where do you buy your hay?

[tutu]

Hi everyone, I'm a new member here. I've had my bunny tutu for 3 years now. I usually buy my hay online from KMS (formerly known as Kleenmama). The hay quality is gerenally good. But I'm just wondering where you guys get your hay? By the way I live in LA area. Thanks ^^

 

[oatmealbunbun]

Hello

I'm new here too !!!

I actually have farm supply store near where I live and I buy a full bale (currently alfalfa hay) but I would try craigslist to see if any farms around your area sell timothy or orchard grass hay !!!

 

[Tauntz]

Local feed stores that sell horse hay is the cheapest for hay. I had trouble finding hay locally so I recently purchased my first hay from Sierra Valley Hay. The hay from there is beautiful, smells wonderful & great quality. My bunnies can't wait for me to put it in their hay bin. They are grabbing it out of my hands as I'm refilling it! So I am very pleased with the company & the hay purchased. Oh, they rarely came running when I was using the pet store bags of hay. I don't blame them after seeing the excellent quality of this hay, I too would stick up my nose to pet store bagged hay! lol

 

[Daisy-Henry]

I live in the UK so this will be totally different from you. I buy my hay from Wilkinsons (A british supermarket) or Tesco. I brought all my rabbits up on Alfalfa Hay and then gradually went to Timothy Hay, I noticed they weren't eating that as much so now they get Meadow Hay and they love it.

I'm going to start buying my Hay from a farm soon, though. :apollo:

 

[missyscove]

I'm a Los Angeles bunny owner.

When I lived in the San Fernando Valley, I would buy my hay at the Red Barn
http://www.redbarnfeedandpet.com/

We would buy their bags of hay which were a few flakes off a bale in a big bag (like a big trash bag).

Now that I live in Pomona, I either buy hay through my school's Oxbow rep or from Bunny Bunch http://www.bunnybunch.org/
Which is the rescue I adopted Cricket from and they have a store with just about every bunny thing you could ever want!

 

[tutu]

thanks everyone! there is actually a feed store that sells huge bales of timothy hay. their main customers are horse owners. but the hay was so coarse with huge stalks. I don't think my bun will enjoy it. so i gave up even though it's cheap.

 

[tutu]

I'm a Los Angeles bunny owner.

When I lived in the San Fernando Valley, I would buy my hay at the Red Barn
http://www.redbarnfeedandpet.com/

We would buy their bags of hay which were a few flakes off a bale in a big bag (like a big trash bag).

Now that I live in Pomona, I either buy hay through my school's Oxbow rep or from Bunny Bunch http://www.bunnybunch.org/
Which is the rescue I adopted Cricket from and they have a store with just about every bunny thing you could ever want!

I've heard of red barn. It's pretty far away from where I live. I will try bunny bunch. is their hay good? How much do they sell it for?

 

[Blue eyes]

thanks everyone! there is actually a feed store that sells huge bales of timothy hay. their main customers are horse owners. but the hay was so coarse with huge stalks. I don't think my bun will enjoy it. so i gave up even though it's cheap.

It's possible they carry different types. The feed store by us services mostly horse customers but they have a chalkboard with whatever current hay type they have -- usually bermuda, timothy, alfalfa and I can't remember what else.

 

[blwinteler]

When I got my boys, I got hay from my family's ranch. It was coarse with long stalks and they devoured it. I have a mini bale now that has smaller pieces and while they do eat it, they do not get nearly as excited for it.

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[Nancy McClelland]

The only feed store at this end of the valley stinks and all the pet places are way too high here. We Mail order twice a year from Dr Foster and Smith--much cheaper than by the bag from a pet superstore or WalMart.

 

[funnybunnymummy]

If it's really coarse, it may be first cut hay, which has the most nutritional value. Most bunnies love the stemmy pieces, believe it or not.

I live in horse country in the burbs of Vancouver, BC. I buy a bale every year from one or the other of the local feed stores. I just got a 110 lb bale of second cut timothy hay and my two practically inhale it!

I'd never buy pet store hay. My two go through the equivalent of a pet store bag every day. I'd be broke in no time!

Hope that helps!

Rue

 

[missyscove]

I've heard of red barn. It's pretty far away from where I live. I will try bunny bunch. is their hay good? How much do they sell it for?

It has been a while since I was in to buy hay, but I want to say it's roughly $1/1lb and the bags are somewhere around 10 lbs. They have a location in montclair and a location in orange county and I actually also saw their bags of hay for sale at a vet in Westminster where I went to an exotic companion mammal symposium this weekend.

 

[kira❤tonio!!]

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