Amanda Branch
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Cavy Slave
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I'm going to make my piggies some of these!!!
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Quick question since I never used batting before.... is it absorbent like uhaul and the likes or just for fluff and comfort but non-absorbant?
Headed to goodwill and joanns after work to restock and make more piggy beds ^^
It depends on what the batting is made of, cotton batting will be absorbent like uhaul (which is recycled cotton denim) polyester batting will be more like fleece (fleece is 100% polyester) So it really depends what you want the bed to do. I want the pee to pass thru the bed dry quickly and not be absorbed so I used polyester and then later on just extra layers of fleece with no batting at all. In my mind it's not a potty pad so it shouldn't hold pee, it should pass thru and away from the pigs. Any pee that makes it out the bottom will get absorbed by your normal cage liner.
What cute beds Amanda & Traysea. I can never seem to find all the adorable fleece that everybody has even though I search the Joann and fabric.com websites.
thanks for the info!
I decided I'll just stick with uhaul inside instead of batting or fleece only. it's the cheapest and most absorbant option, IMO and since I'm trying to extend the time between full cage changes I feel having the uhaul layers inside the potty pads/piggy beds is the best option
Keep in mind that anything you stuff in the bed is going to get all wadded up so if you use the uhaul maybe chop it up into pieces so you can shake it around after you wash it. The latest ones I have been doing have been just several layers of fleece stacked up, all layers fringed and tied so that the inside of the bed stays flat. Four layers makes it really plush but harder to tie. Loose batting (cotton or polyester) makes it the loftiest/plushest.
Does anyone else find their knots coming undone in their washing machine? Mine keep coming undone and having to re-tie them every time they get washed is a huge pain!
I just put the bed I and they tried to chew the tassels!! That never happened with my other bed like this. It'll have to be a lap/ floor time only be bcuz I supervise there.