I just wanted to say: thank you. My parents never let me get anything unless I have asked for it for about a year, and thanks to extensive research and watching your videos, I've been given permission to adopt a guinea pig! Thanks again!

@Benrobles14

7 жыл бұрын

Esther LeClaire Same-same man! I've been asking for one for around three years. I'm finally getting one on the 6th of June. I wrote a five-page essay as to why I should get one and that's how I did it!

@Ali-zx8lz

6 жыл бұрын

You guys should of gotten 2...congrats tho

@kirstynwitt4488

6 жыл бұрын

Yes they aren't happy and don't feel safe in just one they are herd and pair animals

@myanimalsi3guineapigs1dog60

6 жыл бұрын

U NEED at least 2

@penny220

5 жыл бұрын

You need 2 and if you can’t get 2 I don’t think you should get any. I mean this is a year late so you probably have a guinea pig but it would be much happier with a friend of its own kind.

I recommend Standlee's brand of hay for those in the US! You get a lot of hay for the price.

Such an interesting video, who'd have thought hay was so complex ! Thank you for such great tips about it!

Thanks for all the great advice, I use Timothy hay and my Guineas love it!

Pretty sure you got 22,000 subs recently and I just wanted to say congratulations and you totally deserve it ♡ love your channel so much

I love your videos so much! They are so informational and my piggie has benefited from your information

I am so glad you are back to your self after your loss! Great video I am sure this will help out lots of New Guinea pig owners :)

@SqueakDreams

8 жыл бұрын

+Furry Friends Thank you :)

I don't know why, but in my area, there doesn't seem to be a truly good quality Timothy hay available. I especially avoid that sold in the big Discount chain stores because what is sold in them has entirely too much dust. I finally found some hay of decent quality, but it's the short-cut type. The most ironic part of that is the place I buy it is a Farm Equipment store. But, sometimes you have to look in unexpected places to find what you need. I have to go to a different Farm Implement store to get my Guinea Pig Pellet Food, but at least it's good quality at a good price.

You're videos are so inspiring💖

@squeakandbark7918

8 жыл бұрын

Very true

Thanks for the video! Your videos are very helpful I always watch your videos keep up the good work!

@SqueakDreams

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! I'm glad they help 👍😄

Thanks for the video! This really helped me with my guinea pigs.

I live in America and one of the best brands is oxbow hay, it is amazing, for a 90 gram bag I can get around a month of hay (refilling 3 times a day, sometimes more if they need it) it is really nice and recommended by vets and the strands are really nice and long And have the little flower bit in them, they have all different varieties, I recommend the western Timothy hay but there is meadow hay and other types as well

@skiesuk

7 жыл бұрын

Fuzzy Fleet I know this is late but thank you so much! I needed to find the right one and I was trying to find out which was better in the US!

@ahaokatano3153

3 жыл бұрын

I'm going to try out a 90 oz of the mix bag

Great video! I'm getting Guinea Pigs in a few months :) This video was very helpful!

No way!!! My piggies loved the Alphafa King but obviously got it wrong, thank you so much you have helped me so many times with your guineas pig videos xx

I acually needed this video btw your awesome and thankyou😊

I may be getting guinea pigs next month and after watching this video I know what hay to get them. Thanks😊

hay and straw for animals sell a wonderful range of lovely hays and straw.

Spot on, good video, 😎 I have been on a quest to find the best all round feed hay since the Alfalfa king thimathy hay became increasingly difficult to get hear in the UK! I recently bought the Dust Free, the one you have in you're video they liked it, untill l tried Knaw and Knible, they like that a lot ,especially the 2nd cut! It's the closest to Alfalfa king thimathy that l have been able to get! Pets at Home in my kneck other the woods ( liverpool. UK) stock it but only periodically!

fab video Sarah :-). I get a small bale of hay to line the hay loft then mix the alfalfa king timothy hay with nature's own 5 a day timothy rich hay from The Range in the hay rack. They munch on all of it but love the seed heads in the timothy x

I buy timothy hay from the local feed store, but it smells really nice and fresh and seems to pass all the "good hay" tests on here 😊 Thanks for making this video! If I move and own guinea pigs again, it will be very helpful in finding a new hay source for them.

Thank you for making wonderful videos. I'm probably one of your oldest viewers, and you've helped me become more informed so that I can give my piggies the best life I can. Unfortunately, not all of our hay is great in the US. The kind you get at walmart has some good pieces in it, but ends up being a huge pile of dust at the bottom of the bag. I hear Oxbow is the best quality, but it is quite expensive. I am also trying to find one that is decent, with long strands without breaking the bank.

Love this channel

Me and my girlfriend get a brand called All Living Things timothy hay and our piggies REALLY love it. Wish I had a video of our little Lucy charging right into her hay container! Cutest thing ever! We live up in northern Canada.

Great video, very helpful!

thanks for the video it was helpful .I'm a soon to be piggy owner!!

Hi there, we buy Haybox for our 8 girls. Their meadow and timothy hays are really fab and the piggies love them. Also, they're in cardboard boxes thus reducing the endless plastic bags! Highly recommended anyway. Thanks so much for your videos-I love them :-) x Jemma

@SqueakDreams

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jemma, I'll have to check Haybox out! 😀

timothy hay is what we get for our piggies. They love it!!!

Great video! I'm going to pick up a bag of the Timothy hay and treat my little pig!

Alot of our hay here in the USA is great:) It comes in handy having all the analyis stuff on the bag!:) Thanks for sharing yhis video with us!

Thx sooooo much always fed my piggie the wrong straw(sorry I'm Australian)and now I learnt that she needs better things

@myanimalsi3guineapigs1dog60

6 жыл бұрын

Rachael Allen it's hay never get straw

Great video as always! I bed my piggies on hay, which I change everyday, so I do use a meadow type, different to the pure pastures one (the name excapes me!) but it comes in a fairly decent size bag relatively cheap. The strands are long and it smells good so hopefully it's ok for them. I will be getting them a bag of Timothy hay the next time I'm in Pets at Home though, as they haven't tried that yet. (For eating rather than bedding though!) Thanks for the video :)

I live in the US and most of us go for Oxbow Timothy Hay. It's a great brand of hay and you should try it out if you ever see it in your pet shops

Hi, Aussie here. Loved your info on the different hay. I usually buy the meadow hay from my local petbarn as I found the dept stores way too expensive. From your vid, I'm pretty sure the hay I get is about your #2. I can get a 2kg compressed bale for $12 or so and for two piggies it lasts about a month or so. I have seen the alfalfa king in 2kg non-compressed bag in my petbarn but at double the price of my meadow hay, I just can't afford that. Saying that, I don't give them pellets, but a good quality rscpa food blend that also inc dried banana chips and some hay that the piggies just love.

@noursartcorner2215

6 жыл бұрын

Paula Roberts where do you get the rspca food from? I’m australia too.

@arianna3921

5 жыл бұрын

Have you heard of the PETERS Guinea pig hay from Coles? Do you know if it’s safe ? I’m Australian too

My piggies also seem to enjoy the Timothy the most too😋

This video was so useful! As I live fairly close to the city I can't access fresh hay from my local farmers so I have to buy from pet stores, when I used to buy hay from my closest pet store the hay was cheap and bad quality, I once found a dead rat in it! I stopped buying hay and started buying pet store brand hay (I would mix it with Burgess Hay) from a pet store farther away, but the strands are really small and thin! So I'm going to either find a pet store that sells Oxbow Timothy Hay or order some online (probably the best I'll be able to get, and it's kinda overpriced) Aha I swear Australia has like nothing good for small animals, I order almost everything online!

My piggies' favourite is the Burgess Excel Timothy with dandelion herbage... but at £6 a kilo they have to make do with smaller amounts of that mixed with something a bit less expensive!

So good i am getting guinea pigs in a few months ive been doing a lot of research! Any tips for guinea pig care?? I love your videos they are so good I always check t see if you have more up!!

Hi I use Hay For Pets. Like you I did a taste test (well I didn't taste it but you know what I mean) 😉 They do little taster bags so I let my pigs choose, and Ing Hay came out tops. I bought a giant bag and it's gorgeous. Really long strands, smells lush. Really happy with it.

I buy the alfifa king as a combination hay too and my pigs loved it however they enjoy oxbow Timothy hay more so thats now my favourite as the rabbits love it too

@SqueakDreams

8 жыл бұрын

+Christine Brownrigg I will have to see if I can get it do you order online?

@chrisbrownrigg1

8 жыл бұрын

Yes on Amazon uk x

@veronicashook3592

8 жыл бұрын

+Squeak Dreams I live in the usa and in the alfalfa king hay I found a grass hoper in there so be carfull

great video I get my hay from a local pet shop best hay i have come across it comes in a large bag it been pre packed at a farm i think but it smells so fresh and is a lovely colour i have found such long strands in it both my guinea pigs and rabbit go crazy for it ( the piggies and rabbit dont live together ) :)

Aloha, thank you for your wonderful videos. My piggie doesn’t eat much hay. There isn’t a good selection in Hawaii. All I can find is Kaydee Timothy Hay, sometimes Orchard and I’ve seen Alfalfa but heard that Alfalfa has a lot of calcium? I give him plenty of fresh (and as fresh as available) hay daily and Oxbow Garden Select Adult Guinea Pig food with Timothy,Oat and Orchard. His habitat is cleaned twice daily and he gets fresh veggies morning and evening. I’m retired and a just about always home with him. He’s my little boy and I adore him 🐹❤️.

great video

this video was so helpfull!!

Love your videos, I'm about to be a first time guinea pig owner so finding them very useful! Can I ask, how tall is the perspex on your cage? I'm struggling on what height to make mine! xx

Great video Sarah! I use the Ings organise type hay from Hay for Pets online. It's great value & that particular type is always so sweet smelling & usually green! It's £18 incl delivery for a 9.5kg bag. I use that daily & have done for around a year now with readigrass every now and again on top :)

@SugarSpicePiggies

8 жыл бұрын

*organic lol

@becca5221

8 жыл бұрын

Wow! HI! I love your channel and am subscribed!

@SugarSpicePiggies

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you Becca

This is a good video idea

I only buy Oxbow brand hay. The Oxbow timothy hay looks to be the same quality as the brand you have shown but I get a big bag (40 oz) of the Oxbow for $7.99-10 on Amazon. I also really like their Orchard grass hay, it has very, very long strands and is always super fragrant.

Hello ! Firstly I just wanted to say I love your videos ! secondly which pellets do you recommend for guinea pigs for under 6 months ? I live in scotland so do you know which brand i can get from the uk which is not too expensive ?

Can you also please do a video on all your guinea pig supplies please thanks!!

Could you please provide a link for the dust free hay? Also does it have a weight? Thank you, lovely to see the pigs, it's a shame you don't upload more often.

I use oxbow hay and my piggies love it they tend to like softer hay more then twiggy hay but the hay I use is dry and long stranded

great video,I completely agree,I use meadow hay from my local pet shop& the same alfalfa king timothy hay from pets at home,would luv to try oxbow but don't know where to get it from!?

I usually get pets at home hay. It’s a small amount but good quality. I went to wilkos doing a lot of research before changing. I use it for emergency hay and play hay. It’s called Timothy hay it’s good

I go to her for anything guinea pig related. Her, squeak dreams, and kids pet palace

Could you plz do a video about what piggies eat and they could eat thanks, your doing job keep on going.

Great video! Timothy hay is truly expensive. I buy a large bag (smaller than the dust extracted hay) for $28... though my piggies do absolutely love it♡ can you do a video on how to make cozy items? thanks!!

I've been using Mühldorfer Organic Hay because it's the only one I could find at the time that stated organic, definitely looking yours up now! Interested about the long strands though, don't the pigs chew it up anyway? I worried about legs getting tangled in long strands as I had once with a rabbit

I use the Kaytee hay for my piggie and its a really nice quality hay. Im allergic to hay but this hay doesn't make me even sneeze'

I practically live in a town of farmers so good quality hay is cheap and easy to find.

I have a baby guinea pig who looks pretty much exactly like Lyra.

Thanks this was very useful. My pets at home store told me not to get timothy hay for guinea pigs and they all say on the packages suitable for rabbits and dont mention guinea pigs. Do you think i can use this timotjy hay? I noticed yours has a oicture of a guinea pig on. What about the pets at home own brand hay? I think it's meadow and looks quite like the 2nd one you showed in the video

I'm in the US and I've tried Oxbow, SmallPet Select, and KMS Hayloft. Right now I have 2nd cutting Timothy from KMS Hayloft and I'm a bit disappointed... it's much more coarse and not as fresh smelling as the 2nd cutting Timothy from Small Pet Select. Next time I'll try the 3rd cutting Timothy from KMS even though it's pricier. I personally prefer SPS and KMS to Oxbow. I'm spoiled because both companies are in my home state of Washington, so shipping takes no time at all!

viovet sell the alfalfa king, they sell oxbow as well which is also nice and green

@SqueakDreams

8 жыл бұрын

+breakawayfromme oh thanks I'll have a look on their website!

I made a hay box just like yours (thanks for the inspiration!). My piggies sometimes chew on the edge of the paper, underneath the Timothy hay. Is that bad for them?

Which hay “cut” do you recommend? First cut,which is longer strands, harder shafts and bigger seed heads. Second cut, which has shorter and softer shafts and smaller seed heads, or third cut, which has the softest strands and shortest strands and even less seed heads?

In my country timothy hay, the exact one you've shown, costs 8 zł ( 2-3 pounds)

I think my hay is like the one you put in 3rd place, it's not great but I live in a small country and I haven't seen too many options.

Are you ever going to start making videos again? I truly miss seeing your piggies!

I like the Timothy hay because it seems to have more feathery nibbly bits..my guinea pigs like those pieces best even though Timothy hay is more fattening

i recommend oxboe food and hey

I buy my hay from a local farmer... what's your thoughts on buying hay locally? I get about 10lbs at a time for about $30 US. It feels super nice and smells so fresh! My pigs really seem to like it :)

I don't feel like I treat my Guinea pig sweetie, the best that I could I try but it gets really hard sometimes I'm 13 so I don't always have money to buy things for him my mom buys most of the items but we don't buy the "best quality" but I still love him and he dosnt seem to mind that he dosnt have the best stuff he loves fruits and veggies and likes when I sit down be quite and scratch his head but he dosnt like being talked too

@SageWolfStudio

7 жыл бұрын

You don't have to buy best quality stuff all the time, I buy in bulk when best quality stuff is on sale and if it runs out I buy whatever is cheaper. The same goes for our dog and cat too though. But we also have a child too and most of our money goes to him and other house hold things.

@CATALAMUSIC

7 жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh I'm just like u I'm 13 and I want the best for my piggie but as I'm still small it's not up to me to make the decisions as my mum gets everything, and whenever I ask her for the scale, she says we don't need it but we do!!

I use Oxbow Timothy hay at the moment, but in 2 occasions, Oxbow hay has had these little stabby tiny splinter(?) things in it that have gotten stuck in one of my piggies’ eye. (It was the same guinea pig both times, poor thing.) They also got stuck EVERYWHERE in one of my favorite fleece liners, and took forever to pull them all out. So, beware Oxbow. I’m trying to find a new brand that I can trust currently.

Can you do another video on all your pet items

This will help me for my rabbit beacuse I don't have guinea pigs yets

wild grass will do ?

At the moment I am using Farm hay. My aunt grows hay, but I'm not sure what type. We feed it to our horses too. It's just so much cheaper than petstore hay. Please reply! Thank you!

@emmagroves7239

7 жыл бұрын

Is The large bag of dust free hay 13 pounds or 30? And how much U.S. dollars?

Can you tell me what hay you usually use?

When I had rabbits I bought 150lb bales of timothy hay from my local feed store for under $30. It would last me anywhere from 1 month to 6 months. (I had a lot of rabbits). I once compaired the price of hay at the petstore (8oz for $6 I think) to hay from the feed store (100lbs for $25 I think). It turns out that if I bought the same amount of hay from the petstore that I bought from the feed store the petstore price was over $1,000 for 100lbs. It is crazy how overpriced petstore hay is. (sorry if these numbers do not add up exactly. It has been 8 years since I did the price comparison and this is just my memory of it. I do know the weights and the final total are accurate).

In the UK, Oxbow hay is really expensive.

Could you do a video on ways to help guinea pigs and there cages stay Clean?

@SqueakDreams

8 жыл бұрын

+Melissa I Yes I will :)

Hayloft all the way, I’m getting my hay there for my guinea pigs when I get then

can guinea pigs be illergic to their bedding or hay maybe even pelletes??? My guinea pig wont stop sneezing. he doesnt have lack in appetite or isnt acting wierd hes really active still. we called the vet and he said he has a cold and to give him a few drops of childrens benadryl for about a week and he will stop and to put a humidifier by him. we have done both and he is still sneezing. help

Do you have any recommendations on how to store the hay?

Oxbow is the best i recommend it if you are in Canada or the us

Do u still feed the burgess tasty nuggets, because it has alfalfa in it is is called Lucerne sugar and spice piggies has a video on this topic

+Squeak Dreams I feed my Guinea pigs Oxbow Timothy hay. but the strands aren't that long. should I consider different hay?

could you please tell me where you find the lunnun dust free hay online in big bales ? what website

so hay doesn't necessarily need to be green? I was always told it did.

Hi squeakdreams i love your videos and i have a question about my piggy I only have one pig named Peanut. She is very tame just hates being picked up.But i am a little worried about her because she has had soft stool for a while and i have tried cutting off all fruits and veggies but she still has soft stool. She still eats and drinks normally but just soft stool. What should i do?

@SqueakDreams

8 жыл бұрын

+Olivia Forma What has the vet said? :)

@oliviaforma6453

8 жыл бұрын

+Squeak Dreams I have tried talking to my parents about taking her to a vet but they think its not that serious. I have enough money for a vet but my parents wont take me and im really worried for her.

Wish I could affordably share my 50lb. box of Oxbow Orchard Grass Hay (grown in Nebraska) with anyone desperate to feed it to their piggies. And I'd love to check out Burgess blends. Ho hum. Maybe one day it'll be easier...🙂

My guinea pig died today, do you have any advice on getting over her death and burying her? Thanks :)

hi I was just wondering where u got yr guinea pig run

I just been using oxbow timothy hay, is there a better brand out there?

WHAT DO YOU FEEL ISTHE BEST FLOOR COVERING, I HAVE FLEECES FOR BEDDING,?, ALSO I HAVE NEW BABY GUINEA WHO HAS HAD STICKY EYES , BEEN BATHING WITH COOL BOILED WATER TWICE A DAY, AND ALTHOUGH IMPROVED ..NOT REALLY CLEARING UP .

I miss seeing you and your piggies. When are u coming back?

@SqueakDreams

4 жыл бұрын

Very soon! 😁 Look out this weekend!

@maryhelgesen5309

4 жыл бұрын

Squeak Dreams 😀😁

can u cut wild dry grass and give them is it fine ? or will it harm them ? pls answer asap! thnx

@garygracias4229

7 жыл бұрын

Dry grass?

@garygracias4229

7 жыл бұрын

K thnx

@jacksg1809

7 жыл бұрын

boss dude cut grass and dry it out totally for hay before bagging in paper sacks to store ...try dandelion leaves for feeding they love them but make sure they haven't been sprayed with weedkiller :)

will the timothy and alfalfa king fatten up your guinea pig

My friend is giving away her albino away I want her but her she drops to much hair any advice ?

Wow, this just goes to show New Zealand hates hay other countries have. I need help! Getting a piggy called Dumpling soon, and I need to know the best quality hay! Sadly, I'm in New Zealand so reviews from New Zealand are hard to find. Any help? :)