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Fleece How do you keep your fleece from moving?

Selenaah

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I got a c and c cage a couple and the fleece keeps moving around
ive fully given up on it and im ready to throw this cage out because they re pooping and peeing all over the coroplast.
what tricks do you guys have?
 

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Re: How do you keep your fleese from moving?

Well, for one thing, you need an absorbent layer underneath the fleece. Fleece over coroplast won't work, because fleece only serves to wick the liquid through to the absorbent layer.

That said, I put bricks in the corners of the cage to hold the fleece down.
 

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Re: How do you keep your fleese from moving?

I have the liner's with the sides and I clip them to the sides of the cage high enough that the pigs can't pull them down.
 

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Re: How do you keep your fleese from moving?

I use puppy training pads, and take the fleece off every 3-4 days, change the fleece every 7.
 

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I personally don't use fleece bedding as I prefer paper beddings. But I have a friend who ways down her corners with toys, food bowls, hay, all kinds of stuff. Maybe try that.
 

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I don't have a C&C cage but I saw a few people use those clips that offices use to hold larges stacks of paper together. *Not paper clips.

You clip it to the side of the coroplast which also gives it a clean looking finish
 

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Re: How do you keep your fleese from moving?

I buy the liners that are perfectly sized for my C&C cage. And because they fit perfectly in the bottom of the tray and the edges are all sewn to be a little stiff, they don't really move around, and my pigs stay on top of them nicely.
 

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I made my own cage liner and sewed on sides for the liner to lay over the edges of the cage. Has been working greay for us! 20170309_133116.jpg
 

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1 1/2-2" binder clips!

I have thick rugs, towels on top of that (for absorbent layer), then fleece on top to wick away moisture. I use binder clips to keep the towels and fleece clipped together. I kinda just fold it in the corners and clip it underneath so the pigs don't chew on the clips.
 

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I'm going to have to try something like this now (bricks or clips). My SWEET, CUTE, PRECIOUS little GP has been burrowing up under the fleece for the past few days and I can't get him to stop. he will run from one end of the cage to the other UNDER the fleece. He pops out, grabs a bite of hay, and runs back to the other end of the cage under the fleece. lol.
 

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My cage liners are like [MENTION=19952]KristenMatejka[/MENTION]'s. Like an inverted fitted sheet. They don't move, the pigs can't get underneath, chew on the coroflute, etc.
 

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I made my own cage liner and sewed on sides for the liner to lay over the edges of the cage. Has been working greay for us!View attachment 81915

Care to share your pattern? Mine is oversized enough to wrap and I clip it to the sides but it bunches so bad in the corners.
 
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