Slave to the Wheek
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If you sew extra loft quilt batting betweeen two layers of fleece, then you have what I am finding is Perfect.
I sewed pieces of fleece sewn into strings onto the sides (like a chair pad) to attach it to the cage floor.
It was a simple project that turned out to be perfect and solved every single problem I had. The hardest part was fitting 4 layers of high loft polyester quilt batting and 2 layers of fleece in the sewing machine. I had to go a bit slow, but it worked. I was really worried it wouldn't fit in the washer, but it's about like washing a queen sized comforter. It's smaller, but thicker. My cage is 3gridx4grids. Larger cages could be done with several of them that pull apart to wash.
It's never wet in more than one pee spot, and lasts over a week in a 2 story 3grid x 4grid cage with 2 pigs before it starts to stink like old urine.
Flipping it over midweek makes it even easier to keep the buildup off the top layer.
I sewed pieces of fleece sewn into strings onto the sides (like a chair pad) to attach it to the cage floor.
It was a simple project that turned out to be perfect and solved every single problem I had. The hardest part was fitting 4 layers of high loft polyester quilt batting and 2 layers of fleece in the sewing machine. I had to go a bit slow, but it worked. I was really worried it wouldn't fit in the washer, but it's about like washing a queen sized comforter. It's smaller, but thicker. My cage is 3gridx4grids. Larger cages could be done with several of them that pull apart to wash.
- No more disposable pads newspapers, towels, or mattress pads
- No more fleece getting sucked up while I vacuum
- No more wet spots
- No more bricks or rocks or clips or tape to hold it down
- No more dealing with hair stuck to the fleece since the fleece is held down tightly the vacuum sucks it up when I do the poo
It's never wet in more than one pee spot, and lasts over a week in a 2 story 3grid x 4grid cage with 2 pigs before it starts to stink like old urine.
Flipping it over midweek makes it even easier to keep the buildup off the top layer.