Not absorbent and wicking - stays wet.
I washed product as directed -twice, with no softener of any kind. Dried it and placed in the clean cage. Within hours parts of it were soaked and the debris such as hay, straw pellets and poop would not entirely sweep up because they were sticking to the wet spots. Within a day I had to change the cage back to the paper bedding I was using because it stunk. The positive points are - it is a very cute print, is well sewn and thick. It was a generous size with some material left over.
Rating: 1 stars