave the cage door open and they just kind of hop in and out of the cage as they please and run around. That part seems to work well.
So recently I tried to switch from bedding to fleece. Mainly because the pigs HAVE to be in my daughter's room (no other options) and they were making a huge mess all over the floor. I like the idea of fleece, but they will NOT leave the fleece flat on the cage floor! I have puppy pads under the fleece, and they bunch up the fleece and try to chew up the puppy pads (they have plenty of other things to chew on). It is making it impossible to scoop up poop like I need to because the poop is under folds and under and over the fleece.
I am almost debating getting rid of the cage altogether and layering the floor and just using the grid as the cage, but I don't think they would feel very safe or cozy that way.
Any ideas on keeping the fleece down or flat? And ideas otherwise? I like the idea of the C&C cages, but a) I haven't really done enough research to know how they work, and b) I have already put so much money into the current cage situation, I can't justify spending too much more!
And ideas or feedback would be great!