Cleaning Wood Pellets and Fleece

[Faiths13]

Hi
We recently made a C&C cage for our 4 piggies and the other day decided to do wood pellets. I wanted to try to lay fleece over it to see how that worked, and the piggies really love it. The problem is Im not really sure how to spot clean it. I would like to clean poo up every day or two but because the fleece is not really held down Im not sure how to do that. We just kind of tucked it behind the walls of the coroplast. Is there a better way to get the fleece to stay so I can clean it with a vacuum or small broom? Or is there a better way to clean it without a vacuum or broom? Thanks!!

 

[bpatters]

I just roll my fleece out over the pellets. When I'm ready to clean, I take the fleece outside and shake it.

Short of use the fleece flippers with something stiff inside, there's no way I know of to have the fleece stay down while you're trying to vacuum it.

 

[Faiths13]

That's what I was thinking, that I would have to just take it out and shake it out. Not as easy as I hoped, but that's OK.

 

[heather81]

I use one hand to hold it down and sweep with the other hand. I have thought about trying to vacuum it the same way.

 

[lisa325]

I find it easier to pick the poop out by hand every time I walk past the cage lol, but I only have wood pellets under fleece in their kitchen area, so it's really easy to keep clean.