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...the solid back stuff is all one colour.
So it's been 2.5 days and the vet bed remains completely dry to the touch everywhere, even under my slightly leaky water bottle, with no extra liners, pee pads or water bottle pads being used. No smell. The poops are easy to clean up but the hay is totally imbedded and difficult to sweep up. I am going to wait until wash day (Saturday or Sunday) and see if the hay can be shaken, brushed and /or vacuumed out and then I will probably add some sort of kitchen set up to reduce the hay in the vet bed. Will update this post about wetness and smell in 2-3 days.
What is vetbed?Day one of vetbed and wood pellets....the pigggies certainly seem to like it. So far so good. If people are interested i can update this post with how things continue over the next several weeks.
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Does the sound bother them or do you take them out of the pen first?Mine is a Shark cordless 15.6 volt. It's terrible at picking up hay but picks up the poops just fine. So far I've only had to use it one day though so time will tell...
I've been thinking about a hand vac for a while as I have two rat pens and the one guinea pig pen to pick up poops from. I really appreciate all the details you've given on this. Would be so much work to take all the animals out first though so still not sure if it would be frightening. Did you say whether it is very loud?My favorite hand vac for the cavy cage is the B&D 20v cordless vac (details below). In addition to having sufficient power, the particular feature that you want to look at closely is how the charger connects to the vac itself. Most of them that I've owned or examined have a flimsy connector that can easily become bent or simply fail. You can find one at a cheaper price than the one I like, but in this regard........you get what you pay for.
I have owned several hand vacs and invariably they would simply not last with the kind of use that ours gets. I own the previous model of this vac and have been very pleased with its performance. One can always locate a 20% off coupon for BBB and that brings the cost down to a competitive price. It picks up both poops and hay, and although the hay will clog the vac, it's super easy to unclog and to empty. I wash all the removable parts weekly as part of my cage clean process. One simply MUST empty any vac after each use or it will begin to accumulate nasty odors that will be emitted on the next use.
If you can physically get to a BBB store to look at the vacs, all the better so that you know what you're buying. Good luck with finding something that satisfies your needs!
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It's like a plush fleece, or sort of like a fleece rug with a pile height. It's used as dog and other animal beds especially for post surgical care and whelping apparently. It whisks away wetness and is supposed to be very durable.What is vetbed?
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I will look into it thanks! Mine is a black and decker 15$ job I found at Walmart. It works well enough on everything BUT the poop. It smashes it into what ever surface it is on whether fleece or tile. Totally disgusting [emoji30]My favorite hand vac for the cavy cage is the B&D 20v cordless vac (details below). In addition to having sufficient power, the particular feature that you want to look at closely is how the charger connects to the vac itself. Most of them that I've owned or examined have a flimsy connector that can easily become bent or simply fail. You can find one at a cheaper price than the one I like, but in this regard........you get what you pay for.
I have owned several hand vacs and invariably they would simply not last with the kind of use that ours gets. I own the previous model of this vac and have been very pleased with its performance. One can always locate a 20% off coupon for BBB and that brings the cost down to a competitive price. It picks up both poops and hay, and although the hay will clog the vac, it's super easy to unclog and to empty. I wash all the removable parts weekly as part of my cage clean process. One simply MUST empty any vac after each use or it will begin to accumulate nasty odors that will be emitted on the next use.
If you can physically get to a BBB store to look at the vacs, all the better so that you know what you're buying. Good luck with finding something that satisfies your needs!
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My favorite hand vac for the cavy cage is the B&D 20v cordless vac (details below). In addition to having sufficient power, the particular feature that you want to look at closely is how the charger connects to the vac itself. Most of them that I've owned or examined have a flimsy connector that can easily become bent or simply fail. You can find one at a cheaper price than the one I like, but in this regard........you get what you pay for.
I have owned several hand vacs and invariably they would simply not last with the kind of use that ours gets. I own the previous model of this vac and have been very pleased with its performance. One can always locate a 20% off coupon for BBB and that brings the cost down to a competitive price. It picks up both poops and hay, and although the hay will clog the vac, it's super easy to unclog and to empty. I wash all the removable parts weekly as part of my cage clean process. One simply MUST empty any vac after each use or it will begin to accumulate nasty odors that will be emitted on the next use.
If you can physically get to a BBB store to look at the vacs, all the better so that you know what you're buying. Good luck with finding something that satisfies your needs!
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I've been thinking about a hand vac for a while as I have two rat pens and the one guinea pig pen to pick up poops from. I really appreciate all the details you've given on this. Would be so much work to take all the animals out first though so still not sure if it would be frightening. Did you say whether it is very loud?
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