Hercules

[bpatters]

Can you get wood pellets? Like those for horse stalls? Or for wood stoves, if they don't have any accelerant added? It's by far the best, cheapest, and most long-lasting bedding I ever used for guinea pigs.

[ItsaZoo]

The fleece is actually recycled plastic bottles, so it feels like fabric but is actually plastic. Cotton would be totally different. I use some large pads that I made from cotton fabric with a cotton terry cloth towel inside to absorb moisture. You still have to launder, but it’s easy to shake off the hay and mess.

Chenille bath mats are polyester, so they’re synthetic, but I don’t know if the material is the same as fleece.

With paper, it’s not real absorbent and I would be concerned about hard surfaces and foot health. I have one that needs soft bedding or she gets podermatitis on her front feet. So she’s on multiple padded fleece layers - walking on clouds!

[daj]

I thought wood products were to be avoided because of the resins or something like that that is an irritant?
I've had them on artificial turf covered by a cotton sheet for a few weeks now. Hercules has stopped the incessant head shaking, and all three have stopped scratching. None of the sheets have gone through my laundering process yet. But they will go on laundered cotton this week. If the scratching and head shaking come back I will conclude it my laundry products, and if not, I will conclude it was the fleece microfibers.

[Lynx]

If you find something that works for you, that will be great!