Engel
Adult Guinea Pig
As prices are going up I'm always looking for ways to save money on piggy items. Two things take a chunk of my money, hay and vets bills. While I can't do much about vet bills, I can do something about the hay. I've tried (and failed) many times to change their hay and as they have sampled many different ones, I thought I'd do a 'review' for each hay I dare feed them. There will be a review by me, and one from the scream machines. Everything will be rated on a scale of 1-5 with 1 being very poor and 5 being very good. Reasons for the score will be given. (I'll link where to get the hay for those who are interested). If there's any you think this fussy lot will like, please let me know!
Little disclaimer: All hays mentioned are perfectly fine for your piggies to eat, this is just what mine think. This is just for fun.
Compressed bales from pets at home
Rating: 2/5
Human: Pros- cheap and normally quite soft. Cons- Smells weird, can be dusty, packaging isn't eco friendly.
Piggies: Pros- perfect for sleeping and playing in. Cons- ewww, poison. I won't eat this if it was the last monch-able thing on Earth.
Long strand timothy/meadow hay from pets at home
Rating: 4/5
Human: Pros-smells nice, has nice long strands and little dust. Cons- expensive and only comes in 1kg plastic bags.
Piggies: Pros- quite nice and the timothy has a nice amount of seed heads. Meadow is soft and we can play, eat and sleep in this. 8 out of 8 pigs would recommend. Cons- none.
Alfalfa King Timothy
Rating: 4/5
Human: Pros- smells really nice. Long strands and very green. Cons- expensive and dusty
Piggies: Pros- delicious. Consists of the finest of strands. Will sleep in this. Cons- none only disappointed that we haven't had any in a while.
Burgess Long Strand Hay
Rating: 4/5
Human: Nice smell and long green stems. Cons- expensive. Can be dusty.
Piggies:
Oxbow Timothy
Rating: 4/5
Human: Pros- Great smell and colour. Little dust Cons- expensive
Piggies: LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE IT!
Oxbow Orchard
Rating: 4/5
Human: Another gorgeous smelling hay with little dust. Cons- expensive
Piggies: No complaints here.
Oxbow Oat
Rating: 2/5
Human: Dusty, short pieces and expensive. Wouldn't buy again.
Piggies: We had no idea what to do with it. Came to a unanimous decision that its not edible
Little disclaimer: All hays mentioned are perfectly fine for your piggies to eat, this is just what mine think. This is just for fun.
Compressed bales from pets at home
Rating: 2/5
Human: Pros- cheap and normally quite soft. Cons- Smells weird, can be dusty, packaging isn't eco friendly.
Piggies: Pros- perfect for sleeping and playing in. Cons- ewww, poison. I won't eat this if it was the last monch-able thing on Earth.
Long strand timothy/meadow hay from pets at home
Rating: 4/5
Human: Pros-smells nice, has nice long strands and little dust. Cons- expensive and only comes in 1kg plastic bags.
Piggies: Pros- quite nice and the timothy has a nice amount of seed heads. Meadow is soft and we can play, eat and sleep in this. 8 out of 8 pigs would recommend. Cons- none.
Alfalfa King Timothy
Rating: 4/5
Human: Pros- smells really nice. Long strands and very green. Cons- expensive and dusty
Piggies: Pros- delicious. Consists of the finest of strands. Will sleep in this. Cons- none only disappointed that we haven't had any in a while.
Burgess Long Strand Hay
Rating: 4/5
Human: Nice smell and long green stems. Cons- expensive. Can be dusty.
Piggies:
Oxbow Timothy
Rating: 4/5
Human: Pros- Great smell and colour. Little dust Cons- expensive
Piggies: LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE IT!
Oxbow Orchard
Rating: 4/5
Human: Another gorgeous smelling hay with little dust. Cons- expensive
Piggies: No complaints here.
Oxbow Oat
Rating: 2/5
Human: Dusty, short pieces and expensive. Wouldn't buy again.
Piggies: We had no idea what to do with it. Came to a unanimous decision that its not edible