Elena
Wise Old Thumper
I don't know what to do about hay. I have two options AFAI can see. Bale or DFH.
Baled Hay:
Pros:
Cheap
Easy to get hold of
Lovely long stalks which bunnies love
Easily broken apart and spread around
Cons:
This time round it's been very dusty which affects me (I suspect I have asthma cos I've had several episodes where I'm struggling to breathe and coughing and wheezing) and the bunnies (Nutmeg has her own issues with her chest)
Bugs (I keep finding little crawly brown bugs on the floor)
DFH:
Pros:
Not dusty
No chance of any bugs
Cons:
Expensive (bale = £6 which lasts nearly two months; DFH would equal about a tenner a week!)
Difficult to get out of the bags and causes me to cough because I have to handle it more than the bale which I just grab a bit out of
Short stalks - gets compacted in the litter tray more so I end up using more
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I dunno what to do. Maybe it's just this bale, as it's newly cut maybe that's caused it to be dustier and the bugs haven't crawled out yet. I dunno whether to bin the bale and try a new one, or take it up the allotment and try 'threshing' it (chucking it up in the air - with a mask over my face of course!).
Bah! Why can't hay be simples?!
Baled Hay:
Pros:
Cheap
Easy to get hold of
Lovely long stalks which bunnies love
Easily broken apart and spread around
Cons:
This time round it's been very dusty which affects me (I suspect I have asthma cos I've had several episodes where I'm struggling to breathe and coughing and wheezing) and the bunnies (Nutmeg has her own issues with her chest)
Bugs (I keep finding little crawly brown bugs on the floor)
DFH:
Pros:
Not dusty
No chance of any bugs
Cons:
Expensive (bale = £6 which lasts nearly two months; DFH would equal about a tenner a week!)
Difficult to get out of the bags and causes me to cough because I have to handle it more than the bale which I just grab a bit out of
Short stalks - gets compacted in the litter tray more so I end up using more
Only available online
I dunno what to do. Maybe it's just this bale, as it's newly cut maybe that's caused it to be dustier and the bugs haven't crawled out yet. I dunno whether to bin the bale and try a new one, or take it up the allotment and try 'threshing' it (chucking it up in the air - with a mask over my face of course!).
Bah! Why can't hay be simples?!