Anyone using Vetbed for their piggies?

[silver73]

I am thinking of moving over to it although the initial investment will be high. It sounds fab. I need to try to get away from megazorb as one of my GPs has asthma and it may be due to the dust in megazorb.

I have tried fleeces but they stay wet whereas vetbed absorbs the wet and keeps the top dry.

Any experiences? I saw some today and it was so super fluffy I expect my pigs will love it. They love fleece when it first goes in but once it is wet they are off..

Never used it silver but I saw some in a (whisper:Pet Shop) where DD and I were noseying about.

Would they eat it? The top looks fluffy and I'd trust a dog not to but not rodenty types.

And would it stand up to repeated washing?
I had to wash the boars hotwater bottle covers every day or they smell rank.

I've got a HippyChick bed protector -it's a felty type fabric with a waterproofing heat sealed into it. It's survived many many washes when my DC had them.
Now it's sewn onto the back of fleece blankets, to keep the fleece dry.

Vetbed reviews. :)

I did think about it for a while but I had a hard enough time getting hay off the fleece, I imagine this would be a nightmare, but if you have tidy piggies it could be contained in boxes, I don't .

I think there is someone on ebay who sell it for a fair price by the roll.

I've had a look on Ebay and (provided I get proper VetBed) it could well work in the boys outdoor Pighouse for winter.

VetBed with a couple of microwaveable 'hotties' and SnugglePads.

I'd have to put their hay in another box though (I'd imagine it's a blighter to get hay off VetBed) , but they might lower themselves to walk to their hay
if it means they have a nice soft bed.

Would need 2 though- one to wash ,one to 'wear'

Yes I did. They LOVED it. The trouble was they then developed a habit of getting very comfy and just peeing and pooing on it. Well thats what its designed for I hear you say... nope, it just ended up a pool of wee, which leaked when you picked it up.

Thinkingaboutit - I was thinking of cutting it into little areas to go under their huts and change daily. Do you think that may work? I have tried fleece but my pigs wee a lot and it gets sodden with towels underneath so would need to be changed twice a day. I need to cut down the amout of hay as one of my pigs is possibly allergic to hay.

I think it would work well, but I think it'll end up being expensive very quickly, even if you used for a couple of days.

We switched to shredded paper for bedding as we had issues with allergies. Seems to work well, and its cheap. There is use for your old bank statements...

I bought a pecial Guinea-Shredder (very fine cross cut shreddings).
The TV Times makes lovely soft shreddings (not the cover though)

My boys have vet bed in their "bedroom." I bought two very large ones and cut them in two, so have four sets. So, the cage is about 1/3 vetbed and 2/3 hay over newspapers. Yes, the hay clings to it and it's not fun to get out.

This is basically the routine I go for - I use a dustpan brush to brush off as much of the hay when I clean the cage. Then, I put the vetbed in one of those bags you use for washing lingerie in - quite a large one obviously. Alternatively, you can put it in an old pillow case, tied up with a hair bobble. Then I just put it in a hot wash with other things.

Not very environmentally friendly I know, but I then take it out of the lingerie bag and tumble dry it on its own. The dryer filter tends to catch all the remaining bits of grass and the vetbed comes out soft and fluffy again.

My board have a tendency to chew the rug, but they never chew their vetbed. It's like they just know! :)