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Pet Forum / Mammals / Rabbits / March 2008Hay Survey... Please Help!
Hello rabbit-folk! My husband and I are trying to find the most economical way to provide hay for four rabbits. I was wondering if all the good bun-owners of apr wouldn't mind answering a little survey so we can see how other people buy hay, etc. The more replies we get, the better, so please take a few minutes to respond; it would be most appreciated! If you don't want to post publicly, please send a message to my email. Thank you very much! The 'survey' consists of the following few questions: 1. Where do you live? 2. How do you buy your hay? (1-2Lb 'bales' from pet store, 40Lb square bales, large round bales etc) 3. Where do you buy it? (pet store, mail-order, vet's office, farm, etc) 4. How much does the hay cost (per bale)? 5. How often do you buy hay? 6. How many rabbits do you have? Thanks for your time! Lisa and buns I started buying hay after my backyard turned grassless from rabbit grazing and digging. Last time it cost $8 for a bale of horse hay (timothy & orchard) from a Southern States feed store. Since I can lift it I would say it's in the 20# to 30# range probably around 2'X2'x3'. It's about 20 miles away so about $5 or $6 worth of gas to pick it up. Hi Lisa, I get farm hay from Ray's cousin Howard's farm for FREE! It's really good timothy, brome with a bit of clover. He did bring us a Cocoa sized round bale two years ago....that's how long it took Cocoa to finish it off. Howard has been bringing us garbage bags full of it lately. Farm hay is usually the cheapest and best hay to get. Just make sure they don't give you old stuff that they want to get rid of.  SignatureGod Bless, Arlette, Cocoa & Brownie in heaven (See us here) http://www.flickr.com/photos/11393346@N02/ Need a vet? Click here <http://www.rabbitvet.net> For Cocoa's body sling vids Click here <http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=cocoa3c> > 1. Where do you live? Chicago, IL > 2. How do you buy your hay? 25lb Loose pak > 3. Where do you buy it? Mail order from Oxbow or Bunnybales > 4. How much does the hay cost with shipping, $30-40 > 5. How often do you buy hay? once or twice a year > 6. How many rabbits do you have? one NOTE - just switched to BunnyBales this last order and it does seem leafier and less stemmy than the oxbow. Wendy & Pepper 1. Where do you live? Los Alamos, NM 2. How do you buy your hay? 25 lb bale 3. Where do you buy it? Oxbow mail order 4. How much does the hay cost with shipping? I usually combine it with an order of pellets and maybe litter. I think on it's own, about $45 w/shipping 5. How often do you buy hay? every three months or so 6. How many rabbits do you have? two with these statistics, we've just adopted a third, so we'll probably go through an extra bale a year. Marie > 1. Where do you live? Philadelphia, PA > 2. How do you buy your hay? 25lb Timothy > 3. Where do you buy it? Mail > order from American Pet Diner > 4. How much does the hay cost with shipping, $40-45 > 5. How often do you buy hay? twice a year > 6. How many rabbits do you have? two> I also supplement with Orchard Grass (Oxbow) - one 9-pound box at $20 - I buy it from HRS Cathy >1. Where do you live? - CT >2. How do you buy your hay? Full bales >3. Where do you buy it? Local feed store/get from friend >4. How much does the hay cost (per bale)? $6 >5. How often do you buy hay? >6. How many rabbits do you have? 4 When I had Wendy & Cartman with Hershey & Boo Boo I was buying orchard grass from Oxbow. A 50# box would last about 5-6 months. I see if I ordered it today it would cost me $70 - YIKES! When Wendy & Cartman went to the bridge and we got Thelma and Louise I'd go thru a 50# box once every 6 weeks. That being the case hubby, hubby has a friend that bought a farm and started to harvest hay so i stock up in the summer and then get from a feed store during the winter months. Now that Thelma has passed, I'd say a bale last about 10 weeks. Lisa, Hershey, Boo Boo, Louise & Sharkey (Thelma, Wendy & Cartman FTB) > Hello rabbit-folk! > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Lisa and buns 1. Where do you live? N.Y. suburbs (Westchester county) 2. How do you buy your hay? (1-2Lb 'bales' from pet store, 40Lb square bales, large round bales etc) I buy 9 - 14 lb boxes of hay 3. Where do you buy it? (pet store, mail-order, vet's office, farm, etc) Mail only from number of places (Sweet Meadow, Oxbow, Farmer Dave, are the main places). I have gotten it from horse farm and buns didn't like it. 4. How much does the hay cost (per bale)? It usually works out to under $2/lb with s & h 5. How often do you buy hay? I usually get hay from one place once/ month. I stagger it so I can keep different varieties on hand. 6. How many rabbits do you have? Two and they are big hay eaters and we use hay in the litter box. HTH, Martha > 1. Where do you live? Dallas, TX > 2. How do you buy your hay? 50# bale [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > 6. How many rabbits do you have? 2 big hay eaters plus we used it in the > litterboxes too The hay was delivered in a plastic bag in a cardboard box which I kept in the garage. It always smelled fresh. I think we got 2nd cut Timothy and also ordered 30# bag of BBT and/or papaya tablets at the same time. I never found any decent hay at the pet stores -- and just didn't have it together enough to go scope out the bales available in horse country around here, but that would have undoubtedly been far more reasonable price-wise (just not as convenient as point and click ordering!). Laurie > Hello rabbit-folk! > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > The 'survey' consists of the following few questions: No more rabbits here, but as my last one died in 2007, my info is still valid. > 1. Where do you live? Los Angeles, CA, USA. > 2. How do you buy your hay? (1-2Lb 'bales' from pet store, 40Lb > square bales, large round bales etc) In Plastic bags - 1/8th of a bale. > 3. Where do you buy it? (pet store, mail-order, vet's office, farm, > etc) Feed store that caters to the local horse population. > 4. How much does the hay cost (per bale)? $3.00 per bag (no sales tax). => $24/bale, but I never asked for a full bale, so maybe less. > 5. How often do you buy hay? Once per year when I had multiple rabbits. In 2006 & 7, no purchases for my sole survivor. > 6. How many rabbits do you have? Zero. Had up to five simultaneously. They were all 1-2 pounders. I also have 2/3 of one bag left over if anyone wants it. |
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