Straw or hay?

clarebear

Mama Doe

• Mar 22, 2011

• #1

What do you use for bedding in your hutch? :wave:

 

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mrs.flopsybunny

Young Bun

• Mar 22, 2011

• #2

Straw for bedding, Hay for munchies but the often end up mixed together.

 

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Bunni_xx

Mama Doe

• Mar 22, 2011

• #3

Hay - I think straw is bad as it can hurt their eyes :shock::wave:

 

dizzyg

Warren Veteran

• Mar 22, 2011

• #4

All retrospective now...but when I had a piggie, he kept getting mites and we put it down to straw.

Hay's great as it doubles as food!

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clarebear

Mama Doe

• Mar 22, 2011

• #5

Bunni_xx said:

Hay - I think straw is bad as it can hurt their eyes :shock::wave:

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I was thinking that Straw must be really prickly too!

 

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Bunni_xx

Mama Doe

• Mar 22, 2011

• #6

clarebear said:

I was thinking that Straw must be really prickly too!

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Yep, I'm guessing you use hay? :wave:

 

Georgeypudding

Wise Old Thumper

• Mar 22, 2011

• #7

thier bedroom area is stuffed with straw, I did used to bed them on hay but the hutch turned into a giant litter tray :roll:

 

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Sayrah82

Alpha Buck

• Mar 22, 2011

• #8

Mine have a hidy-house which is made of woven grass and that's full of straw, which they arrange to their liking. The rest of the hutch is towels and blankets. Much easier to clean! If I put hay anywhere other than their litter tray they'd doubtless think it was a new toilet :lol:

 

yvette

Wise Old Thumper

• Mar 22, 2011

• #9

Hay,Hay and more hay!! Hay in the playroom, hay in the bedroom and hay in the bathroom!!!
They eat it when dozing, they eat it when pooping and they eat it.......eat it and eat it!!!!:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

 

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charl86

Alpha Buck

• Mar 22, 2011

• #10

I use both at the min, only really because my mums neighbour gave me a massive sack of it when her bunny passed away, Ive just been putting a bit in the bedding area along with the hay for extra warmth so it's lasted me for ages, dunno if I'd buy more once its gone, maybe just in winter.

 

Trixielover

Mama Doe

• Mar 22, 2011

• #11

I have hay. No straw at all included but it usually depends on how the bunnies react to it.

 

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Heather&Bart-MyLittleBuns

Mama Doe

• Mar 22, 2011

• #12

When I stuff their little 'den' in winter, I put a layer of straw (for insulation) then a layer of hay (for them to nom on). They just have fleece blankets in summer :wave:

 

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unalakey

Mama Doe

• Mar 22, 2011

• #13

Hay mostly but use straw too in winter for extra insulation, i use blankets and vet bed too

 

CharlotteMc

Mama Doe

• Mar 22, 2011

• #14

neither, i use shredded paper amd just but hay in their hay racks and trays

 

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mini lop1

Wise Old Thumper

• Mar 22, 2011

• #15

neither, as they are hosue buns they have vetbed or towels, with hay in hayracks and litter tray :wave:

 

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rngpwelfare

Mama Doe

• Mar 22, 2011

• #16

CharlotteMc said:

neither, i use shredded paper amd just but hay in their hay racks and trays

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Same

 

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rabbitdan

Mama Doe

• Mar 22, 2011

• #17

Bedroom - lots of straw
living area - (newspaper), straw then hay on top



Straw is warmer then hay and they dont eat it all!

 

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beki

Mama Doe

• Mar 22, 2011

• #18

bedroom - straw as they don't seem to poo in this bit, they would do if i put hay in it and reggie likes making his nest out of it....he is a proper nest builder, if i didn't know better i would think he was a girl!

hay in the litter trays.

I did have a layer of straw on the floor of the hutch over the winter but have had to take it up now as the rabbits were pooing everywhere. i have now got to try and re-litter train them! grrrr!