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Q&A-- About fleece bedding
Q: A visitor asks if we wash and reuse the fleece bedding.
A: We have two pieces of fleece (buy them with a coupon or on sale at Joann's or other fabric store!) and two sets of old towels. So on Saturdays we take Theo out, remove everything from is cage, pile of hay is gathered up, then we take out all the bedding (fleece and towels) and I spray down the coroplast with vinegar water and wipe out. Then I lay the towels in the bottom (each towel is folded for double thickness) and arrange to cover the whole thing. Then the fleece goes over the whole thing and we clip it to the coroplast to keep into place.
The fleece is then taken outside to shake off the remaining little pieces of hay.
Fleece gets washed separately on hot, then the load of towels get washed on hot. No fabric softener for either, I use vinegar in the rinse (i put into the fabric softener dispenser actually.) Dry as usual.
Like I've said, we don't notice any smell at all... though we only have Theo, multiple guinea pigs may require a 2x week bedding change, I'm not sure. We do "clean out the poos" by hand a couple times a day, and if I see any fresh (wet) wee-wee I'll dab it up with a napkin, but mostly he wets while in his litter box, or it has quickly wicked down to the layer of toweling.
Be sure to read a LOT on that C&C cages site. There's a ton of information to take in. If you DO decide to switch to fleece/towels... make sure you PREWASH your fleece 5-6 times before using to help with the wicking action of the fleece (instead of the pooling action new polar fleece usually has.)
Thanks...