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I read on another website about people using sections of fleece in their guinea pig cages. I thought about doing so for my dwarf hamsters but as soon as I thought about it, I remembered their need to dig and burrow.
I understand that rats like to as well, but I was wondering if it was wise or good for the rat if I were to use fleece or a similar material as their bedding, taking it out every few days to wash it and cleaning up poo daily.
It seems like a nice, eco-friendly and cheap way to keep soft bedding in your rats cage.
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I use towels and fleece in my rats cage  The towels I change every five days (but I also have 4 rats in a cage big enough for 10) and the fleece scraps I change out every 2 days. I quick vac the poop every day sometimes every other day.
Sometimes I do house my girls in only half the cage. When I do this I change the towels every 3 to 4 days, and fleece is still changed out every 2 days.
For more on using towels and fleece, a more in depth description on how I clean my cage, and even pictures of my girls cage, you can check out the link below
http://freewebs.com/dreamchaser023/
Good luck!!
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| I don't know about fleece, just don't use cotton.
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Muffin (10/16/2009)
I don't know about fleece, just don't use cotton.
Why?
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| I have an old piece of fleece in the boys' nest box and they love it. They burrow around in it, hide things under it and curl up all cute in it. Safe to say they love it!
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They love having that sort of thing as bedding in their cage, they will drag it into their favorite place to sleep especially igloos or nest boxes, if you want them to be able to burrow its fine because the will lift up the material and sleep under it the only problem is that it may get chewed up but you ca easily go to a local fabric store and buy a large amount of fabric for a very low cost. Hug your ratties for me!
Animals are unconditional love
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