[pink piggy lips]

I buy a combination of local feed store hay and then a nice box from either Oxbow or Kleenmama's (their shipping kills me!).

With the feed store hay (which we affectionately call 'farm hay'), I've come to expect the occasional grass hopper, rock, and brier. I just grab small handfuls so that I notice any foreign objects. Sometimes if I have long stalks I cut them in half to make them shorter.

But the worst, absolute worst thing, is getting hay splinters! Do you know how many times my poor husband has had to do surgery on my hand to get those out???

The last time it happened it was the softest piece of Oxbow orchard grass literally stuck in my finger. Let me tell you, it was the most painful one ever to come out.

I'd say if you can find good feed store hay, get some. It can help save money on buying just the 'designer' hay and it offers more variety to your piggies.