Fleece Bedding For Guinea Pigs - Update

Well, humans, it turns out the fleece bedding had some unanticipated problems that we encountered by the third day. While the fleece bedding turned out to do a good job of keeping the cage neat, it did start to smell by day 3. The humans will try to add baking soda in between the layers of fleece next week, so we will let you know if that helps.

Our cage is messy! The air is not as smelly up here.

The other problem is that the humans bought a cheap dust buster from Target to clean stray poops and hay pieces from the floor of our cage, but Target forgot to include a wall charger! So we have not been happy piggies this week since that meant that we had to have baths. Go back to Target and return that dust buster humans! We expect daily vacuuming in our cage.

Finally, because the fleece needed to be washed twice weekly (instead of once a week, like the humans initially thought), that brings the weekly cost of bedding from $3.50 to $7.00. At that price, it's been just as expensive as buying Carefresh (which cost about $15 per 60L bag, which lasts two weeks, when bought online in bulk).

Still, we think the benefit of having a neater cage and plush fleece is better than Carefresh overall, so we will stick with it for a while. More updates soon.

Fleece Bedding For Guinea Pigs

There was a big change that happened to the cage today. We got beautiful new fleece carpet installed! The humans decided that they've had it with traditional litter like Carefresh cage bedding. We love Carefresh, but apparently Carefresh is pretty expensive. We love our new fleece bedding just as much.

It's like carpeting for our cage!

Here are our thoughts on the difference between lining a guinea pig cage with Carefresh bedding vs. fleece bedding.

Carefresh pros:

• Safe
• Easy to find in most pet stores

Carefresh Cons: 

• Expensive. Even when buying in bulk, it can cost $15 for a two week supply
• Messy, the litter can easily get outside of the cage 
• Somewhat difficult to clean
• Not as good as fleece for the environment

Now for our review of fleece bedding for guinea pig cages. This is the first time we've had anything other than litter lining out cage. 

Fleece Pros:

• Inexpensive. A double thick sheet was only $17 and it's reusable.
• Better for the environment since it can be reused.
• Also safe, no dust, and soft.
• Doesn't fall outside of the cage like litter- makes the cage look neater.
• Soft and fuzzy to nap in.

Fleece Cons:

• Humans have to vacuum daily with a dust buster to control waste.
• Has to be washed in a washing machine weekly- or more often depending on the size of your cage and number of pigs.
• Fabric can pill.
• Initially it isn't as absorbent as Carefresh, but after several washes it will be.
• You have to also put down a towel or two under the fleece to absorb moisture.