For a while I have been wanting to switch my current guinea pig food to the oxbow brand food... but, when I have just been looking into it, for a 5 lb bag of the timothy based pellets (for my single guinea pig waiting on a buddy) it would cost me $18.56 for the pellets and shipping and handling.

I don't have that kind of money to spend on oxbow food and kleenmama's is even more expensive. My mom says it is totally out of the question to spend that much on food. Right now I am feeding Dixie Nutriphase brand food which only costs $4.79... and I am outta ideas of what kind of food I can get locally which wouldn't be as bad for her as Nutriphase. Any ideas?