kirbyultra
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I'm trying to make the apartment more bearable for my hubby. Ever since we switched to a 50lb box of oxbow in Feb/March he's been suffering. I feel really bad but I couldn't throw out the whole box of 50lbs. The buns love the hay so that is not the problem. It's just very dusty and has coated the whole rabbit room in a thin layer of green dust over the months (it was gross cleaning up the place). I vaccuum like a nut (big Dyson floor vac and small Dyson handvac almost daily...) and it just doesn't help that much. We got a hepa air filter in the bedroom that seems to help at night so he can sleep soundly, but the rabbit room is also our computer room and he works a lot at home. He can't sit in the room for more than an hour without getting completely congested!
I'm trying to look for some suggestions of hay that is less dusty. The last time I had a hay related thread Randy, Ali and some others loved Sweet Meadow, BunnyBale and Kleenmama for their quality and bun-testiments. I just ordered a 5 lb sampler of bluegrass and 2nd cut tim from Kleenmama to try. I remember seeing Sweet Meadow hay and thinking it was kind of choppy (not long strands) and therefore naturally afraid of it being equally dusty as oxbow. I may try them next, and then BunnyBale.com. Anyone have any promising recommendations on clean, quality hay? leaseplease:
Side note - My husband would never deprive our bunners of their hay because of his discomfort (he's a keeper for this reason alone!) so we would not turn to hay cakes or hay cubes as a substitute. Myself, I am definitely allergic to hay to some degree but it is manageable for me. The two of us slaves are pretty much at the mercy of Kirby and Toby. (my eyes water and nose gets runny if I hang out in the rabbit room; my skin reacts in patches of rashes if I handle timothy and don't wash any skin in contact with it immediately!)
Sorry for the long post!
I'm trying to look for some suggestions of hay that is less dusty. The last time I had a hay related thread Randy, Ali and some others loved Sweet Meadow, BunnyBale and Kleenmama for their quality and bun-testiments. I just ordered a 5 lb sampler of bluegrass and 2nd cut tim from Kleenmama to try. I remember seeing Sweet Meadow hay and thinking it was kind of choppy (not long strands) and therefore naturally afraid of it being equally dusty as oxbow. I may try them next, and then BunnyBale.com. Anyone have any promising recommendations on clean, quality hay? leaseplease:
Side note - My husband would never deprive our bunners of their hay because of his discomfort (he's a keeper for this reason alone!) so we would not turn to hay cakes or hay cubes as a substitute. Myself, I am definitely allergic to hay to some degree but it is manageable for me. The two of us slaves are pretty much at the mercy of Kirby and Toby. (my eyes water and nose gets runny if I hang out in the rabbit room; my skin reacts in patches of rashes if I handle timothy and don't wash any skin in contact with it immediately!)
Sorry for the long post!