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Cage What is the best kitchen bedding?

NymphadoraTonks

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Right now I am using yesterday's news in my girls kitchen, but I'm not too fond of it. When the water bottle drops, it creates a huge mushy disgusting mess! I wanna know what the absolute best bedding for the kitchen area is
 

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The BEST idea I've found is to put a flat rock under the waterbottle to catch the drips. The rock soaks up the water and air dries as it goes.

I also recently started using Yesterday's News in my small hay bin/kitchen and I get mushy spots too (my Randy always pees in the same corner). I've been putting in a few layers of newspaper before the litter and it makes it easier to clean - just lift out the paper and the litter and toss.
 

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I've been using wood pellets and they're working pretty good. When they get wet the turn to saw dust which is pretty easy to scoop up. And as a bonus they don't cost much. A 40lb bag is $6 at Tractor Supply.
 

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I swear by Fresh News for cats. It's easy to tell if areas are still clean so you can reuse a lot of it when you clean the cage.
 

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I swear by Fresh News for cats. It's easy to tell if areas are still clean so you can reuse a lot of it when you clean the cage.
[MENTION=15081]pinky[/MENTION] how often do you spot clean the mushy spots? Do you just scoop them out? Leave the poops? How often do you completely change all the litter? It seems I can go at least a week and it doesn't get stinky (that is just for one 5-month-old pig Randy, who is temporarily housed alone). I was pleasantly surprised!
 

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[MENTION=15081]pinky[/MENTION] how often do you spot clean the mushy spots? Do you just scoop them out? Leave the poops? How often do you completely change all the litter? It seems I can go at least a week and it doesn't get stinky (that is just for one 5-month-old pig Randy, who is temporarily housed alone). I was pleasantly surprised!

Each of my cages has about a 2x2 grid section with Fresh News and 3x2 with fleece. My lone pig doesn't poop at all on the fleece side. I clean out the bedding side in her cage once a week. I can reuse about 1/4 of it. She's a big pig and poops a lot more than my others. My trio poops a bit on the fleece but not a lot. I can reuse a lot more of the fresh news in their cage when I change it once a week. I'd say I'm probably able to reuse 1/2 of it. The bedding pellets expand when it gets wet so it's really easy to see what's still fresh. It doesn't clump up like Carefresh does. I prefer the fresh news for cats better than the one for small pets. Sometimes I go longer than a week in the cage with 3 guinea pigs.
 

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I've been using wood pellets and they're working pretty good. When they get wet the turn to saw dust which is pretty easy to scoop up. And as a bonus they don't cost much. A 40lb bag is $6 at Tractor Supply.

Do you put any thing over the pellets like the fleece or just pellets?
 

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I just put the wood pellets in my kitchen areas. I have fleece flippers in the rest of my cage. I've used wood pellets and yesterday's news. The wood pellets are the best in controlling odor.
 

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Thank you! :) So appreciated.
 
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