Bargain!!

Just found a local horse shop that sells bales of hay!! It cost me £4.00 and I would say has the equivalent of the 10 small bags I used to buy from Dust Free Hay.co.uk at £40.00!!!!

Apart from the fact I have to get it, and try and squeeze it into my tiny Peugeot, and then through the house out into the garden... which is all a bit of a struggle.... I am well impressed!! I am using my council wheelie bin that is meant for garden waste as a storage bin (and it wouldnt all fit in that)!

My car inside now looks like a field... I had hay in my bra too!!!!

I just hope the bunnies like it. It seems a lot softer than the dust free hay.... I would think it will be nicer to snuggle into though. I have seen them eat it so I am hoping it will be ok for them.

Is that the one at Elm Court?

Zoe wrote:Is that the one at Elm Court?

Er... yeah.... um.. are you local to me? Spooky...

Opps just realised you are Jellybelly

Yea im JellyBelly!

I buy my Easibed from there and have often looked at those bales, think i may buy one...

LOL just realised who you were by your avatar!! What is Easibed?

Oh yea just saw your reply!!

Its a horse beding (obvs from the horse shop), its wood chips. I use it for Berts litter tray and the guinea pig hutch. It smells lovely and soaks up all the wee!

So can I ask, if you knew you could buy bales of hay there, where do you get your hay from locally as I have been hunting for a cheaper source of hay for AGES!!

Well my lot really like the bags of stuff from the garden centre but i dont like shopping there because of the animals and its quite expensive.

I only saw the bales of hay last week when i went to buy the Easibed. I hadnt seen them before and i have been going there for a few months. I planned to go up there on Monday when my other stuff runs out.

When I went there yesterday I got the last bale... the man told me they have hay deliveries on Mondays and Thursdays - just so you know...

They do Allen and Page pellets too, but huge bags... my two arnt on that brand but just in case yours are!

Elm Court is where I got Twinkle from.... I was in there the other day and they had some cute white baby bunnies.... its so tempting isnt it!

Well i changed Bert onto A&P because i realsied you could get big bags from there and it is so much cheaper than SS!
I bought my firt two piggies from there before i knew about rescues. They once had a rabbit in which wasnt well at all and it had a little sign saying 'i have hayfever'. I was so tempted because i felt sorry for him.

I also bought a huge bale of Readigrass from there, think it was about £10 but has lasted ages, even though the piggies eat it like its going out of fashion!

Readigrass at the garden centre or the horse shop... getting confused!!!!

And do you use all the A&P Pellets in such a large bag before it goes off? Thats why I wont change over.....

Pickle is on SS and Twinkle is on Oxbow at the mo!

Sorry from the horse place!
Well i have just looked and its out of date! So in answer to your question, no!

I have it in airtight containers though so i am sure it will be fine for a little while longer.

I was considering taking half the bag up to the RSPCA, i think its £8 for a sack so miles cheaper than SS!

I dont know whether its worth me swapping again... Pickle loves SS. Oxbow seems to suit Twinkle's tummy..... got so much food here to use up!!

We could halve a bag if I could swap mine over....

Yep i would be happy to halve a bag. Bert has never had tummy trouble and changed over really easily. And now he loves it!

It will be a few months yet before I run out of food....

Yea no problem just give me a shout when you do

How many buns do you have Zoe?

Only one! But 7 piggies.

Well if I do decide to swap them onto A&P I will give you a shout!

Cool, i am trying to convince the OH to let me get a second bun so i'll probably use it before it goes out of date next time!

Hmmm and I am thinking of finding new partners for my two currently single buns!!! We will get through this A&P easily then!!

Wee tip! When you go for your bale of hay, take a single duvet cover to put it in before you put it in the car, saves getting hay all over the place. We took our car to a valet service and they asked if we kept cows in it! Cheeky beggers!

I was gonna place the hay into some tarpaulin, but forgot to take the tarpaulin

I bought a bale from my local horse place, cost me £3!!!
I still have hay in my car and that was a month ago!