Chilli&Pepper
New Kit
Dear everyone,
we are the house-mates of Chilli & Pepper, and wanted to pass on a little bit of wisdom that some people may not be aware of, if we're trying to teach you to eat carrots we're sorry
I noticed a few months ago that Tesco's are selling 'small animal hay' for about £1 a 'bag'. What you get for your £1 is more like a bag of compressed wood splinters, and full of dust (which is odd, because it's apparently had the dust removed) which our bunnies hate. We used to get our hay from a farmers field (with his permission obviously!) after he'd cut it and raked it - there was still plenty left. He's rotated crops, and thus no more hay.
A freind suggested buying a bale and I stupidly thought it would cost us a lot, but it was surprisingly cheap.We've now found an animal feed shop (on the A6 between Bedford and Luton) that will sell them for £2.50 a bale!
Apparently, if you go to a place which provides feed for horses bales are always that cheap. Sorry for sounding dense, but I don't knolw anything about horses! We now buy a bale every six months, break it into chunks and stick it in bin-bags in the loft untill it's needed.
We put fresh hay in everything from their hutch to their litter boxes (they love moving it where they want it, not where we want it ) and still barely manage to get through a bale in 6 months. As a guide, we'd get through one of those Tesco bales in a week.
If you don't live anywhere near an animal feed place, it's worth getting in the car and getting one, as it is massively cheaper, and much much better quality hay, which they love to eat.
For those that may not know, bad hay can cause sneezing and runny eyes in buns. Not sure what the actual risks are, but many bunny site's We've visited warn about excessive hay dust.
Hope that helps someone! Love to all the bunnies out there.
:lol:
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we are the house-mates of Chilli & Pepper, and wanted to pass on a little bit of wisdom that some people may not be aware of, if we're trying to teach you to eat carrots we're sorry
I noticed a few months ago that Tesco's are selling 'small animal hay' for about £1 a 'bag'. What you get for your £1 is more like a bag of compressed wood splinters, and full of dust (which is odd, because it's apparently had the dust removed) which our bunnies hate. We used to get our hay from a farmers field (with his permission obviously!) after he'd cut it and raked it - there was still plenty left. He's rotated crops, and thus no more hay.
A freind suggested buying a bale and I stupidly thought it would cost us a lot, but it was surprisingly cheap.We've now found an animal feed shop (on the A6 between Bedford and Luton) that will sell them for £2.50 a bale!
Apparently, if you go to a place which provides feed for horses bales are always that cheap. Sorry for sounding dense, but I don't knolw anything about horses! We now buy a bale every six months, break it into chunks and stick it in bin-bags in the loft untill it's needed.
We put fresh hay in everything from their hutch to their litter boxes (they love moving it where they want it, not where we want it ) and still barely manage to get through a bale in 6 months. As a guide, we'd get through one of those Tesco bales in a week.
If you don't live anywhere near an animal feed place, it's worth getting in the car and getting one, as it is massively cheaper, and much much better quality hay, which they love to eat.
For those that may not know, bad hay can cause sneezing and runny eyes in buns. Not sure what the actual risks are, but many bunny site's We've visited warn about excessive hay dust.
Hope that helps someone! Love to all the bunnies out there.
:lol:
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