Imbrium
Jennifer
someone mentioned a little while back about sierra valley hay... I checked their prices and was surprised at how reasonable the costs (including shipping) were for large volumes of hay. I ended up ordering a thing of oat hay 'cause I'm displeased with the cost of oxbow's and that's the only thing other than alfalfa mine will eat, plus a thing of orchard/alfalfa blend, hoping that perhaps having alfalfa mixed in would make them eat it despite the fact that they wouldn't eat orchard before (for those times when I don't feel like picking all the **** oats out of the oat hay).
my hay arrived today, and I just unpacked it. until I saw the oats, I thought for a moment they had sent me timothy by mistake because the oat hay was SO green - oxbow's oat hay has no green at all, it's kind of a wheat color. this stuff looks SO different and it smells much stronger. the orchard also looks VERY different from oxbow's orchard hay and isn't quite as soft/thin (which may be what the bunns disliked about it).
normally, Nala and Gaz come running to inhale a pile of alfalfa, but with oat they kinda sniff at it, wander off, and come back to eat it later. not this time! they dove right in! I gave them some of the 80% orchard/20% alfalfa stuff too, and they started eating it right away! I've never seen them eat non-oat grass hay like that EVER.
I'm beyond impressed with the freshness of this hay and the fact that my girls are actually EAGER to eat it!
I also ordered a bundle of mint (which I didn't get, because right before I placed my order it froze and died, so they gave me a refund ><) and two bundles of willow sticks. the willow sticks are VERY fresh and a little pliable, not like willow toys you buy in the pet store. when I tossed a few in the pen, Nala quit eating hay and started going to town on a willow stick
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they're obviously a good bit more expensive than buying hay from a local feed store 'cause of the shipping cost, but for picky bunnies that won't eat what the feed store has to offer, I definitely recommend this place - my super-picky little brats give sierra valley hay their seal of approval!
http://www.sierravalleyhay.com/Orders.html
my hay arrived today, and I just unpacked it. until I saw the oats, I thought for a moment they had sent me timothy by mistake because the oat hay was SO green - oxbow's oat hay has no green at all, it's kind of a wheat color. this stuff looks SO different and it smells much stronger. the orchard also looks VERY different from oxbow's orchard hay and isn't quite as soft/thin (which may be what the bunns disliked about it).
normally, Nala and Gaz come running to inhale a pile of alfalfa, but with oat they kinda sniff at it, wander off, and come back to eat it later. not this time! they dove right in! I gave them some of the 80% orchard/20% alfalfa stuff too, and they started eating it right away! I've never seen them eat non-oat grass hay like that EVER.
I'm beyond impressed with the freshness of this hay and the fact that my girls are actually EAGER to eat it!
I also ordered a bundle of mint (which I didn't get, because right before I placed my order it froze and died, so they gave me a refund ><) and two bundles of willow sticks. the willow sticks are VERY fresh and a little pliable, not like willow toys you buy in the pet store. when I tossed a few in the pen, Nala quit eating hay and started going to town on a willow stick
.they're obviously a good bit more expensive than buying hay from a local feed store 'cause of the shipping cost, but for picky bunnies that won't eat what the feed store has to offer, I definitely recommend this place - my super-picky little brats give sierra valley hay their seal of approval!
http://www.sierravalleyhay.com/Orders.html
