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Tip for cutting back on the mess.
Fresh, green, clean, dry hay!! Our guinea pigs love it!! It came shipped in a sturdy cardboard box.
We have nothing but praise for this small company and their product!! However, hay in general can be extremely messy. I found one great tip online that has helped us tremendously, so I thought I would pass it along. When my box of hay comes, I take it outside or in the garage, and I stuff handfuls of the hay into brown paper lunch bags. One box of hay = 30+ lunch bag portions. Then when it is time to feed the piggies, I just stick an open bag of hay in their cage. They love crawling into the bags to find their hay. This has SIGNIFICANTLY reduced the amount of hay that used to get all over our floor. Also, we used to think that possibly my son was allergic to the guinea pigs. Turns out, he is allergic to the hay, not the gp's. Keeping the hay in bags also really reduces the amount of dust and allergens in the air. In addition, we always have a good idea of when we need to reorder hay because we can see how many bag we have left and we know about how long it takes for our 2 guinea pigs to go through a bag.
February 2015 · Pet Supplies · verified purchase