Cage floor and bedding ... whats best!!!!

Hi everyone ,

I am nearly ready i think to purchase our first Hoggie ... we have the cage on order and toys and house are sitting waiting . I'm still not quite sure what to use on the floor of the floor of the cage... i was going to use Chinchilla's sand for the littler area . Can you recommend something that i can use ... that would be safe for him /her .

Many thanks in advance

I've started using fleece as i was finding wood shavings everywhere!!

A lot of people use finacard (they seem to be updating there website http://www.finacard-uk.com/ ) apparently you get a huge bale of it which lasts months. It's a finely chopped eco-friendly cardboard litter.

Thankyou , i will order some of that today . Is the chinchilla sand ok to use for litter ..? and do u put a little tray down or just the corner of the cage ...?

Dexter has a kitten litter tray which has chinchilla sand in it (he loves rolling in it and it gets everywhere!!). You'll find a lot of people also sit the wheel in there too because hoggies will go to the toilet whilst on their wheel, hence us talking about poo boots and having to clean wheels!!

Thats a good tip thankyou ..x Just got to find a little fellow now to join our family..x

we use fleeces for poppy as she likes to wrap up everywhere but her bed so i feel a bit happier knowing shes warm enough all the time

i use a sort of rectangle dog bed that fits the zoozone perfect and leaves a bit of space at the end where put fleeces and pouch for my hogs bed,

currently using cat litter for her litter tray, and everyone says finacard is great for bedding, think im going to give that a try next when i get a proper wooden house

I use something similar to puppy training pads ...started on fleece ..but I was having to swap it daily ..and the washing got abit much lol!
I dont have a litter tray ...madam wont use it lol! And the flying saucer did'nt really fit snugly in it ..so easier just to swap over the training pad every morning ..and then bin it simples.

Thanks everyone for your advice .. i have gone on a ladies waiting list... and hopefully babies will be born end of Feb and be ready in March /Aprl by this time i will be well ready..

Does anyone no where i can get the heater and light from ..? so temp stays good for my hoggie ....x

Im all excited i feel like a expectant mom...x

I'm sure some people on here have shops? Huffhuff?

You can them in different places - Pets at home do a microwave disk thing, heatlamps can be bought in most petshops. Check ebay though tho ..sometimes you can grab a bargain.

I remeber how exciting it is waiting ...totally worth the wai aswell tho!

OMG u wouldn't believe how excited we all are , it's turning into a family affair even got my husband going awwwwww ha ha ha..x
I'm very much a pet lover and have a 7mth old Great Dane and two rabbits Metro and buttons .. we lost our guinea pig princess a couple of months ago after having her 7 years ... and lost our corn snake after nearly 19 years at the end of 2008 . So defo itching to get him/her and will be doing a lot of travelling to get hoggie but can't wait , and knowing i have this forum to fall back on if i have a question or i am worried about anything is just fanflippintastic

Just wondering how often each of you clean the cages for you hoggies.

So I'm guessing the litter tray should be sieved every day but replaced once or twice a week.


If using finacard is it just a fine layer on the bottom replaced once a week?

I clean the wheels out every night as they can honk a bit, and give them a full clean out twice a week.

I have mine on vet bed with newspaper underneath, and they have fleece puches to curl up in.

I use finacard too, it's great

What is it like for soaking the 'pee' up, does it clump up, and does it stick to the bottom of the cage?

Thanks