Harringtons optimum pellets

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I occasionally buy 10kgs bags of Harringtons optimum guinea pig pellets.
These have now been discontinued,therefore harringtons will not be making any small animal pellets.
There maybe some stock left at on line/ off line retailers,but once all gone .There will be no more.
 
eileen said:
I occasionally buy 10kgs bags of Harringtons optimum guinea pig pellets.
These have now been discontinued,therefore harringtons will not be making any small animal pellets.
There maybe some stock left at on line/ off line retailers,but once all gone .There will be no more.
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Same problem here. ☹️

The last Harrington's 10 kg bags are on offer online for silly money and you have to be very careful to check whether they are actually 10 kg bags and not just 2 kg bags. :yikes:

I usually bulk buy 10 kg bags on offer for free delivery but I have had to switch to the new Science Selective 10 kg bags last month as the best compromise between cost and quality; not that there is much choice of brands for larger quantities. SS didn't use to sell large bags, so that was at least a nice surprise.

Thankfully, with my three arrivals this year each coming with their own different pellet leftovers, the Tribe have had quite a range of pellets to eat this year. Merlin did come with Science Select, so the switch was not a problem since my piggies will eat anything now and they are already used to SS.
 
Out of curiosity I just looked at the price for a 10kg bag of the Burgess and then said something I can't actually repeat, hah. Mind you Burgess in general is kinda expensive.
 
I mostly use Burgess and Harrington both for small mammals and the dogs, I've never had any problem getting them all before, but now I can't get Burgess (and yet it's made in England) for either and just this month have started having problems with the Harringtons. I so hope this isn't a sign that all the independent food firms will end up in the hands of the big few like Mars. They got their hands on Royal Canin and it went from a brilliant food to one I wouldn't feed.
 
Harringtons 10kg bag cost me £18.00 from local horse bedding,pet place.
Ive got a 10kg bag science selective for £25.00.its calcium content is 0.6 so I'm pleased with this pleased with this .
 
I personally don't feed Burgess, Science Selective or any of those brands that contain genetically modified soy! Soy alone is bad enough, but when it's genetically modified it can cause all kinds of issues!

Sorry I know you've already bought a 10kg bag and like it, but unfortunately not many people are aware of the dangers of genetically modified ingredients.
 
I hear your concerns regarding soya in pellets.ive a number of guinea pigs,ive not had any problems regarding soy in pellets.i only feed a tablespoon to each piggie.Pellets are the least important part of the diet.
Its a matter of personal preference.
 
I must have just been about to post as you were Eileen! :D

Yes ok if you only feed a small amount of pellets, and you haven't seemed to have had any problems with feeding soy to your pigs, but I just wouldn't risk it at all, not when there's other brands which don't contain any.
 
I have one piggie that has IC,i use soya,cereal free pellets for this group of piggies.The article that you have posted is intetesting.
 
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