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What hay does everyone buy for their piggies? Where do you buy it from? How much does it cost?

I usually buy a big 3.5kg bag of meadow hay for £3.49 at B&M.
I also buy little bags of timothy hay.
The meadow hay I get is good quality, the price is good and it lasts about a week with my 3 rabbits and 2 guinea pigs.
However, I'm trying to find a good quality hay online because I'm tired of carrying a giant bag home. I live about half an hour away from B&M so it's a long walk.
I looked at dust free hay but they seem a bit overpriced, and I'm not sure how big their bags are?
I also looked at hay for pets, which again, seems a bit expensive.
Has anyone ordered hay from zooplus before? This one seems okay, and the price is not crazy but I don't know how good the quality is.
Mühldorfer Organic Hay at zooplus

Are there any other hay websites I don't know about? :)
 
I know this isn't a website but are you able to travel to a horse shop if you have one near you and you can buy a bale of hay for a fraction of the price and you would only have to buy it sparingly?
 
orangeinepig said:
I know this isn't a website but are you able to travel to a horse shop if you have one near you and you can buy a bale of hay for a fraction of the price and you would only have to buy it sparingly?
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I don't have a car :(
I don't have anywhere to keep a bale of hay either :no:
 
I'd like to know this too, that price at b and m sounds very cheap to me, I'll have to look in there. I've been shopping on line at the hay experts, they sell hay and other small pet stuffs, and delivery very quick. I used to just have one bunny though, but now I have 3 pigs they are eating me out of house and home. I'd also like a bigger bag which I can store.
I did order a variety pack from hay experts with gives you 5 different hays, but my pigs seemed to like them all equally.
 
I'd like to know this too, that price at b and m sounds very cheap to me, I'll have to look in there. I've been shopping on line at the hay experts, they sell hay and other small pet stuffs, and delivery very quick. I used to just have one bunny though, but now I have 3 pigs they are eating me out of house and home. I'd also like a bigger bag which I can store.
I did order a variety pack from hay experts with gives you 5 different hays, but my pigs seemed to like them all equally.
 
Lossy said:
I'd like to know this too, that price at b and m sounds very cheap to me, I'll have to look in there. I've been shopping on line at the hay experts, they sell hay and other small pet stuffs, and delivery very quick. I used to just have one bunny though, but now I have 3 pigs they are eating me out of house and home. I'd also like a bigger bag which I can store.
I did order a variety pack from hay experts with gives you 5 different hays, but my pigs seemed to like them all equally.
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What hays from the hay experts did you order? I was thinking about ordering Dean's Farm hay but I'm not sure how big the bag is!
 
I have tried alot of hays!

Alfalfa king timothy hay, i found the quality declined and the pigs wherent fussed by it- thats £8.75 for 1.8kg.

Hay for pets timothy and rye- the girls didnt like- i think that was £18 for 9kg.

Hay for pets Ings hay, girls loved it, very green soft hay but it set my bladder pigs cystitis off (timothy hay is lowest in calcium). Around £18 for 9kg.

Timothy hay.co.uk have only 2013 hay left which is too hard and stalky for my girls taste. The recently sent me the 2015 batch in a 7kg bag to try- due to the bad scottish summer last year, the hay is no where near as green so they havent got it on their website yet. The girls liked it and i gave them the feedback they asked for. Thats £15 for 10kg or there abouts.

Dust free hay is what I'm currently using. American timothy is around £12 for a 2kg box, excellent quality green hay.

Dust free soft meadow hay- iv only just tried this hay. Very soft and smells AMAZING but is a waiting game to see if it sets my bladder pig off again- around £8 for a 2kg box.

I feed JR farm green oat hay or alfalfa king oat wheat and barley hay (£18 for 1.8kg) to my heart piggy to keep her weight up- she adores it, but not suitable for my bladder piggy. I think you really do get what u pay for with hay x
 
Adelle said:
I have tried alot of hays!

Alfalfa king timothy hay, i found the quality declined and the pigs wherent fussed by it- thats £8.75 for 1.8kg.

Hay for pets timothy and rye- the girls didnt like- i think that was £18 for 9kg.

Hay for pets Ings hay, girls loved it, very green soft hay but it set my bladder pigs cystitis off (timothy hay is lowest in calcium). Around £18 for 9kg.

Timothy hay.co.uk have only 2013 hay left which is too hard and stalky for my girls taste. The recently sent me the 2015 batch in a 7kg bag to try- due to the bad scottish summer last year, the hay is no where near as green so they havent got it on their website yet. The girls liked it and i gave them the feedback they asked for. Thats £15 for 10kg or there abouts.

Dust free hay is what I'm currently using. American timothy is around £12 for a 2kg box, excellent quality green hay.

Dust free soft meadow hay- iv only just tried this hay. Very soft and smells AMAZING but is a waiting game to see if it sets my bladder pig off again- around £8 for a 2kg box.

I feed JR farm green oat hay or alfalfa king oat wheat and barley hay (£18 for 1.8kg) to my heart piggy to keep her weight up- she adores it, but not suitable for my bladder piggy. I think you really do get what you pay for with hay x
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That's a lot of information, thank you! I might look at dust free hay again or order a sample from hay for pets and let my animals choose :)
 
I've tried pretty much all of them and pigs have liked them all, I did particularly like the ones with added rose petals, camomile, etc. Having looked properly I just realised you can filter the hay by bag size which I think I'll do next as I want to buy lots and will probably work out better value.
 
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