Timothy Hay suggestions?

[Sef]

Interesting!

[Lynx]

That makes perfect sense, ItsaZoo. Even with timothy, after it matures and has seed heads, it is more coarse and the hay itself is much less nutritious.

Coarse to me says "over the hill", mature, pokey stems.

[Sef]

Exactly the way I interpreted it, Lynx. I haven't seen it sold on any other hay sites.

[ItsaZoo]

That's what I thought when I read the description. "Course" sounds so much better than, "a bunch of thick, chewy dried grass stems that we didn't harvest in it's prime!" ;)

[Sef]

And you can buy 5 lbs. of it for only $28.97! :O

[Sef]

Has anyone here ever tried HayRabbit brand?
https://www.hayrabbitco.com/

[Saradactyl]

I bought HayRabbit last night and it got here today. I'd say the only good think about it so far is that I got it with one day shipping through Amazon Prime. Other than that, it doesn't seem to be that great. It was $29.95 for a 7lb box, whereas Small Pet Select (what I normally order) is $28.41 for a 12lb box.

I ordered the second-cut timothy hay, and while it's bright green and smells nice, it has a very strange texture that I've never felt on hay before. It almost feels sticky? Like those little plants with sticky seeds that stick to your socks when you walk through grass. My mom said it feels like that plastic grass she used to put in our Easter baskets. After digging through it, I found maybe two seed heads in the entire box. My girls are refusing to touch it so far. Overall, I wouldn't recommend it.

[ItsaZoo]

I started buying the Oxbow Timothy and Orchard Hay blend in the 90 ounce bag. Ordered from Chewy with auto ship and it was $18.56. Lacey is a fan - here is a video link:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B2lBB3OhBVP ... p6fmsp4noz

[Sef]

Saradactyl, thanks for letting everybody know. I definitely won't order that brand! Will probably just stick with RabbitHole hay for now.

[Saradactyl]

No problem Sef! I ordered RabbitHole a couple days ago, but since I live in Florida it's going to be awhile until it gets here. I needed hay to tide them over in the meantime so I figured I'd order HayRabbit with the one day shipping; they ate it last night, but didn't seem happy about it. Every time I grab it out of the box it feels very unpleasant, like it's sticking and dragging against my hands.

Do you know if second-cut timothy from RabbitHole has a good amount of the seed heads? I like to use those as treats for my girls.

[Sef]

It does.

[Saradactyl]

Great, thanks! Hopefully my girls will like it since they're so picky lol.