How long hay should last?

[frosty-bailey]

I have two normal sized buns.I was wondering if they are eating enough hay. How many days on average should a 1Kg bag of timothy hay last them???
Thanks.

 

[lottie_s]

It lasted my buns 7 days.
I have a dwarf lop and a frenchie

 

[Rhian33]

What dry food are you feeding and how much of it daily?

 

[areia]

its quite hard to monitor the exact amount as they sleep and often use it as a toilet, all mine are huge hay munchers so I go through a bale every 6 weeks for 5 rabbits

 

[frosty-bailey]

They get half a cup of p@h pellets in the morning with the occasional veg at tea time.

 

[Rhian33]

They get half a cup of p@h pellets in the morning with the occasional veg at tea time.

Ok so not a huge amount then. A rough guide is that they should eat a pile of hay the same size as them each day.

 

[Bunnyaddict]

We use 3 bales a week for 25 bunsters

Mind you they all have hay in dog baskets for their beds & in hay racks - don't know if that's a lot or not though tbh.

 

[raine]

I would imagine you are only using the Timothy for eating and have a cheaper hay lining their litter trays. One of my buns eats a bag in a couple of weeks, but he also chomps on the cheaper one in his litter tray.

 

[BunnyJenni]

Ok so not a huge amount then. A rough guide is that they should eat a pile of hay the same size as them each day.

Blimey!

My bunny could eat for England :lol:

 

[ecudc]

yup usually they should eat about their size (not weight) in hay a day. a 1kg packet of hay would last my four (2 dwarf lops & two neddies) about 2 days so probably around 4 days for two bunnies. I go through a bale in about 2 weeks as buying by the kilo is too expensive. They don't like the bales so much though and a lot of it gets pulled out by them and noses turned up.

 

[Amy104]

I use a bale every two weeks and thats for 8 small/medium buns and 2 piggies.

 

[Gem]

Our 8 buns and 4 guinea pigs get through a bale a week :?

 

[FluffyBun]

I find it way cheaper to buy hay by the bale and store it in the outhouse where the hutches are for winter.

£2.50 a bale and at that price they can really eat unlimited hay. I have 2 buns and I think they get through a bale in around a month, not sure!

 

[Amy104]

Our 8 buns and 4 guinea pigs get through a bale a week

I only use it for eating. I use straw as bedding for the buns and vet bed for the piggies.

 

[Elena]

The bales are super, my lot LOVE the meadow hay bales I get. Just under a fiver and it lasts us (4 buns) about 2 months. The stables I go to also has rye hay which I got last time as they had run out of meadow but that is slightly less money but quite a bit smaller and less compacted so we got through that quicker

 

[Gem]

I only use it for eating. I use straw as bedding for the buns and vet bed for the piggies.

Ours is only eating too :wave:

 

[Rachy bunny]

forgot to add...

Ok so not a huge amount then. A rough guide is that they should eat a pile of hay the same size as them each day.

My vet said min the pile should be the size of their body but naturally they graze (like cows) all day, so if they keep eating keep feeding! It will only help in the long run.

Also they should not have hay for bedding (but that is what I was advised by rebbit vet...would you want to sleep in your foods?:shock

 

[Amy104]

Ours is only eating too

I'm really paranoid now mine aren't eating enough. :?

 

[Rachy bunny]

Use tricks...I had one who wouldn't eat hay at all. She only ever had her teath filled once when she was 7. some buns canget away with it. However my other bun LOVES his hay but is very paticular. it has to have dandilions in it (becareful and make sure they don't start selective feeding though.

Also i put hay in a loo roll with food in the middle or in a sweets tube (Harribo xmas sweets tube!!) that works too

Cloudy went off his hay last week as OH brough cheep PAH hay!! Matt was so worried he even called my mum for advise then got it in his head he was seriously ill bless

 

[FluffyBun]

My vet said min the pile should be the size of their body but naturally they graze (like cows) all day, so if they keep eating keep feeding! It will only help in the long run.

Also they should not have hay for bedding (but that is what I was advised by rebbit vet...would you want to sleep in your foods?:shock

One of mine eats straw as much as he eats hay though, so because the straw has less nutritional value, you might as well bed them on hay if they're a straw eater! Also if they're litter trained, there's no real reason why they can't bed on hay, surely? Mine have a higher space which is covered in carpet (cos they don't wee or poo there ever) which is where they like to snooze in the daytime anyway. My vet is also a bunny specialist and he is all for hay bedding and a close to 100% hay diet. I've ehard of people bedding on straw and feeding hay when they live in an area where straw is cheaper - but here a bale of either is the same price, so might as well sleep on it as well as eat it!