Guinea Pig: Hayrack

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Can I see photo's of your hay rack, or perhaps get idea's. I've tried so many but I don't like any of them.

Thank you!
 
Hi,

I put my piggys hay into litter trays (1 litter tray in each group). They jump in or lean in and eat from there. It does need changed twice a day though as they pee and poop in it. I have 2 groups of indoor sows, housed in C&C cages with fleece flooring and this works well for them.

I recently bought a couple of hay balls too and have added these into the cages for extra hay - its good cos it stays clean longer as they cant pee in it but I am getting more hay on my fleece. Both balls can be free standing, left as balls or attached to the side of the cage. I have attached mine to the cage in both cases.

Here are links to the balls I bought although I didnt buy from these sites (cant remember which site I got them from now)

http://www.netpetshop.co.uk/p-28015-super-pet-rollin-the-hay-rabbit-guinea-pig-degu-feeder.aspx

http://www.petplanet.co.uk/product.asp?dept_id=65&pf_id=57469

HTH
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I don't use a hayrack. Just put it on the floor... Mine are outside so it's impossible to keep them THAT cleanrolleyesrolleyes
 
I don't want to put them in trays.

I love your hay racks. I have this metal wire (stucco wire) that I have bent into different shapes.

lissie said:
What did you try and don't like?

These are some of mine.






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I really like these ones, how did you make/where did you get them?
 
I don't with my guineas but with my bunnies I use a half moon hanging basket stuffed with hay and attached by those bendy pieces of plastic you get with sandwich bags. Worked a treat so far. Although Leo has some how taken to climbing on top of it and lying across it, not sure how it can be comfy but whatever floats your boat aye :(|)
 
xchocolatexmustardx said:
I really like these ones, how did you make/where did you get them?
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The first one is a kitchen organizer wire basket.

The second one I made from coroplast and grids. The part that holds hay is a bent grid.

The last one is made with different type of grids.

The grids are the same ones used for C&C cages.
 
Love the * bend pipe one that goes down to a litter tray with hay for them to also lie in. :)

I used to use a hay rack, but learned that it's more natural and enjoyable for the piggies to have hay to burrow and lie in, so now I have a cat litter tray in one side of the cage lined with paper and hay in it. Cos they also do their business in there I stuff some into cut toilet roll holders and they have a hanging metal ball that hay goes into, that way they always have access to clean stuff.

If you have youngsters be careful of using grids or anything with largish gaps in it incase little heads get stuck whilst investigating.
 
youthnovels said:
I don't with my guineas but with my bunnies I use a half moon hanging basket stuffed with hay and attached by those bendy pieces of plastic you get with sandwich bags. Worked a treat so far. Although Leo has some how taken to climbing on top of it and lying across it, not sure how it can be comfy but whatever floats your boat aye :(|)
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This is a great idea! I think we're going to use the longer ones that you need to screw to the wall (if hanging) because we need a hay rack big enough to service 16 guinea pigs... Might even use two!

If you've got anything with bigger holes in it where piggies can get their heads in, you can always line it with wire netting like you have on the front of hutches to stop the piggles getting in. :)
 
Anyone tried a Trixie Hay Rack? Really tempted to get one. Currently using a litter tray but they seem to also be using it as a toilet.

http://www.zooplus.co.uk/shop/small_pets/accessories/hay_racks/36330

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One on my pigs is pregnant so babies will need to deal with it but I can just over flow it with hay so they get some.
 
I'm amazed by the creativity of people on this forum! I am in awe! I don't think I could even make a C&C cage...

I looked at that hay rack pig007 but the reviews of its quality weren't very good, so I opted for the large food ball instead. But I will wait and see how big my piggies heads are before putting it up now! (thanks Splat n Dexter)
 
I've just bought a metal bird feeder (one of those you put fat blocks etc in & hang outside) for 49p in Aldi & hung it on the side & it works a treat rolleyes:))
 
Some great ideas here :))
I've bought wooden racks to hook over the grids, the wire cubes (no good) heavy pots that they can jump into and have resorted to veg racks for 99p :{
Always looking for different ideas though rolleyes
 
WOW! Poppy'sMum, what a fantastic idea, I shall try them in my new cage:) thankyoux>>
 
I've been wondering what to do about hay with my new C&C cage. It just goes everywhere or they pee and poo in it if its in a tray. I'm definitely going to try some things from this thread.
 
I have two phat tray cages as the birds never fed from them last winter, the pigs may as well use them and I have two small hay balls on one side, plus two proper hayracks that are designed to hang on wire cages. That is in the indoor set up.

Outside I have the hay racks off zoo plus that are a great size but you screw into the wooden hutch sides, as I couldnt bring these in to use on the indoor pen which is made of wire panels I improvised to provide the same amount of hay for my 4.

I cant have the hay on the floor for them as that makes the guys smell of hay and I will react to the hay on their fur, they are perfectly happy to eat from the racks and it keeps wastage of hay down.
 
Ended up ditching the litter bowl and now just using a kitchen roll stuffed with hay. Works much better.
 
i tried 2 different hay racks, the green ones you clip onto the cage and also the hanging metal ball type ones, never had any success with them to be honest so they were a waste of money for me, so i just puts the hay on the floor as it hoovered up every day anyway.
 
wales1000 said:
i tried 2 different hay racks, the green ones you clip onto the cage and also the hanging metal ball type ones, never had any success with them to be honest so they were a waste of money for me, so i just puts the hay on the floor as it hoovered up every day anyway.
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Good thing about the kitchen roll is that they can't poo/pee on the hay.
 
A non-GP owning friend of mine got me some lovely heavy ceramic red polka dot oven to tableware. I wonder what she'd say if she found out I was using it as a hay container! Never mind, Wilbur has taken to curling up inside it after a good feed - very sweet. I also use a plastic colander which I hang from the side of my indoor run, and sometimes just put in a box of hay which they love. Someone on here suggested filling a brown bag with hay which went down a treat, and I also save toilet rolls to stuff.
 
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