What type of hay do you feed your rabbits?

[OreoTheMiniLop]

I couldn't find a topic on this and I'm just curious what type of hay people feed their bunnies? Share it below!

I personally feed Oreo 2nd cut timothy hay from Small Pet Select as her main hay. I give her a bunch of different types of hay mixed in a few are, oat hay, orchard grass hay, botanical hay, etc. I also mix in bunny safe dried herbs as Oreo isn't very interested in hay. I also put her daily pellets in her hay, to get her to eat more hay. She also gets alfalfa hay as a treat RARELY. I normally use it for training once every two weeks or so in very small quantities.

 

[ArtistChibi]

I definitely feed Xiao Wu and Tu Shen 2nd cut timothy hay. Not very much on the other front as the giant bale of timothy was pretty cheap from our local Standlee store. As for other hays, very rarely would I give Orchard grass. I noticed they're not a fan of it, but they LOVE oat hay.

 

[fluffy_lop]

You are lucky to have so much choice. I can only get pre-packed hay from the supermarket, which is of variable quality, or oat, wheat or lucerne from our farm centre. Bunny usually loves oaten hay, but today when I went it, they only had wheat or lucerne. I opted for wheaten hay. It has stalks and leaves which are very broad.
Do you think this will be OK for bunny? (I didn't want to get lucerne, because I thought it had too much protein and too much calcium.)

 

[dogwoodblossoms]

I use third cut Orchard grass and my rabbits like it enough, but I miss the barn smell it gives my rabbit room and my rabbits themselves so I’ll probably end up switching back.

 

[Milousmom]

I give my rabbit orchard grass hay

 

[majorv]

Since we had more than just a few rabbits we used bales of coastal hay for ours. The one picky rabbit we had got orchard grass.

 

[SirLawrence]

Mine get timothy with the occasional orchard handful to keep it interesting!

 

[odyssey~]

Odyssey gets 2nd cut timothy from True Colours Products specializing in small pet products and also gets a handful of orchard once a week and a handful of the 'farmer's blend' once a day.

 

[James + Ted]

I give Ted mostly 2nd cut timothy hay from Small Pet Select.

Sometimes I add small amounts of alfalfa, or KayTee Timothy hay available from the grocer. Also sometimes I smush in some banana, or add very small amounts of diced apple. I try to give him some variety, to keep him interested.

I recently purchased a one pound bag of oxbow oat hay from petco. It was more like oat dust. If anyone knows of a good source for small amounts of oat hay, or orchard grass hay, I’d be glad to know about it.

 

[OreoTheMiniLop]

I give Ted mostly 2nd cut timothy hay from Small Pet Select.

Sometimes I add small amounts of alfalfa, or KayTee Timothy hay available from the grocer. Also sometimes I smush in some banana, or add very small amounts of diced apple. I try to give him some variety, to keep him interested.

I recently purchased a one pound bag of oxbow oat hay from petco. It was more like oat dust. If anyone knows of a good source for small amounts of oat hay, or orchard grass hay, I’d be glad to know about it.

I get small amounts of oat hay from Small Pet Select as it is the best oat hay I have found. I also got the oxbow hay and it was just dust.

 

[James + Ted]

I get small amounts of oat hay from Small Pet Select as it is the best oat hay I have found. I also got the oxbow hay and it was just dust.

Thanks for the info. Somehow I missed it before, but now I see that they offer smaller quantities of oat hay.

 

[Nancy McClelland]

Orchard grass--allergic to timothy.

 

[ISAC QUIN HOOER]

oxbow western timothy hay. The rabbits really in joy snacking on it!

 

[Cinn-a-bun]

Standlee 2sc cut Timothy Hay. 10 lbs $18.00 Amazon.

 

[CrazyChickenGirl]

We buy 200 pound bales of second cut hay from a friend of ours. I know that seems like a lot of hay, but we go through it in about a month because we give it to our 2 horses and 3 goats as well as my 2 rabbits.