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Uses for hay bits

HowlBear

HowlBear

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So, my other half got this hay from pets at home.
It is FULL of tiny little off cuts and smashed bits of hay, I've checked, it's not mostly or mouldy, it's just badly done and I don't believe it's been dust extracted. No way.

I'm having to do this every day, otherwise all of us, humans and animals alike, are sneezing past ourselves and bunged up.

My question is, all the left over little bits that end up in the bin bag, is there something I can make with them for the pigs to eat?

Any help appreciated as always!
 

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Not that i know of.

Dust free hay sell some great soft hay compressed in a box, maybe worth looking at in future save the cullender
 
I deal with this too, I can buy hay from P@H, wilkos, Asda, Morrison’s and, I don’t know if I’m just unlucky but, I have this with almost every bag I buy. I usually just throw it out, pigs won’t eat it, it makes the cage a mess and it gets all over their faces too because of how tiny it is. I don’t think there’d be any use for it which is unfortunate because it just goes to waste
 
Oh .. i'd buy hay from a farm .. Cheaper and better quality ..
At the farm near my house you can get a big bale that lasts 5 pigs and 8 rabbits about a month ( 5 pounds for big bale)
 
Have u tried decanting it into an old pillowcase, shaking it as u pull it out of the bag? If u have a cylinder vacuum /hose attachment try putting that at the top of the pillowcase & turn the vacuum on to extract the bulk of dust yourself?
The bigger bits will be too heavy to get sucked up & the material pillowcase will allow air to be sucked in through it, so that it won't vacuum seal the plastic bag (trapping the unwanted bits inside) if you were to try it in that.
Even just shaking the pillowcase outside would get rid of a lot of the dust. Storing hay in the pillowcase would also stop the hay from sweating in the plastic bag, causing mould.
Worth a try anyway? Xx
 
GPTV said:
Have u tried decanting it into an old pillowcase, shaking it as u pull it out of the bag? If u have a cylinder vacuum /hose attachment try putting that at the top of the pillowcase & turn the vacuum on to extract the bulk of dust yourself?
The bigger bits will be too heavy to get sucked up & the material pillowcase will allow air to be sucked in through it, so that it won't vacuum seal the plastic bag (trapping the unwanted bits inside) if you were to try it in that.
Even just shaking the pillowcase outside would get rid of a lot of the dust. Storing hay in the pillowcase would also stop the hay from sweating in the plastic bag, causing mould.
Worth a try anyway? Xx
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I'll give that a go in the morning, thanks GPTV! :)
 
GPTV said:
Have u tried decanting it into an old pillowcase, shaking it as u pull it out of the bag? If u have a cylinder vacuum /hose attachment try putting that at the top of the pillowcase & turn the vacuum on to extract the bulk of dust yourself?
The bigger bits will be too heavy to get sucked up & the material pillowcase will allow air to be sucked in through it, so that it won't vacuum seal the plastic bag (trapping the unwanted bits inside) if you were to try it in that.
Even just shaking the pillowcase outside would get rid of a lot of the dust. Storing hay in the pillowcase would also stop the hay from sweating in the plastic bag, causing mould.
Worth a try anyway? Xx
Click to expand...
Hay is now kept in a pillowcase and definitely less dusty! Not figured out the vacuuming technique yet and accidentally blocked the vac yesterday (unlocked now!) But it's working nevertheless!
Thanks for the suggestion :)
 
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