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I've ordered two Hessian sacks of soft meadow hay from http://www.dustfreehay.co.uk/ .

I've never ordered from them before, but I'm fed up of getting poor quality hay from my local pet shops. It's fine for bedding, but I want them to have something a little better to munch on aswell.

Along with their Meadow hay, I put Woodlands Chamomile Harvest Hay/Timothy hay in their hay balls.

Anyone had hay from dustfreehay before?
Is it nice and green?
 
I've looked at this site before and was tempted to order - a good hay is hard to find in bulk. The last lot I ordered online was so dusty, I threw it away and complained, they gave me a full refund so have resorted back to buying smaller quantities from pet stores.
Let us know how it is please - always good to share this info with us fellow piggy lovers :)p
Just to add, it wasn't this supplier.
 
Guinea pig slave said:
I've looked at this site before and was tempted to order - a good hay is hard to find in bulk. The last lot I ordered online was so dusty, I threw it away and complained, they gave me a full refund so have resorted back to buying smaller quantities from pet stores.
Let us know how it is please - always good to share this info with us fellow piggy lovers :)p
Just to add, it wasn't this supplier.
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Will do!
My friend buys big bales of hay and it's always lovely and green.. not sure where she gets it from though.
 
I buy the big 2 string bales of soft hay especially for George as he has Chronic Rhinitis aka a dust allergy and this is the only hay that he can have and not get a runny nose and hooting. Lovely 'posh' hay which isn't dusty at all.
The others all get farm hay £7 a bale instead of nearer £30! but get this in their hay racks and love it.
 
I got my two big hessian sacks of soft meadow hay from dustfreehay today!
Cleaned 2 of the hutches out tonight and used this new hay for bedding - it's fab! Very green, lovely smell, no dust and no 'thorny' bits.

Overall, I'm VERY pleased with the quality and will be ordering from them again.
 
Obviously doesn't like me :))

Not used them before. Recently got a lovely order from hayforpets would be interested to have a look at their hay. Will see if google will let me on their site.
 
All0about0the0animals said:
Obviously doesn't like me :))

Not used them before. Recently got a lovely order from hayforpets would be interested to have a look at their hay. Will see if google will let me on their site.
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I'm no good with weights and trying to work out how much it is when I have it in person, but I'm looking for the best price-quality hay for my girlies (and Chip) and have looked at hayforpets and I quite like their prices.

My girls are currently eating meadow hay but the last few bags I've got from the farm shop have been getting worse and worse - gone from lovely and green to brown and a bit horrible looking. Needless to say they aren't happy with their slave right now!

Have you tried the Timothy and Rye? I'm thinking about putting in an order for some of that and maybe 4.5 kilos of the Ings or Meadow hay (I have no idea what the difference is!).

DFH looks a bit on the pricy side to be honest. £18 for 5 kilos? The Timothy hay is tempting, but at £22 for two boxes, it is rather expensive.
 
Growing hay?

As I mentioned before on another thread, this is cattle country; therefore, very many people grow their own hay to use or sell. This property I bought 4 years ago was used once upon a time to grow hay, and timothy and tall fescue grow all over. To try my guinea pig on hay all I had to do was walk out the front door and up a little hill and cut some fresh timothy hay. I say all that to ask this:
After reading about the receipt of hay that was too dusty to use and had to be discarded, I wonder; might there be a market for me to transform at least part of my pasture to grow clean hay, this time with guinea pigs in mind instead of cows? It sounds like such a venture might be appreciated.

I am not soliciting business here; I am inquiring to get an idea of a direction that I might want to take this property I bought. I have spent the past 4 years transforming it into a park; just this week I had my driveway rebuilt, and this very day I had a crew here to finish clearing the old fence line.
Part of the field and pond in the spring
The field looking toward the road
 
I looked at hayforpets, the pricing is good but it says to allow 5 days for delivery and there is no info telling you what courier the hay will come by.

I've just ordered yet another 2 hessian sacks from dustfreehay, it's next day delivery and you can track your order on the ukmail website :).
 
I've used them before I normally get their plastic sacks if I'm buying from them and it's pretty good IMO.

Emiley said:
I looked at hayforpets, the pricing is good but it says to allow 5 days for delivery and there is no info telling you what courier the hay will come by.
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I ordered on the 22nd (Wednesday) and it was delivered on Monday. They send you an email when it's been despatched. As long as you don't leave it too late to order so you're not going to run out, it's fine.
 
ghostbusterbunny said:
I'm no good with weights and trying to work out how much it is when I have it in person, but I'm looking for the best price-quality hay for my girlies (and Chip) and have looked at hayforpets and I quite like their prices.

My girls are currently eating meadow hay but the last few bags I've got from the farm shop have been getting worse and worse - gone from lovely and green to brown and a bit horrible looking. Needless to say they aren't happy with their slave right now!

Have you tried the Timothy and Rye? I'm thinking about putting in an order for some of that and maybe 4.5 kilos of the Ings or Meadow hay (I have no idea what the difference is!).

DFH looks a bit on the pricy side to be honest. £18 for 5 kilos? The Timothy hay is tempting, but at £22 for two boxes, it is rather expensive.
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I have the timothy and rye at the moment, it's like having air freshner around. Smells amazing and the animals love it. You get alot for your money. Not had an order for years from them, and I've no idea why I haven't. My local supplier has gone down hill in the quality and was working out far too expensive to travel to get my hay and so this worked out a cheaper and better option.
 
All0about0the0animals said:
I have the timothy and rye at the moment, it's like having air freshner around. Smells amazing and the animals love it. You get alot for your money. Not had an order for years from them, and I've no idea why I haven't. My local supplier has gone down hill in the quality and was working out far too expensive to travel to get my hay and so this worked out a cheaper and better option.
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In that case, I think I'm going to get my dad to order 9.5kilos of the Timothy and Rye, and maybe another 9.5 of the Meadow or Ings! Store it in the garage and it'll last months and months I hope! :)

I don't know whether this years' harvest for local growers who are just using their normal fields hasn't turned out well, or whether my local's using last years' crop, but the hay we've got is awful this time. Went to check the pigs this morning and they've just eaten the posh stuff that we put on top of the normal hay! They're just using the litter trays as beds now rather than as their food... :/
 
i also order the 10 bags of plastic hay and transfer to hessian bags when its delivered as it keeps longer. i usually order and its delivered within 3 days. and the piglets love it
 
katiepops said:
I buy the big 2 string bales of soft hay especially for George as he has Chronic Rhinitis aka a dust allergy and this is the only hay that he can have and not get a runny nose and hooting. Lovely 'posh' hay which isn't dusty at all.
The others all get farm hay £7 a bale instead of nearer £30! but get this in their hay racks and love it.
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hi i think my little sow might have rhinitis, i was wondering if you could tell me what your piggies symptoms are?
thanks, jess.com
 
I love their hay, I get told off for having it delivered to work though as the receptionist has a cleaning OCD even though it was all wrapped up. May have to do another order and get it delivered elsewhere.
 
Skelly said:
hi i think my little sow might have rhinitis, i was wondering if you could tell me what your piggies symptoms are?
thanks, jess.com
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George has a runny nose and watery eyes, he also makes a hooting noise when his bedding is due to be changed. It's really important that you get a vet to confirm it's not a URI as they can have the same symptons and a URI must be treated quickly and with antibiotics.

If it's something that comes and goes and is only mild and doesn't effect the pig in himself then it could be rhinitis.

I saw the difference immediately when I swaped to Dust Free Hay.
 
i bought from this company a few times and the hay was amazing but it is quite expensive! i buy a big bag from my local garden centre for £7 and its last a week between 6 piggies :)
 
katiepops said:
George has a runny nose and watery eyes, he also makes a hooting noise when his bedding is due to be changed. It's really important that you get a vet to confirm it's not a URI as they can have the same symptons and a URI must be treated quickly and with antibiotics.

If it's something that comes and goes and is only mild and doesn't effect the pig in himself then it could be rhinitis.

I saw the difference immediately when I swaped to Dust Free Hay.
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i have no idea why my predictive text changed jess to jess.com! haha
thanks, i did take her to the vet because i suspected a URI, the vet isn't very cavy savvy and wasnt sure.
i have noticed she gets the watery nose when i put in fresh hay, thats why i thought it could be rhinitis?
jess
 
of course i don't buy from them (i'm in OZ) but i too have gone from buying anything in plastic bags (did stupidly with the boys mallethead) .............. to hessian type bags, i can let them air safely inside if the weather was a tad bit damp therefore they can dry out, then i seal up with a good elastic band (rubber band) so no unwanted guests get in pow-pow
 
Pat Shields said:
As I mentioned before on another thread, this is cattle country; therefore, very many people grow their own hay to use or sell. This property I bought 4 years ago was used once upon a time to grow hay, and timothy and tall fescue grow all over. To try my guinea pig on hay all I had to do was walk out the front door and up a little hill and cut some fresh timothy hay. I say all that to ask this:
After reading about the receipt of hay that was too dusty to use and had to be discarded, I wonder; might there be a market for me to transform at least part of my pasture to grow clean hay, this time with guinea pigs in mind instead of cows? It sounds like such a venture might be appreciated.

I am not soliciting business here; I am inquiring to get an idea of a direction that I might want to take this property I bought. I have spent the past 4 years transforming it into a park; just this week I had my driveway rebuilt, and this very day I had a crew here to finish clearing the old fence line.
Part of the field and pond in the spring
The field looking toward the road
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It may be alot of hard work for you as one person to profit from this? I'd imagine baling up the hay etc takes alot of work, and as one person you may not be that efficient.

I've used dust free hay before, and bought 10 plastic covered bales for...£30 I think? Seems good quality and the piggies love it! They eat it very quickly, quicker than excel's hay, which I always thought smelt lovely.
 
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