Hay Oxbow Western Timothy Hay

Very nice and green! I would be weary of the farm hay, it might have mites and other bugs living in it. But KMS is awesome from what I have heard.

Wow what excellent customer service! that looks like great, green hay.

Yum yum! lol

Yes indeed I'm very glad to have some good hay for my piggies. I'll most definitely try out KMS sure thing and small pet select later on.

PiggieGuinea said:

Very nice and green! I would be weary of the farm hay, it might have mites and other bugs living in it. But KMS is awesome from what I have heard.

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LOL...all hay comes from farms. And many buy from local farms all the time.

@lunarminx but stuff they keep at the barns isnt treated as the horses live outside anyway. And large bales make nice homes for bugs

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@lunarminx but stuff they keep at the barns isnt treated as the horses live outside anyway. And large bales make nice homes for bugs

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With that in mind, who wants to feed their piggies treated hay?

Fresh hay is excellent for guinea pigs. I buy fresh bales whenever I can find them with no alfalfa mixed in. My guinea pigs love it and I've never had problems with bugs.

GPlove94 said:

Yes indeed I'm very glad to have some good hay for my piggies. I'll most definitely try out KMS sure thing and small pet select later on.

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I'm not familiar with what KMS is. Could someone send me a link or something? I am forever hitting store after store in my town to try and find green hay, and gas is expensive. If I can order it even if it cost more than at the store that would be a Big time & gas saver. Thanks

Schmidgen said:

I'm not familiar with what KMS is. Could someone send me a link or something? I am forever hitting store after store in my town to try and find green hay, and gas is expensive. If I can order it even if it cost more than at the store that would be a Big time & gas saver. Thanks

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Now I have tried Smallpetselect and was very happy with it.
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lunarminx said:

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Now I have tried Smallpetselect and was very happy with it.
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Thank you so much, I bookmarked both pages so I can find them easily.

PiggieGuinea said:

@lunarminx but stuff they keep at the barns isnt treated as the horses live outside anyway. And large bales make nice homes for bugs

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My vet said there is no difference. And I don't know anybody around here that treats their hay.

I like Kaytee hay. I know some people don't like it, but I've never had a problem with it. DO any of you guys use Kaytee hay??

TheMuffinPiggy said:

I like Kaytee hay. I know some people don't like it, but I've never had a problem with it. DO any of you guys use Kaytee hay??

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I use it occasionally. I find there are more straw like/harder pieces in it typically, but really hay is hay. It is cheaper, but I find the quality tends to be less than Oxbow. Of course it varies bag by bag, including which is fresher.

@TheMuffinPiggyMy local Walmart actually stopped stocking Kaytee a couple of weeks ago. Now, they only carry Hartz and last week they only had the kind with sweet potatoes mixed in with it. I was concerned as sweet potato should only be fed sparingly but, my two boars LOVE the little pieces. But, this week they're carrying Hartz without the sweet potato so I purchased that instead. I LOVE Kaytee though. I usually get that and then mix it with Oxbow hay. I find that Oxbow is just too much money to purchase on a weekly basis and Kaytee is much cheaper and it's not too bad of quality at all really. My pigs love hay no matter its brand. I do like the smell of Oxbow hay better though. Kaytee's hay doesn't have much of a scent to me.

I actually tried kaytee its pretty good the quality of the bag varies and it doesn't have s strong aroma. Oxbow has had bad timothy hay lately. I heard farms are doing their 3rd cut this fall so I'm super excited to get some fresh 3rd cut timothy hay from KMS.

I just got a GIANT bag of Kaytee and it was like KMS 3rd cut. I was SUPER inpressed and sent them fan mail.

But aren't guinea pigs supposed to have lots of harder pieces for their teeth? Really? My Kaytee hay smells quite nice, actually!

TheMuffinPiggy said:

But aren't guinea pigs supposed to have lots of harder pieces for their teeth? Really? My Kaytee hay smells quite nice, actually!

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It should at least be a 50/50 ratio of stems and leaves. I heard somewhere that soft hay also does a good job with keeping down teeth. I have added wood toys and chew tunnels/houses for guinea pigs to keep them chewing