Hay box deliveries

Please don’t feel bad. I think quite a few people have been caught out. Could you order something from Amazon to tide you over? Or farm, shops like Tesco etc? Sorry.
 
Siikibam said:
Please don’t feel bad. I think quite a few people have been caught out. Could you order something from Amazon to tide you over? Or farm, shops like Tesco etc? Sorry.
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I would order from Amazon, but I imagine they are delayed also. I do have some hay in a C&C hayrack I took out of their cage last week(for some reason I didn't throw it out) I could always put that back in and I'm sure that will last for a few days because they can't sit on it. I'm hoping it will be here in the next day or so. Going to get a few bags of grass I think to keep them going and thank you :)
 
My subscription order was processed a week ago, payment taken but heard nothing about it being dispatched and still haven't had a reply to an email I sent them two days ago. Their website says to allow up to 7 days for delivery but it's obviously taking them longer 😕
 
CrestedPiggies said:
My subscription order was processed a week ago, payment taken but heard nothing about it being dispatched and still haven't had a reply to an email I sent them two days ago. Their website says to allow up to 7 days for delivery but it's obviously taking them longer 😕
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I wonder if they just dont know what to say to customers. I only say this as I emailed them yesterday due an administrative thing - nothing to do with a pending delivery - and they replied within an hour
 
Don't feel bad @Tara95 lots of us are in the same position. I had a subscription and a week ago ordered some off subscription in the hope it would come quicker. I've got about 3 days hay left and still only order acknowledgements from them no despatch. I've got some meadow and some timothy from elsewhere but it's not popular I'm mixing it in with the hay box timothy to try and eek it out.
 
Gosh you would have hoped they would have sorted out their issues by now! Hopefully this doesn’t carry on for too much longer our subscription order goes through next week but we have plenty to last us fingers crossed we won’t run out!
 
piggieminder said:
Don't feel bad @Tara95 lots of us are in the same position. I had a subscription and a week ago ordered some off subscription in the hope it would come quicker. I've got about 3 days hay left and still only order acknowledgements from them no despatch. I've got some meadow and some timothy from elsewhere but it's not popular I'm mixing it in with the hay box timothy to try and eek it out.
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Thank you, hopefully you get it soon! And good idea to mix it in! I've recently discovered some old hay cookies I have so I feel a bit better, they're basically tiny balls of green condensed hay which when digested are about 10X the size and they seem to be eating these like mad. :)
 
My subscription gone through on the 8th and up to now still not dispatched. I sent them a message through their FB page on Wednesday and a guy replied right away, apologising for all the delay they are having. He did say my subscription is supposed to be sent the following day, but up to now, it's still not dispatched. I do hope they get to sort it out soon. I'm lucky that I have only used half of a 2.5kg box and I have another unopened 2.5kg box of meadow hay. All the delays are frustrating though. :hb:
 
Siikibam said:
Please don’t feel bad. I think quite a few people have been caught out. Could you order something from Amazon to tide you over? Or farm, shops like Tesco etc? Sorry.
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Tara95 said:
I would order from Amazon, but I imagine they are delayed also. I do have some hay in a C&C hayrack I took out of their cage last week(for some reason I didn't throw it out) I could always put that back in and I'm sure that will last for a few days because they can't sit on it. I'm hoping it will be here in the next day or so. Going to get a few bags of grass I think to keep them going and thank you :)
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I don't have a subscription or regular order, but I ordered hay from the Hay Experts on the 8th and it arrived on the 11th without any issues. Their own timothy hay is usually lovely and green. (Doesn't stop my 3 spreading it all around and wasting it though! :td:)
 
piggieminder said:
Just ordered some from timothy hay company, will see what they are like. Can't go on like this, if I give them shop bought hay I get the look, a huff and they go back to bed. Reminds me of teenage humans, and I thought those days were long gone!
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If it was timothyhay.co.uk you'll get by wednesday. I ordered some on friday before 2pm and it arrived this afternoon.
 
piggieminder said:
Just ordered some from timothy hay company, will see what they are like. Can't go on like this, if I give them shop bought hay I get the look, a huff and they go back to bed. Reminds me of teenage humans, and I thought those days were long gone!
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Reminds me of the time I bought some burgess in an emergency...they refused to eat it. Who on earth taught them to be so picky?! :roll:
 
I use both HayBox and Timothy hay @piggieminder . I order Timothy from HayBox and the orchard grass hay from Timothyhay.co.uk and their delivery is brilliant. It’s normally delivered within two days! My boys love the orchard grass too as it’s soft for them to burrow into in their litter tray. They much prefer it to the Timothy hay but I always buy both so they have some variety!
 
I don't really know what's happening. I ordered beginning of Jan and they said they're overwhelmed with deliveries. Yet, I got it in 4 days... Ordered my pets food from zooplus earlier (on Friday) , after having last two delayed and running out of food and it arrived today via DPD 🤷‍♀️
 
I've never tried the orchard grass before...they do like the timothy though.
DougalandDiego said:
I use both HayBox and Timothy hay @piggieminder . I order Timothy from HayBox and the orchard grass hay from Timothyhay.co.uk and their delivery is brilliant. It’s normally delivered within two days! My boys love the orchard grass too as it’s soft for them to burrow into in their litter tray. They much prefer it to the Timothy hay but I always buy both so they have some variety!
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I ordered the timothy @DougalandDiego the orchard is out of stock. I looked at a couple of other companies and timothy was out of stock on their sites. Just tried to order JR Farm and Versele Laga Pellets from my usual places, both out of stock. The only place I can find them want £11 postage! Looks like we are going back to Burgess, I'm anticipating the sulks as I type. All this and just as the lawn has run out of grass.
 
I get my varsele laga from zooplus, they were out of stock. I mean, they just dissapeared, not just out of stock... But I've noticed lots of other items I buy for my pets are gone, wondering if it's the boarders issue, since they import a lot of their goods. I'll be trying SS grain free, help us God, as my previous pigs didn't like SS...
 
I get JR from zooplus and versele laga from time for paws both German pellets so I'm guessing Brexit has stopped supplies. I have been trying to stay off the SS because I had nothing but bladder problems when my pigs were on them. I was advised by vet to avoid soy, both SS and Burgess contain soy. I've ordered some Hay Box ones, they will hopefully arrive sometime with the hay. :eek:
 
piggieminder said:
I get JR from zooplus and versele laga from time for paws both German pellets so I'm guessing Brexit has stopped supplies. I have been trying to stay off the SS because I had nothing but bladder problems when my pigs were on them. I was advised by vet to avoid soy, both SS and Burgess contain soy. I've ordered some Hay Box ones, they will hopefully arrive sometime with the hay. :eek:
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Oh no! One of my piggies had UTI two months back and lost one piggie post bladder stone surgery so very worried about high calcium pellets, so though SS grain free are second best choice! Glad you've cleared that up for me. I remember reading about soy not being good,but didn't realise SS contains soy!
I'll be contacting zooplus to see if it's completely discontinued and will have to find different pellets if that's the case. Glad they're only eating tiny amounts so have time to work something out!
 
Nothing's been proved about soy, I think it's a hunch but she's not the only 'expert' I've heard say it. For me the bladder problems we've had are too much of a coincidence.
 
I bet you don't want to risk it!
The piggie who died last year wasn't even a year old, but was stunted and had other health issues, his op was very long as his testies didn't drop and were obstructing view, so had to be castrated as well as having bladder stone surgery 😔. It was done by exotics vet, but still wasn't enough... It was heartbreaking and made me paranoid. My other boy who had UTI is almost 7yrs old, but no stones on xray. I've fed versele laga for years and only had two piggies with bladder issue.
Haybox cold press pellets look good, might give them a try. Let's hope there won't be riots as these piggies only ever had versele laga 😂
 
piggieminder said:
I ordered the timothy @DougalandDiego the orchard is out of stock. I looked at a couple of other companies and timothy was out of stock on their sites. Just tried to order JR Farm and Versele Laga Pellets from my usual places, both out of stock. The only place I can find them want £11 postage! Looks like we are going back to Burgess, I'm anticipating the sulks as I type. All this and just as the lawn has run out of grass.
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I just looked on thehayexperts and they seem to have their own and some other brands timothy hay, and oxbow orchard grass hay in stock still. The Versele Laga is out of stock there too though, I'm thinking it's probably Brexit related.
@piggieminder , if you can't find any soy-free pellets, I have a spare bag of Cavia Complete 1.75kg, I could let you have it (or some of it). I use very few pellets these days and I switch between VL and the SS Grain Free so my trio don't get bored, so if I can't get hold of more VL it's not a problem for me.
 
That is so kind of you @Qualcast&Flymo . I've ordered some Hay Box ones so we should be alright for a little while. I've got a bag of VL I'm about to open I will mix them with the Hay Box ones. They only get a teaspoon full each a day so hopefully problem will be solved by then. I give a small amount as we tried to give them up altogether but they have pellet time clocks in their tummies and wouldn't settle without any.
 
piggieminder said:
That is so kind of you @Qualcast&Flymo . I've ordered some Hay Box ones so we should be alright for a little while. I've got a bag of VL I'm about to open I will mix them with the Hay Box ones. They only get a teaspoon full each a day so hopefully problem will be solved by then. I give a small amount as we tried to give them up altogether but they have pellet time clocks in their tummies and wouldn't settle without any.
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I hope your piggies like the HayBox pellets. With any luck it's just a Brexit import red tape issue that has stopped the smaller suppliers getting VL in, and it'll all be sorted in a month or two.🤞
 
Glad to see I 'm not the only one having problems, the gap between taking the money and the hay arriving is getting longer and longer! I'm wondering if they have been overwhelmed with orders because so many people have bough pets to amuse them over the lockdowns, and it has got harder to get feedstuffs. I thought of trying the other one talked about here, Timothy hay uk, I see them saying it all comes in 8 kilo boxes - are these full of loose hay like the haybox ones - if so are they huge boxes?
 
They do come in a large box but I decant it into smaller boxes and keep the bigger one in the shed at the end of the garden. It does have a cord around so you'll have to cut and remove it to then get to the hay.
 
Hmm, thank for the info, I have to get the box through a tiny path and even tinier gate before I can unpack it so this may be not so good for me.
 
@Bluebell the box isn’t particularly big. If you like I can measure it for you when I get home.
 
I ordered from timothyhay.co yesterday, just had an email to say it's been despatched! I thought they sent it in bags, they used to. Sounds like I may be decanting it in the front garden.
 
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