Found FUR in hay?

[Rebecca01]

Hi
Feeling like a bad piggy mum and worrying now!
This morning, I topped up the girls hay quickly on my way out the door with a couple of handfuls but didn’t properly sift through it as I was leaving for work
Get home to notice a lump in the hay- inspect it and see it is FUR. Definitely not from any of my girls, it’s grey, rock solid and I’m guessing it’s come in the hay-mum suggested a small animal has been caught in the hay machines
I’ve thrown out the rest of the bag and opened new ones, and as it was stoll in the cage they haven’t eaten the whole thing! I just don’t know if they would have nibbled at the edges whilst exposed to it today- I’m worried sick they will get ill from it, or sone sort of disease
They all seem ok and are eating etc at the moment but !
Anyone had a similar experience? Are they likely to be ok?

 

[Piggies&buns]

They won’t have eaten or nibbled at it. They will be fine don’t worry.

Hay being a natural product, I’m pretty sure most of us have found something in it at some point or another!

 

[Wiebke]

It occasionally happens. Hay is harvested with big machines but it is a natural product so stuff can occasionally end up.

Just throw it away but I wouldn't worry about any transmission. So far, it's never happened with mine in decades nor have we seen a case of any transmission from hay on the forum in nearly 20 years.

 

[Roselina]

Hi
Feeling like a bad piggy mum and worrying now!
This morning, I topped up the girls hay quickly on my way out the door with a couple of handfuls but didn’t properly sift through it as I was leaving for work
Get home to notice a lump in the hay- inspect it and see it is FUR. Definitely not from any of my girls, it’s grey, rock solid and I’m guessing it’s come in the hay-mum suggested a small animal has been caught in the hay machines
I’ve thrown out the rest of the bag and opened new ones, and as it was stoll in the cage they haven’t eaten the whole thing! I just don’t know if they would have nibbled at the edges whilst exposed to it today- I’m worried sick they will get ill from it, or sone sort of disease
They all seem ok and are eating etc at the moment but !
Anyone had a similar experience? Are they likely to be ok?

Hopefully you’re reassured with the advice you’ve been given
I’m sure the girls are ok