Hay, hay and more hay!

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I often get asked if our guinea pigs eat less hay, because I feed such a large amount of salad leaves, herbs and veggies! Absolutely not!

I fill the cages with hay every morning! The piggies get so excited and even the oldies start to popcorn! By the evening, when I feed the veggies etc, most of the hay has gone! After veg time, the cages are filled with hay, so they’ve got plenty to graze on, overnight! CD88C630-2E30-467F-9AB0-23F38165C999.webpD1FC55D3-84DA-4E52-8E32-83F78E216A8B.webp
 
Thea and Lexi have been introduced by hay, hay and more hay. At night I fill their hay tray up and in the morning it has been eaten, played in and spread about the hutch so I fill it up again and in the evening it's been eaten, played in and generaly spread about the hutch! They just love playing in hay!

It's so lovely to see Piggies enjoying themselves. I've even had a few zoomies and popcorns off my new two.
 
So lovely to see them all enjoying their hay!
Switching to a big pile a few months ago was the best thing I ever did, Pepper and Pringle love making nests and playing in it as well as munching!
 
Betsy said:
Thea and Lexi have been introduced by hay, hay and more hay. At night I fill their hay tray up and in the morning it has been eaten, played in and spread about the hutch so I fill it up again and in the evening it's been eaten, played in and generaly spread about the hutch! They just love playing in hay!

It's so lovely to see Piggies enjoying themselves. I've even had a few zoomies and popcorns off my new two.
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Jasper used to get so excited (well still does really!) when he first came as he’d never had hay, it was amazing stuff to him! He still loves a good popcorn when it’s hay pile time like Luigi and Lolo do!
It’s so lovely to see them enjoying it so much isn’t it :luv:
The white piggy on the third pic looks so much like my lovely RB Rupert Debbie! :love::love: xx
 
alpacasqueak said:
Jasper used to get so excited (well still does really!) when he first came as he’d never had hay, it was amazing stuff to him! He still loves a good popcorn when it’s hay pile time like Luigi and Lolo do!
It’s so lovely to see them enjoying it so much isn’t it :luv:
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It is lovely to see them enjoying hay. Lexi and Thea had hardly had any hay. There was no hay in the C&C cage when I went to pick them up and worryingly no poop either.:yikes: I am very pleased to say that they are now poop machines.:D
 
alpacasqueak said:
Jasper used to get so excited (well still does really!) when he first came as he’d never had hay, it was amazing stuff to him! He still loves a good popcorn when it’s hay pile time like Luigi and Lolo do!
It’s so lovely to see them enjoying it so much isn’t it :luv:
The white piggy on the third pic looks so much like my lovely RB Rupert Debbie! :love::love: xx
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That's Cream! He came to us almost a year ago! Previous vet said nothing could be done about his teeth, after he failed to pick up after a dental. One dental from Simon and he was tucking in! He now sees Simon every 8 weeks, for a quick tidy up of his teeth!
 
Betsy said:
It is lovely to see them enjoying hay. Lexi and Thea had hardly had any hay. There was no hay in the C&C cage when I went to pick them up and worryingly no poop either.:yikes: I am very pleased to say that they are now poop machines.:D
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They’ve taken over beautiful Patsy’s job of keeping you well stocked with little poopy presents! :):love:
I was very shocked when Jasper came with a teeny old bag of dusty pellets and was told he just ate those, not even any veg either. Poor piglets, but thank god they’re all eating very well with us now! :luv:
 
furryfriends (TEAS) said:
That's Cream! He came to us almost a year ago! Previous vet said nothing could be done about his teeth, after he failed to pick up after a dental. One dental from Simon and he was tucking in! He now sees Simon every 8 weeks, for a quick tidy up of his teeth!
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Poor boy, I can totally imagine after a visit to Simon and time with you though! :D Great he’s at 8 weekly dentals bless him, and lots of hay munching in between! So glad he’s doing so well!
 
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