Good afternoon Scotty and everyone! Happy days!!

I have 4 boys (Archie/Ernie/Opossum/Bear) who refuse to bond, so we just keep them as safe by making them cage-neighbors instead. Since they all have their own cages, changing and cleaning their bedding is a lot. It takes a real love to clean as you are supposed to, but nothing makes me happier than watching them popcorn on fresh bedding :)

I hear ya with the washing 😆 feels like its never done

Try puting news paper down then your pine shavings. That way when you clean, just roll up the paper.

We only have one cage(2x6 grid) with 3 pigs, so fleece is great! We have 3 guinea dad liners with pockets and 3 guinea dad liners without pockets, a whole bunch of big pee pads and a bunch of water bottle drip pads. I can usually go a week before I have to wash all the pee pads and I cycle out the guinea dad liners every 3-4 days. We love our piggies!

Your piggies are so cute! Three words for people using fleece for their guineas: PET LAUNDRY BAGS. 👍 You can get zip up pet laundry fabric wash bags on Ebay and Amazon, search for “pet laundry wash bag”. They come in jumbo sizes. Shake off fleece, put your fleece inside the bags before putting in machine and zip up, to prevent your washing machine becoming clogged with hair and hay (hair can actually clog up the inner pipes of your machine and break it!) Best purchase ever!

When you showed Mike, my 15 month old daughter gave the phone kisses💜 poor thing. You can tell he don't feel good.

I am so glad that you give the pros and cons to fleece and shavings. Most people seem pro fleece but I am not a fleece person and am relieved you don't act like fleece is the best. Fleece looks gross fast with the hair and poo. I use kiln dried pine and only mess with cages 1x a week which is better than daily sweeping or vacuuming of fleece. Plus I feel gross about pee and stuff in washing machine. I wish I didn't care but I do.. As a busy mom, I prefer wood shavings which is 1x week change vs fleece which would be daily spot clean and weekly laundry on top of a household of 5 laundry lol!

I wish i found a man with as much love as Scott as for his animals 🐾 ♥ 🐾

Poor Mike, I hope he gets well soon 💕

Thanks for this video. Guinea pigs are a lot of work but I love my guinea girls so much that taking care of them well is a joy. Definitely agree they should not be viewed as starter pets.

I prefer fleece but i have a front loading heavy duty washer a nd dryer. For sure i am constantly washing but i dont mind. I have learned to sew as well because like you said you never have enough. I sweep out the cage twice a day so it always looks clean. I dont have wet spots because i use the smaller pads all around. I have long haired guinea pigs so i find shavings get stuck in their coat. I am also 68 years old so lugging pine shavings into the house is not easy. I enjoy the whole process of caring for them though.

I have two boars and use two sets of the guinea dad fleece. That works pretty well for 3 days before a cleaning. In their houses I lay extra layers of fleece which I replace before bedtime. After breakfast is the daily spot cleaning with a small pan and/or dust devil. I find the most annoying thing about fleece is hay getting stuck in it. So now I have a chloroplast tray under the hay filled with paper bedding and it catches the hay. Anything leftover can just be sweeped. Also, I love what you said about doing it because you love them doesn't seem like a chore. I LOVE it when my pigs settle in for a nap in a fresh, beautiful cage. 😊

I’m so thankful I found you. Been researching and learning EVERYTHING I can. I had 2 as a child and now as an adult I’m better equipped.

Awwwwwe the last remaining minutes of the video @16:55. Little Mikey squeaks.

I have corner/litter trays that I fill with shaving, I find they pee and poop in them most the time but maybe I'm lucky. A tip is to use close pins to hold them in place, so they can't move or dump them :)

I only have one cage and two piggies. I use fleece, but line the corners where they eat with paper. They tend to poop and pee more on the paper and I swap that out daily. Easy. Their names? Bolita and Merengue!

I love Tractor supply pine shavings!! Best price and never had any problems with it like i have had with paper bedding, fleece and Aspen. I love that people use fleece, its so pretty and comfy but i absolutely HATE IT! I guess im just a shavings person, sorry fleece lovers! I love you guys though!!!! I also get huge 50 pound bales of timothy grass there too. Only $25. I have 6 piggies because my girls did not get along. Two were emergency rescues I took since I had the space. I have two groups of three in a divided c&c 3x5 plus a protected outdoor run. Thank you so much Scotty for all the priceless info!!! I actually caught a hormone issue in one of my girls because of the Saskia videos about the crusty nipples. I noticed it right away!!! You all are amazing!!! Love the piggie community 💕

I recomend cotton towels in the summer instead of fleece, cause it's just too hot for fleece in California in the summer. I save the fleece for the fall and winter months. Big lots has some large cotton towels and really nice solid colors for only 6.00 that I recently have bought last week that I recomend . Bought the noodle mats that match the towels for the loft/kitchen area there too.

We have 3 piggies and I made my own fleece with the uhaul pads. I spot clean in the morning and at night. I got a big liner bag that I can wash all the fleece in once a week. I'm honestly amazed at how well it's been working considering I've never sewed anything before.

Happy Monday! Great topic and video as always! 💖💖💖

Btw, you can spot clean the cages with shavings, everyday just look for the areas where they poop alot, or where it's wet, and then add a handful more of bedding. It's easier to do a full clean, when it's ready for it, and it will keep the piggies from walking all over their poops!

I prefer fleece, you have to spot clean daily with a whisk broom and strategicly place smaller pads in sleep areas. I love the guinea dad liners, I find that hay doesn't stick to the surface and my girls LOVE the pocket

I bet you are going to be famous in the future because you put all your work into the video’s ceep up your hard work

I have three guinea pigs. Two parents and one young one - he was left over from an accidental litter. (Store told me the mum was a he). Now I know how to sex them. I use fleece bedding for the three cages, shake the poops and discarded hay out every morning and sometimes late afternoon. I wash the fleece with detergent and vinegar once per week. One is a guineadad pad, the other two were homemade from fleece blankets and a moving pad I happened to have. The father and son did not get along, so I had to have three cages. Drying takes the longest amount of time- I hang dry outside for about an hour or two, squeeze water out occasionally, then dry in dryer for somewhere around 60 minutes (it’s an old dryer). I let them have outside time a few times a week in appropriate weather with a c&c cage and rubber matting from harbor freight plus their gear. I should add I live in a tiny house so their cages are in a row on the bottom bunk of my bunkbed. 😜 Video on my KZfaq channel which I haven’t used recently.

I use Bath mats :) a quick 20 min clean each night

I compost my shavings. 😂 I have a huge pile of amazing compost with oodles of worms! I use it for my outdoor plants and garden. If I use fleece I always rinse it first outside. That’s what I tell my mom. I like to take care of them even the poops 😂

These videos make me so happy!

I used shavings before but it would get on the floor and then dragged around the house so I switched to fleece... laundry every day

For cleaning my cages I got a 33 gallon hi back trash can at Walmart holds a 33 gallon trash bag I use 2 bags every time I do cleanings.can was under 20.00 and easier to store than round trash can, it's tall and narrow I keep my dust pan and brush in it and scouper so I know where they are on cleaning day. I use shavings since we pay for water living in town .

great video! i always wanted to know more about those fleece beddings :)

Awww get well very soon, little Mike. Big cuddles 😘♥️🌸🐾

Great vid Scotty!💗🐷🐷so much cuteness

Awwww. Just got to the mug part 😂 So glad you still use it!! ☕️

Thanks again so much, Scotty. Watching this with my kids.

I still got the 3 girls that I adopted from a couple that where giving them away.. I drove 2 hours that day one way and 2 back I felt really happy.

After a couple of years I took a break from piggy laundry and switched to pine. I hope they're still comfortable 💜💜

Great video! We have one giant piggie cage, and considering switching to fleece. Very helpful video!

The Great Slurper strikes again! Love your new cup :D I love watching you work, ha, reminds me that I have to do the cage tomorrow xD plus, my youngest needs a vet trip, just like Mike, I put a little water in his normal food so it's soft, but he can still chew on it. Good luck to both our boys

Love you Scotty ❤️

I love fleece! I only have 2 bonded boars, and lots of pee pads. Also, the shower mats that you see Mason's Cavies using. Always fun picking out fleece patterns :)

I really love Guinea Dad! I love everything about them, the quality and why they started their business!

Great video! I've learned so much from watching you & Saska's channels😁 I used to use pine bedding when I had two pigs & was brand new to it all but I never knew about spraying it to keep the dust down or pressing it down like that. It seems like that would keep it in place better so the urine don't get on every inch. We switched to fleece & expanded so much when I got a 3rd pig. It's a lot easier to clean up & definitely not as much trash but I only have two huge fleece liners that I sewed a plastic-like rug on the back to trap the urine. Im thinking about using pine & fleece because I miss my piggies fur smelling nice all the time & I'm sure they miss burrowing in it haha! Thanks so much for always providing the best advice, wishing you & your sweet animals all the best❤️

Thanks so much for the tips. my Guinea pig chleo and jessie are gonna be happier and happier cause of u thank you ❤ 😃

Pipsqueak is so cute

I use a variety of fleeces. I have a Guinea dad fleece liner, and a few other custom ones that I bought on Etsy!

I have tried both shavings and fleece and currently have permanently settled on fleece flippers with three sizes of pee pads (many) and 1x2's that I use around the cage over the 2x5's in the heavier areas. The double loft has custom fleece liners. I cycle everything out every 4 days except I change pads often. A hint to stay much more odor free; use Arm and Hammer Free liquid detergent as it already has the baking soda in it that really helps to make the bedding smell fresh and clean.

I would love to purchase one of those Jade necklaces! Not only is it beautiful, but you collected them, and made them to help the rescue!

Thanks for not putting that weird background music on this video. Much more enjoyable to watch ❤ great video!

i really feel i should make a video on how i clean fleece liners in a tiny apartment. it really is a fine art.

Good afternoon Scotty! I have to clean my guinea pig too

I don't sew, therefore I use a layer of crib mattress pads then place a layer of fleece over them. The fleece wicks the wee away from the piggies down to where it is absorbed by the mattress pads. Their litter box is a small Sterilite bin that I line with a puppy wee pad (edges trimmed off) then cover that with kiln dried horse stall pellets. At the messy end of the cage, I place extra alternating layers of crib pads and fleece so I can easily pull them out when needed during the week, shake off outside and wash.

Morning to you Scotty! I really appreciate this video. Plan to purchase two little sows sometime this autumn, and watching your videos is helping me get things right the first time around, I hope. I have a 2x4 cage from guineapigcages. Also got a cavy bistro to use in the cage. The only space I will have for the pigs is in my bedroom, so I am planning on fleece, as I think the shavings might cause too much of a mess. Problem with fleece is having to do laundry at laundromat........ So it’s a bit of a dilemma. Maybe having three liners, along with pee pads, so I would only have to wash once every other week. Doing so in order to cut down on laundromat cost... I appreciated your comment about not being impressed with people who have 100 pigs. Two will be my limit! Hoping for the best! Thanks Scotty, for all you do!

Pine Shavings; thx for the tips and the video!

down to three now on fleece. I have one geriatric sow who loves snuggle bags so that is what I am constantly washing as she is far too prone to UTIs for me to be lax. You do great work, Scotty.

I admire you and saskia so much ❤ 💖 I wish I could show you photos of my set ups

I make my own fleece pad. I do big ones that fit the cage and also lots of smaller ones to put around where they sleep and eat.

Thanks for your video Scotty!! My two piggies, Loulou and Frits live on fleece. Loulou is a skinny so that means even more poops and pee. 😂 I spotclean every day and ones a week i wash everything. I have a toillet with hemp fiber under there haywack and that helps a lot keeping it clean.

I didn't want to watch this video because it was so long. I ended up watching it and loving it BECAUSE it was so long. Lol Awesome video!

When I go to the pet store and I see people looking at them or thinking about getting one I try to guide them and always let them know about you.

"What wouldn't we do for our friends"* Love that! I prefer the fleece, Guinea Dad liners are my favorites... One of my boys is a Peruvian & sheds a bunch. A hand broom removes a lot of debris from the liners after shaking...I also vacuum them (w/ the sm brush) before putting in the wash! I have 2 Femish Giants but Gpigs are waaaaay different! I've learned so much from you. Thanks Scotty!

Hi Scott. We recently changed from bedding to felt blankets with pee pee pads underneath for protection. Also have bedding in a small litter box and it's working. We change out every other day the soiled areas and wash the fleece. It's working great. We have a new Milwaukee cage too. 😊

Fleece fleece fleece fleece all the way!!!

my pigs have a decently large cage so fleece is what has always worked best for me. it makes clean up so much easier

I have two Guineas and I also use fleece with liners under it. I like it because it’s so soft and dry in the beginning but yes I have to do laundry daily !

I agree the Guinea Dad fleece is first class. I shakes out and washes out better than regular fleece but it is expensive. I use the EZwhelp pee pads in different sizes also. They are a good second layer or in carriers too. These are not too expensive and wash and wear well. Someday hopefully I will have two full sets of Guinea Dad and spares.

I have 7 piggies and 6 cages I use pine shavings for all but my senior she has fleece since she doesn't move alot and was laying in pee and poop fleece easier for seniors who don't move

I saw them in Your shop. But I already bought the most beautiful one last Year. The most beautiful one. Thank You. I keep it in my wish tree when I dont wear it. Or at my altar place. Green rocks when it comes to You. Maybe bec of this jade?( Love the sounds walking in gravel. Waves through body and mind, that sound made me consider educating to an audioexpert in creating sounds for films once up on a time. This sound still drives me mad. Please). oh, the video is still running!!! 😊Yes, a beautiful bedding there!!! I have fleesebedding with hay, no, no, no pineshaving, would create caos here. But I am sure it works great. And when lazy I put fleese over fleese... but the day always comes when it is time for a... rejuvenation of circumstances. So to speak. Thank You🍀Maria

"Why are you mad at me" YOU HAVE NO LETTUCE OR VEGGIES!

I love your guiña pig

I love fleece bedding. It is easy for me to keep things fresh and tidy. But it does mean more laundry. I have guineadad fleece liners and homemade ones. I prefer my homemade ones because they seem to retain less odor when washed.

Scotty, my daughter wants to send you a Jadite jade, it's really beautiful, so you can possibly sell it and help the rescue. She was just talking about it just Saturday, and now you're mentioning it, lol, that's a sign, I'm going to tell her to watch the video later on! We still have your information, so I'll message you shortly. I can have her send you a picture. Great video! Try using a stiff brush after you shake it out, it doesn't even have to be hard, you brush it off gently. I get what you're saying about fleece, it's alot, I mean alot of maintenance, mostly washing! Pipsqueak is so PRECIOUS!

We make our own fleece liners using fleece uhaul blankets and water proof pads. We change our big pads 2-3 times a week and we change small ones as needed when they get really wet. We clean poop and soiled hay 1-2 times a day. We have 8 piggies. A group of 4 girls and 2 separate pairs of males.

I put old towels under just a piece of anti pill fleece or blizzard fleece from Joann’s fabrics and it works well for me. I just have a couple big loads of laundry that day and that’s it! Then I interchange guineadad fleece liners when I’m washing the Joann fleece!

Very informative video thank you. I have my guinea pigs on fleece ( ikea bath mats) in summer in the c&c cage.works great but I sweep up poops every morning and night. Once a week wash the mats. Our heating and cooling ceased so had to put my boys back into the original cage. I have been using back to nature on bottom 2 inches and wood shavings on top 2 inches. I still clean morning and night , I remove wet wood chips and collect all poop and uneaten food scraps night and day. It keeps the cage clean and no smells. My two boys have turned one , so I can hear more rumber strutting and chasing going on. I clean the entire cage once every 9 days. The general clean and scoop out means the wood chips go down, I even top it up in places. My guinea pigs love a clean cage . The pop all over the place. Thanks again for your wonderful videos. My two boys have a circus tent made of fleece that keeps them cozy, they pee every where in these and poo inside. So these get washed weekly. They seem to make the most smell. I think both methods are great but they each have to be daily maintained.

'Your piggies are your buddies' that's so true Scott :)

U r the man

Hey Scotty!!!! I have 2 heards and then a cage with 2 females. These girls amazingly only pee/poop in certain spots. It is amazing LOL. I do fleece with them because it's so easy to change out their small pads and the big liners can last a while. I wish they were all like this. The 2 heard cages get a mix of Mine flake and Eco flake. I've tried with fleece but it's toooo much and I can't live to do laundry...ughhh. BeeBee is so adorable! I have 2 cockatiels. I love them very much. Take care, from Baton Rouge, Louisiana :)

I love my piggie!!! He’s my little man!!

I throw all of the poops and pellets over the balcony onto 2 Legustrom bushes. They were sick and pathetic 10 years ago when I moved in, but now they are thriving and blooming. My landlord has no idea.

Watching this instead of doing my pig laundry! I use bobble bath mats and polar fleece sheets. If I can't change them every two days (which I do with the fleece) I will put them on straw for four days absolute max.

Hi Scott, thanks for this (again) great Video. I like to clean my fleece pads with an Gummi broom ( don't know if that's the right words Gummi Handfeger, it would be in german). I have home made pads. And just tried Wellness flecce. The hay doesn't stick as much.

It’s all trial and error what works for you! I have 2 girls in a 2x3 cage with a 1x2 loft. I have 3 fleece liners that I swap out once a week. The litter pan gets changed about every other day. I tried to make the loft the kitchen, but one of my girls in not fond of going up the ramp so I will be switching to fleece in the loft as well. I’ve liked pelleted pine for my litter pan because it is so economical, but I’ve been considering switching to carefresh because of the dust.

@3:18 I am both having deja vu about cleaning out the piggy houses (I do it exactly like you do, Scotty - big trash can and all!) and cackling at Pippy's face: "Where'd my house go? Who stole my house?" Poor Scotty, your adorable piggies are real slave-drivers!!! Nate is thoroughly unimpressed by your hard work @11:59 and sleeping through it all. LOL So cute though!

I think I will stick to my hamsters :) With a big cage and spot cleaning I can go a month and a half or longer without a big clean. Luckily they mostly pee and poop in the same area and I can just clean that out when needed. Love seeing all the guinea pigs Scotty.

One part of the cage I use as a poop age so put ekoo bedding in it 140cm 80 cm, Other part 3 fleece with 2 towells 1puppads 2cond part(attic) fleece and And other part fleece too

I have 7 guinea pigs (Im a sucker for a pig in need) and I have found it best to use fleece. I have 4 pigs in a 13 x 2 grid cage and have 1 end, about 2 grids long of a "kitchen" space that I use Aspen shavings. 4 pigs tend to drain the water bottles pretty quick and the fleece gets gross quick. I have a ton of the $2.50 walmart fleece throws and I just fold them up to fit the cage and change them out every day. I do a lot of pig laundry but it works out for me.

It may seem weird but I do both. I put fleece in the middle and paper bedding on the ends where they pee and poop the most. I put hay on they ends of the cage so that is really the only place that has alot of pre and poop. That way they have the soft comfort and I can clean the ends every couple days

I have 3 cages. One is fleece only and the only two are fleece with kiln dried pine areas that they mostly poop and pee in. I have to sweep my fleece every day and I replace it every 2-3 days. My sister made most of my fleece with the uhaul inserts. I laughed when you said you can never have enough. She said “I made you a ton” and I told her a couple weeks ago “it’s never enough!!!!”

I have 3 piggies, my cage has a pine shaving box half the cage size with food and water and their hay sack in it. The other half is fleece and their upstairs is fleece also. I change out the pads everyday, main fleece every 4 days. I wait until I get a pile of fleece to do a load. Probably 2 changes of fleece.

Once a week, blimey, I do my two boys every other day. They’re on shavings (about 3”) in a 2x4 C&C cage. I still can’t believe how much poop they produce 💩. I did try them on fleece but noticed the smell almost immediately, so they’re back on shavings. So much love for these sweet little furry potatoes with legs. xx

I have a 2x6 c&c cage and I have 2 girls, I use fleece. I buy my fleece from lilfurfleece on etsy. I LOVE using fleece, and I love the shop I buy from, its such amazing quality! I use to use paper bedding and I would never go back to that. I spot clean twice a day, change potty pads where they sleep twice a day and do a FULL clean out every 2 days. Im a clean freak, lol.

Really good info, Scott. I used aspen shavings for about 4 years before switching to Guineadad fleece. I have a 2X6 C&C with three girls. Except for doing laundry all the time, I found both types to be about the same amount of labor. The difference being where you spend your time. The big difference I noticed was the smell. As you pointed out, wood shavings act as a natural deodorant on the urine where fleece doesn’t. The shavings are also a bit abrasive and help keep piggie butts cleaner and less smelly (they seem to spend a lot of time dragging their bums around.)

I also use the puppy pad liners as they have plastic on back and are thinner but very nice. Of course my piggies have to look at puppy paws print and they complain to me

One corner of our cage is covered with hemp bedding where the piggies eat, drink and pee and poop a lot, the largest part of the cage is covered with fleece bath mats from a well-known Swedish store and self made pee pads.

I started out with pine bedding with my 2 girls and I just found it was very costly and smelled terrible no matter how much I used. I now have 5 piggies, 3 girls and 2 boys and I switched to fleece and the best method I found was lay puppy training pads in the coroplast, fleece on top of that and I use bath rugs under their hideys. Then about 2 times a day I will spot clean and then change the pads and fleece on the weekends

We have 3 beautiful little piggy girls and a very large cage. We have used all types of bedding in the past. Now we only use soaker pads. They use them in care homes....the brand is called Fusion, it's the only one I like. They wick away the wet and are easy to wash unlike the fleece liners I have used. It is much easier on our washer and dryer and Our piggies and I love them. They are hard to find that is the only downside. Deana

Suggestion, I have a composr bin and a dollar tree scrub brush I use for my fleece. It helps for gardening and the hay/hair chaos.

America's Choice Eco Flake ok to use

I overlap two large fleece liners in the one cage, then they have pee pads in each of their houses and one beneath the hay rack because they poop a lot there! The washing does pile up! If weather's dry and washing line's full, I lay them on the kids trampoline to dry! (They seem to have forgotten they have a trampoline - they have computer games!)