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Or anyone else in the south east of England. Where do you get your hay from and do you know where to get bales of timothy hay? I know it's the holy grail of rabbit keeping, but it's worth a try!
:lol: desperate for answers! They do sell/grow it in uk but it's all up north and I live in kent. I got some from Scotland and it's gorgeous, just too expensive
My geography's not great so I don't know how far away it is from you but I get bales of timothy for £5 from The Burstead Farm Shop in Little Burstead, Essex (near Billericay).
The bunnies love it but it's nothing like the timothy that you can buy pre-packed - it's very light in colour and really stalky. I can take a photo or, even better, can send you a sample for the cost of postage if you want to see whether it's worth making the trip.
Just googled it and it is 36 miles away. O.h. has a big truck so I think I could convince him if I said it would reduce the amount of dentals needed :thumb:
Just save some hay for me! :lol::lol: They grow their own hay so it's an idea to call up before you make the journey too as they don't always have hay at the shop itself.
I'm not that familiar with the area as it's about a 30 minute drive from me but I'm sure there must be some places nearby to go walking. Looking at the map there's a nature reserve called Mill Meadows not too far away but I don't know what it's like there.
Yes I go to that farm shop too, their meadow hay is usually also beautiful! The countryside around there is nice, there's some lovely country pubs and woodland areas to walk in. I'm not familiar enough with it to know exactly where is good, but there's a pub that always looks nice called the Olde Dog on the road into the farm shop and there's some nice looking countryside around there.
I use Trinity and couldn't find any bales of hay but I think they may make my hayfever worse anyway so prepacked stuff is better for me. I did go to a farm/horse place in Chislehurst. I think they may sale bales of hay for horses, it's called Frogpool Manor Farm.
I picked a bale of each up a couple of weeks ago and I think the meadow hay looks nicer than the timothy at the moment but the bunnies still seem to be eating both.
I don't know about normal hay in Kent but definitely invest in Timothy or Orchard hay from the Hays Expert for dental rabbits. It costs £71.98 for either hay a bale.
I have a dental bunny and he had 6 or 7 dentals last year, so many I lost count and the dentals were getting closer and closer, about 7 weeks apart. He had unlimited normal meadow hay every day, I was trying anything I could think of to help reduce his dentals.
The woman at The Hays Expert recommended Orchard Hay for its high silicone content to grind teeth down. It didn't work immediately and Mr B did have a dental after I introduced to him but massively increased the amount he had and now I fill his dog crate with it and its nearly 5 months since his last dental. I am certain its the expensive hay working to keep his teeth down. I go through about £30 a month but its a lot cheaper than a dental.