Hay 3rd Cut Timothy Hay From KMS

I haven't ordered from KMS is a while so I am unsure how their hay is looking atm. I just stocked up on hay for my piglets and I ordered orchard hay from drfostersmith.com and all 3 boxes are amazing. https://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=6067+17311+17281&pcatid=17281

Sorry I wasn't helpful with the KMS ?! lol

I have blue grass from KMS and it is amazing. For some weird reason my gp never liked orchard grass.

Artista said:

I have blue grass from KMS and it is amazing. For some weird reason my gp never liked orchard grass.

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My pigs are loving it. Money has been tight lately so they were getting fed timothy hay from TSC. This new hay is so much better and very fresh/green. Hope someone else answers to help you out!

I checked out kms.... whats with the 45 3rd Timothy mean.... was the 45 mean how many lbs it is?

Levenn said:

I checked out kms.... whats with the 45 3rd Timothy mean.... was the 45 mean how many lbs it is?

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45 is 45 lbs. For shipping, always choose UPS not Usps.

Ive been getting my 3rd cut from small pet select. The quality is amazing, super green, leafy..... I am wondering how the quality of KMS 3rd cut is...since 45 lbs of there 3rd cut costs less than the amount for small pet select's 10 pounds (35 bucks).

I recently ordered some for the rescue i volunteer at, and I must say it was very nice.
They let me take some home today since I ran out of hay early and my SPS hay isn't going to be here until Thursday- there's some brown in it, but my pigs (and the rescue buns) are really loving it.
I'll take a picture of it and post it in a minute.

I think there is always brown no matter where you get the hay. I want long leaves and not so many debris/crushed hay and minimal brown.

I'd say the leaves are fairly long and out of the stuff they gave me there is little crushed/dusty hay.

Here's a picture of some of it that they gave me:

Here is a picture of the 3rd cut I get from Small Pet Select. Little to no dust, 99.9% leaf, a few stems sneak there way in. Super green and smells great. My guinea pigs are absolutely addicted to it. I feel like if I buy them anything else now I'll just make them angry LOL

Levenn said:

Here is a picture of the 3rd cut I get from Small Pet Select. Little to no dust, 99.9% leaf, a few stems sneak there way in. Super green and smells great. My guinea pigs are absolutely addicted to it. I feel like if I buy them anything else now I'll just make them angry LOL

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Looks nice but even with "free shipping", it's more expensive than KMS.

I also ordered 3rd cut from Small Pet Select. Looks exactly like Levenn posted. I did a price match, the more you order, the less it costs at SPS. I did look at KMS, but it wasn't as much of a difference and I had already set up a customer account with SPS. So, it's really a toss up. I think shipping differences for me, might figure into why it would cost about the same.

My question is @Levenn do you see any difference in the piggies poos with the really fresh hay? I have a set of girls and a set of boys. The boys I haven't noticed any difference at all. But, with my girls their poo is softer and I had to add some oats hay to their diet to firm it up. It might also be that way because one of the girls is pregnant (came to us in the condition she is in). Anyway, when I gave the oats hay the poos in the girls cage went back to normal. So, I just think they need more fiber. I might just go back to the 2nd cut even though there are stems that the guineas don't eat - I know they love the seed heads and the 3rd cut doesn't have that.

My piggies poos are fine. They eat a ton of the 3rd cut...twice as fast as the 2nd cut

Mine are loving the third cut timothy from KMS. I like it too--it doesn't set off my allergies hardly at all.

I just got my 3rd cut timothy hay from KMS today and it's awesome! Nice and green, really soft, barely any brown. Now if my Picky Princess will actually eat it is another story haha, though I just put some in there and she seems to be eating it. (fingers crossed!)

In my hunt for a hay she would eat I got some orchard grass hay, she would literally spit it out and turn her nose up then walk away. :O LOL So I'm hoping my new piggie will eat the orchard grass, and seems to be so yay finally a happy hay day for me and all piggies!

@Levenn I'm pretty sure it's my pregnant one. Maybe she just needs more fiber right now? Thanks for the input.

Right now I'm feeding my girls a mixture of KMS 3rd cut Timothy and Standlee orchard grass hay. They seem to enjoy it.

Matchamom said:

@Levenn I'm pretty sure it's my pregnant one. Maybe she just needs more fiber right now? Thanks for the input.

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How much hay is your preggie eating?

I don't know, but her head is always in the bag and it's always filled with hay. She drinks a lot too - but that's normal from what I've read.
Last week I added oats hay and the poos firmed up like normal. Before I got the 3rd cut, her poo was normal. My hubby says the greener the hay, the richer it is and that could be the problem. She's fine in all other aspects.