Hi everyone,
I have two adorable piggies, and I made the switch to fleece about a month ago. For the most part, I LOVE it. The piggies love it too! They run around much more and love snoozing in every spot.
I'm hoping for some advice on a few things, mostly about how you arrange your food and water when you have fleece. Prior to switching to fleece, I had the "bistro bar" insert for my C&C cage, but the fleece sections don't fit with the bistro bar, so I've had to stop using it. The water bottles drip a bit, of course, and the piggies aren't exactly neat drinkers, so the fleece under the water bottles tends to get really wet, and it spreads out on that fleece panel. I also find that the hay sticks to the fleece and is hard to get off. I've tried using hanging cloth bags of hay, which worked ok except that there was a lot more hay wasted. I've put the hay in large bowls that are heavy enough that they won't tip over and shallow enough that the piggies can eat out of them. It still makes a big mess. Also, since they poop and pee in that area more than the rest of the cage, that adds to the water wetness and hay mess, making it a gross area! If I have the hay and water in the same area, then the hay that gets on the fleece sticks even more, but if I have them in separate areas then I'm just making two fleece panels dirtier quicker than the rest, instead of just one. Any suggestions for how you provide the hay and what you do about water bottle drip?
I clean up he poos at least once a day, usually twice - first thing in the morning and then again in the evening. Still, I notice that there is a stronger poo smell. I have two air filters going in the room where the cage is, and prior to switching to fleece I never smelled anything as long as I changed the bedding often enough.
I'd love any advice the fleece pros have to offer!!
Thanks in advance,
Sarah (And Roo & Charlie, of course!)
I have two adorable piggies, and I made the switch to fleece about a month ago. For the most part, I LOVE it. The piggies love it too! They run around much more and love snoozing in every spot.
I'm hoping for some advice on a few things, mostly about how you arrange your food and water when you have fleece. Prior to switching to fleece, I had the "bistro bar" insert for my C&C cage, but the fleece sections don't fit with the bistro bar, so I've had to stop using it. The water bottles drip a bit, of course, and the piggies aren't exactly neat drinkers, so the fleece under the water bottles tends to get really wet, and it spreads out on that fleece panel. I also find that the hay sticks to the fleece and is hard to get off. I've tried using hanging cloth bags of hay, which worked ok except that there was a lot more hay wasted. I've put the hay in large bowls that are heavy enough that they won't tip over and shallow enough that the piggies can eat out of them. It still makes a big mess. Also, since they poop and pee in that area more than the rest of the cage, that adds to the water wetness and hay mess, making it a gross area! If I have the hay and water in the same area, then the hay that gets on the fleece sticks even more, but if I have them in separate areas then I'm just making two fleece panels dirtier quicker than the rest, instead of just one. Any suggestions for how you provide the hay and what you do about water bottle drip?
I clean up he poos at least once a day, usually twice - first thing in the morning and then again in the evening. Still, I notice that there is a stronger poo smell. I have two air filters going in the room where the cage is, and prior to switching to fleece I never smelled anything as long as I changed the bedding often enough.
I'd love any advice the fleece pros have to offer!!
Thanks in advance,
Sarah (And Roo & Charlie, of course!)