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LMAO... It needs to be green, not yellow Mrs, if it's yellow you need spanking :P ASDA sell hay which is ok... why don't you get some from hay for pets?
 
artcasper said:
Mine have had bog std hay from pets at home... any thoughts on that? They also had a bag from B&M which was very cheap but smells nicer and piggies like it..
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I've heard B&M do nice hay. I have heard mixed reviews about P@H hay so we'll have to wait until you've checked it !
 
PiggyOwner said:
I've heard B&M do nice hay. I have heard mixed reviews about P@H hay so we'll have to wait until you've checked it !
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Will let you know tomorrow after the chores, swimming lessons & food shopping.... and heres me wanting a rest day!
 
I get gorgeous hay from Jollyes pet supplies. My piggies go wild for it. It's dust extracted, lovely long lengths of fresh meadow hay. Twice a day I feed as a treat some hugely expensive Timothy hay in their veg bowl. Like @gizzy says mine eat every last strand of it and it's so good for their teeth and digestion.
 
I got Timothy hay from pets at home , I am new to this and yes it is not green , I want the best hay , do I need to buy online , what are bladder piggies? Why only 5 pellets a day .
I was looking at the vitakraft food , as I wanted a premium organic food ,is this a good choice then ?
Sorry all the questions
 
tallulahmay said:
I got Timothy hay from pets at home , I am new to this and yes it is not green , I want the best hay , do I need to buy online , what are bladder piggies? Why only 5 pellets a day .
I was looking at the vitakraft food , as I wanted a premium organic food ,is this a good choice then ?
Sorry all the questions
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I once bought some P@H own brand of timothy hay and wasn't impressed with it - it was more like straw! P@H sell alfalfa king timothy hay - which is good as a feed but too prickly ( and too expensive ) to use as a "rummaging around" hay. Just as other posters have said , there are some good hays around in shops. The hays often referred to as meadow hay in shops like B&M, The Range , Jolleys and some supermarkets are usually fine. The online sites I have recommended provide hay not available in most shops and are good for variety.

Technically "bladder" piggies are piggies prone to interstitial cystitis. Owners with piggies prone to bladder problems find the diet I have posted helps to reduce crystal formation in their bladders - therefore minimising the occurrence of bladder problems.

Many of the guinea pig foods available on the market are not ideal - containing ingredients such and fruit , molasses and grains. Many forum members feel the 2 are the most suitable..

http://www.zooplus.co.uk/shop/small_pets/food/guinea_pig/bunny/195679
http://www.zooplus.co.uk/shop/small_pets/food/guinea_pig/vitakraft/262148

The reason for saying 5 pellets (NB the pellets are quite large) is that this is an adequate amount of pellet, a guinea pig's diet should be 80% hay and should include fresh vegetable - so, pellets are h just a part of their diet.

What pellets do your guinea pigs eat ?
 
Well I have pets at home pellets , but they are coming to an end it was a small bag , I have only had my guinea pig for a week , and was looking at the organic food without additives , thought the vitakraft looked of good quality .
 
PiggyOwner said:
I don't want to go off topic but just wanted to check you know which veg and pellets are the best to give to guinea pigs to keep calcium deposits down
@Kerrie74
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There is a veg vit mineral chart on guinea lynx I will try and sort it out and post a link ,
though personaly I do not cut put calcium veg completely , as it is important for teeth groth, Ect
 
well said - hay is so so important. it's my biggest pet expense (unless we have the vets aswell!) but it's worth paying it for the quality and giving them as much as possible :tu: it's one of the best things you can do for their overall health and well-being :luv:

mine currently have: hay for pets ings hay and the 2014 batch of timothy hay from timothyhay.co.uk and then every time i do a hayexperts order i get them a smaller bag of another different variety aswell :))
 
gizzy said:
Hi there, , the only other hay I was impresed by was Youkshie igns , it is a rich hay that is grown on meadows
Thet anualy flood and when the water receds it leaves the medow rich in nutrients ,

The pigs adored it but I found an increase in the p H of the Wee, and also there was an increased amount of calcium deposits
on the pig room floor,
I was not the only one to notice this! A long term very knolageable, keeper , found the exact same problem .
So I stopped using it
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Thanks!
 
It's a mixture of green and yellow XD Try hay for pets :D You can get a 9kg bag for £18 (you can get smaller) or there's that dust free stuff someone put a link on this thread to :) I've emailed them to see what weight theirs bales are.
 
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Critter said:
That's the one I use too, plus I add Timothy hay from ALfalfa King, and a small hand full of Readigrass :) The Lunnnun is organic, which I am all in favour of - better for the piggies and for the environment, and the piggies get a variety of grass types.
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Where's the best place to get the lunnun hay? I normally use hay for pets but have been looking for an alternative..

Kerrie74 said:
Yeah I get the Ings but I was put off by one of the posts on here lol... Ah we have no problems with storing ours because we have 10 guineas so it's in and out of the cupboard lol, but I am thinking about getting a wicker laundry basket and storing some of it in there.
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I store some of mine in a wicker laundry basket, works well :)
 
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Kerrie74 said:
It's a mixture of green and yellow XD Try hay for pets :D You can get a 9kg bag for £18 (you can get smaller) or there's that dust free stuff someone put a link on this thread to :) I've emailed them to see what weight theirs bales are.
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I have got two big bags of the pets at home stuff already in as had an offer :( that pic was a mix of that and the b&m one.. when i open the new big bag i will see what it looks like...
 
I use hay for pets Ings hay, it smells and feels so good, my boys go absolutely crazy when I start pulling out the bag. I'd like to try their Meadow and their Rye hay in the future. Alfalfa Timophy hay gives my Dom white Pee and I end up throwing 1/4 of the bag away because its so dusty, its also firm and sharp and I used to worry about my boys poking their eyes in the night, so I'm delighted to I have the Ings now.
 
Moo said:
I use hay for pets Ings hay, it smells and feels so good, my boys go absolutely crazy when I start pulling out the bag. I'd like to try their Meadow and their Rye hay in the future. Alfalfa Timophy hay gives my Dom white Pee and I end up throwing 1/4 of the bag away because its so dusty, its also firm and sharp and I used to worry about my boys poking their eyes in the night, so I'm delighted to I have the Ings now.
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That is a good point thinking about it, the Alfalfa King Timothy Hay is a bit dusty, but it's so green and fresh-smelling! Yeah, I never really thought about it, but it may not be the best for those with allergies.
 
Critter said:
Sorry I don't know, my local pet shop stocks it.... so that's not much use as an answer! sorry xx
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Ohh! Thanks anyway :) I bought some hay from pet supermarket but it seems really dusty :( I now remember why I've been using hay for pets for so long! The dust free hay website is confusing me if I'm honest... XD xx
 
This is new bag from Pets@Home.. Am I a bad piggy mummy ? It does have quite a bit of green in it... The one from b&m feels softer to the touch.. image.webp
 
hay for pets ings hay is grown in traditionally managed water meadows, no chemical fertilizer or sprays http://www.hay-for-pets.co.uk/product.php?id_product=10 @katie-elizabeth

it's lovely quality. it has some very long strands (sign of a good hay) so needs cutting up into smaller pieces for piggies but that's easy enough :) i take it out the plastic as soon as it arrives and transfer it to a laundry wicker basket and cardboard boxes so the hay can breathe. the ings does the best in terms of staying fresh of all the hays they offer in my opinion, even though it is sent in plastic.

the timothy hay from timothyhay.co.uk comes in an already breathable bag so that's handy and i think you can really tell compared to hay sent in plastic. i think the bags are polyprop.

i used to use dust free hay years back but switched when the hays became quite short stranded and dusty and the bags kept getting smaller even though they were meant to be the same :hmm:the hay for pets hay are alot less dusty i've found.

another good hay i'd recommend is the deans farm hays. you can get them off the hayexperts website. i buy a couple of these once in a while aswell :)
 
PiggyOwner said:
I found the mouldy hay link ...


https://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/threads/check-your-hay-fungal-warning.116096/page-2#post-1584759
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i don't remember this thread but have read another similar one over on the rabbit forum. one rabbit was seriously ill because of mouldy hay. the mould was further down the bag so wasn't discovered straight away.

i look like a nutter when hay arrives because i open it straight away and sniff it! :)) if it smells fine i go through it all as i'm transferring it to check it thoroughly :tu: sometimes, with hay that has arrived in plastic, it can smell a bit different so i leave it to air for a bit and then re-sniff! :)):)):))

better safe than sorry!
 
I know about hay for pets @biscandmatt that's what they're on now :) I'm looking for an alternative because the bags are just too big for me to store and value goes down when you order the smallest bags x
 
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