Oxbow Hay

[Midge&Panda]

Looking around the pet shop today for something to stimulate Panda's appetite I found Oxbow Botanical hay, it's timothy with chamomile, lavender lemon balm and clover it smell delicious. Has anybodies piggies tried it. ? While I'm asking questions does anybody know of anything to encourage piggies to eat apart from metatone. Panda is recovering from a respiritory illness, shes eating but not as much as i would like, its almost like a human recovering from flu, not eating much sleeping lot and not much energy. Thanks.

 

[2280CLAIRE]

I've been told that Oxbow Hay is the best you can buy, and it's what I get my piggies-they love it! I've not tried the botanical kind, but I'm pretty sure your pigs will love it considering that even the regular stuff is great!

 

[Lisajazz]

Oxbow hay is amazing. My lot like Botanical although with so many I can't afford it all the time!

It's good stuff!

 

[aalur]

It smells nice, but it sends my hayfever crazy. The pigs ate it (obviously rolleyes ) but they preferred orchard grass in the taste test! Orchard grass always wins

 

[catslovelycats]

Critical Care might help. You can get it online at the hay experts. It's dried stuff that you mix with water. Cost me about £10 for a pouch a few months ago. My poorly piggie ate it well.
Good luck. I'm sure you'll bring piggie round to full health.

 

[Joey&Gizmo]

My boys also like the oxbow botanical hay and i buy it as a treat and put it in their hays racks, they normally empty the hay rack in a day, so the small bag doesn't go that far with my two boys appetite's for it!

I wish they sold it in bigger bags!

You could also try the alfalfa king timothy hay they sell it in p@h, its very green and my boys love that too. Worth a try as if they sold the alfalfa king timothy in bulk i would buy that instead of the oxbow, as it is really nice and green too just like oxbow hay and great quality.

 

[Holidayhutch]

We sell loads of the botanical hay and it does smell gorgeous. We buy it in bulk though and the smell when it first arrives really sets me off sneezing.

 

[Furries]

Critical Care might help. You can get it online at the hay experts. It's dried stuff that you mix with water. Cost me about £10 for a pouch a few months ago. My poorly piggie ate it well.
Good luck. I'm sure you'll bring piggie round to full health.

Oxbow Critical Care is great. I keep a pouch in for emergencies and syringe-feed it through a 2.5ml syringe with the tip cut-off, otherwise it just gets stuck in the syringe (if you cut the tip off, be careful not to let the end of the plunger go into the guinea-pig's mouth to prevent choking). (Just so you know, syringe-feeding is messy and time-consuming). Your vet may sell Critical Care if you don't want to buy it online. Syringes can be bought very cheaply off eBay (they're far more expensive from a vet's).