Hay Piles VS Hay Racks/Bags/Boxes
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I've started using brown paper lunch bags. Cut a hole in the bottom (à la a cloth hay bag), stuff it with hay, and clip it up against the side of the cage. I've never had any of my pigs climb inside of it, and it doesn't last long enough to get dusty. When the piggies are done destroying it, toss it out and put in a new one. 😊
We tend to cycle through different hay presentations. The pigs seem to enjoy the novelty!
Thank you so much for all the pros and cons on all of them!
My favorite Hey container is the Snak Shak log. It is chewable but I have found when I keep it full of hay it is almost never really chewed on. Also it is tall enough that they using to stretch their backs when they reach up for hay coming out of the top. The log is not long enough for them to fit their whole body inside but one state to the hay from inside they can use it as a tunnel. There butt sticks out and they don't usually pee inside of it.
I got the Snak Shak and was the best purchase I made for a hay holder. I love how they will put their front paws on the top to greet me and see what goodies I have for them 🥰
My piggies kept peeing in and all over it😑
2:10 Reese!! 😆
I use a Rubbermaid food storage container. I cut a hole in one side of it then zip tied it to the outside of their cage with the hole facing up and the opening of the container against the bars. I put the hay in the top and my guineas pull it through the bars. Works great, doesn’t take up any space inside their enclosure and it cost me pretty much nothing! 👍👍
I'm about to try the same thing with a cardboard box. With it on the outside of the cage they can't get inside it, get stuck, or soil the hay.
I've had my guinea pigs for just two weeks and realized a few days ago I wasn't having to fill their hay feeder very often so I put a large handful in a bowl and WOW they are eating probably 95% of it. I'm so happy it didn't take me long to realize that. The mess is worth it to me because I know they're getting adequate amounts of hay now. Another plus is they seem to only have one spot they pee in....
I purchased a hay bag and used it until you started using the wood boxes; then we made one and we absolutely love it.
I fixed one of the cons of the c&c grid rack by making it wall to wall so they can't use the open sides (2 grids long in my 2x4 enclosure) and keeping it on an angle so they can't climb over the front also I can set it and forget it because the hay rack is large enough to last three or four days without needing to be refilled
Great idea!
I can't afford to leave a pile out all the time, but maybe once a week or so they get a small pile. The box is out all the time as well. That hay 📦 is the best thing ever!!
Hay piles do get expensive!
They are expensive. I have 4 boy's in 2 separate cages and I do hay piles. I go through a 50 lbs box of oxbow in 2 months. Other can make that last them 4 month, how is that possible?
I get timothy hay by the bale $20 from my feed store. A bale last a long time even if you put giant piles in.
@@FastgixxerLV I didn't care for the bales hay at my feed stores in town. I found it to be very hard and pokey, much stiffer than what I was used to and the girls wouldn't touch it
I use hay piles and a bent grid for a rack because Harry likes hay piles and Sev likes the rack. I swear Sev is prissy and is like “mmm no we don’t hay off the floor”
I got a hay bag, suuper cute, SO MANY CRUMBS and seeing them put their heads through the holes just screamed eye pokes. My girls love to pee on their hay piles and waste tons of hay, lmao theres no perfect choice sadly
My pigs climb into the hay bags. The first time it happened I panicked and thought one somehow got out of the cage.
My 5 1/2 year old guinea pig died today and I have to say, watching your videos has helped me grieve a little. Thank you! :)
I'm so sorry for your loss!!! My sweet, 6 year old, girl passed away in my arms last week. She held my finger in her front teeth until the end.
@@davidhassfurter7716 awww im so sorry. She lived a good life
I have tried all the above. My pigs don’t eat near as much hay as when it’s in a hay pile. They don’t seem to enjoy restricted hay as much. Once in a while I give them Oxbow orchard hay just for a change along with their Timothy.
Thanks for another great video Abby!
So gorgeous. The hay boxes look really sweet, like part of a model town. But also practical and clean, a bonus for piggy people. There's a good variety of hay holders, but safety is always important. Thanks Abby, this video is a hay load of fun 🥰♥️🎆
I use a ferret litter box, put a thin layer of bedding under the hay so the pee gets soaked up and doesn't soil the hay. Keeps the hay contained and clean and my piggies and still enjoy foraging 😊
@Emily Francis I'm confused.... How does the hay not get solied when it's on top of the bedding?? The hay is going to get solied before the bedding.
@@RandomSwagger94 actually the urine kinda slips off the hay and get absorbed by the bedding
@@emilyfrancis8243 ummm sorry but I dont think so
I use a cat litter box I cut down for an opening, and yes remelted the plastic so it's smooth. I line it. Have the pellet bowl, and water dispensers set up into it too. So daily I change the hay. It doubles as a litter box, but they always poop/pee where they eat no matter what you do. So with 4 piggy's I change it daily. It does wast some hay, but I find it just as cheap as using paper bedding in the food area anyway.
We use hay bags and they do tend to put their whole body inside but also pull the hay out and make their own hay piles on the floor. Thanks for the video!
My trio and my pair have hay racks my solo (almost)senior male has a pile he is very picky about his cage arrangement and move his hay where he wants. Now I put it where it belongs.
Great video
I do hay piles, my boys really love to play in it, and lay down to eat it. It is messy, but their worth it!
My guinea pigs love the hay pile the best. They love to burrow through it and lay on the hay. Yes I'm constantly cleaning around the hay pile tho. MT husband made me a box but they manage to get into them and per and poop so that's messy also. I just find they like the piles best.
Hay everyone! ☺️
Awesome video! This is something I couldn’t figure the best way. I’ve tried them all, except the box. Gonna get my girls one!
Omg omg they are so adorable. Love a skinny pig morning :) on UA-cam
Very informative 👍. I use both hay piles and wooden racks! 🥰
My Guinea pigs lay down next to the hay rack and then just eat it while laying down and it’s so cute
Came back to this video 2 years later, just got 2 piggies of my own about 3 months ago! This really helped me, gave me some knowledge on ways to improve my guinea pigs cage!
Skinny piggies are so cute and they are also great for people allergic to fur!!!
You aren't allergic to fur but dander on the skin. So skinny pigs cause allergies just like furry pigs.
Love this video thank you Abby . I gave up on hayracks when I found a piggy with her head stuck through the bars when I first started keeping them. In UK I keep scrolling through Amazon but can't find anything really suitable. I use a snakshack ( thanks to Scotty and Saskia) placed on a tea tray with slightly sloping sides. It's easy for me to pick up clean and refill. Also I had a small plastic dog bed I used as a hidey upturned, they loved sitting on top, now I use it the right way up lined and filled with hay and easy just to pick up and refill during the day, they still make a mess of course, but it's a bit easier to de hay the fleece before I wash it. I hope all your herd are well at the moment, I learn so much from your videos and just plain enjoy them🤗🐹🐱
Christine Burton I use a wooden elmato hay rack, it costs €10 from zoobio.co.uk honestly where I get all my guinea pigs stuff. It’s super super affordable & fits in a lot of hay. There’s a tip for it too so the guineapigs can even jump on top of it, I recommend it a lot :) hope this helped.
Agreed! I use a hay rack but I put a small pile below the rack. They are usually lazy enough to eat the good stuff on the floor first then they step on the “bad” stalks to reach the rack 😅
I use the old "grid style" you use to use. When I had babies I had an issue with babies jumping into it so I took some cardboard and zip tied a barrier to the ends so it would be shut. As all of them are adults I don't have a problem with any of them jumping into the grid. My senior Trixie is still doing well eating from it. I also will do a hay pile in front of the grid. It's messy and wasteful but love when the bury themselves in it. :)
I use a hay rack that came with my cage. It hangs flush to the top of the cage so pigs cant climb in them. I do have to apply to clips to the back to keep the hayrack in place as they can bump it off otherwise. For floortime I put down haypiles, and once they have chewed up the guineadad cardboard houses and they are on their last legs I will fill the house with hay and my piggies LOVE to play in it.
Great info
I have a coroplast hay rack from the guinea pig cage store. I stopped using them for awhile because my piggies got territorial over them. I even had two to prevent this but it didn't work. I started using a snak shak log stuffed with hay and that worked great but recently one of them started chewing up a lot and I was worried about him getting bladder stones again. It also got pretty smelly. I brought out the coroplast rack again since one of my original piggies had passed away and I have a new piggy and I feel like these two get along better. This time though I used one rack and I cut the holes larger in the front and added opening on the side. Been working great.
I have a hay rack that i then put a pile under it. My cage has a smaller end section with a bit of a lip which I put puppy pads down while the rest is fleece and luckily, so far, they tend to just make a mess over on the puppy pad side haha.
Despite having a nice fleece area with two extra fleece pads for sleeping, one of my piggys still likes to just sleep in the messy hay or sleep in his own toilet tray :/
each to their own I guess!
So adorable 💖😘💗
I use a hay pole type thingy so it’s like thin wooden poles with a lid and it’s HUGE
i used one of those big hay racks and my pig kept going under the rack and pushing it off the cage wall. in replacement of that i got one of those small cages from petco and put a layer of bedding on the bottom with lots of hay on top. i did not like promoting buying those little cages, but it works well, and fits perfectly in my c&c cage.
edit: also none of the hay falls on the fleece so the pigs never waste hay, they always eat all of it.
This is an AWESOME video!!!!
I have tried hay bags but my piggies didn’t really like them so it’s hay piles for my piggies 🐷
No hay bags, no hay on the floor I use wooden hay rack and a plastic rack were they sit in
But to be honest I think it's better to give them hay in various items so they have to think and enough hay so they eat whole day
I went out and got a big soap rack that your supposed to hook on the side of your shower, works great for a hay rack 😂
Great vid i was going to get big boxes but my girls where so tiny i panicked and got bags instead i keep them very full so iv not had them go in the bags yet . We waste hardly any hay im pleased to say
I myself do only hay piles nowadays but I am planning on making hay bags this spring when I have time and try that also how it will work for my babies. ❤️
I do hay piles. I find it better so that they can easily get to the hay.
1:00 or even in them 😂
I’ve made my own hay box and it works but I still put piles in there.
Hay Pile all the way. One of the girls enjoys the hay-shower (she would come right beneath my hand full of new hay so hays will sprinkle on top of her).
Cons of the rest: They cost extra. You need to make a research if the holes in those hay bags or boxes are safe for guinea pigs. Nobody wants their piggies choking. Cons of all: all of them will make a mess anyway.
i was using hay racks for a long time but one of my pigs found a way to get inside of it lol. i would see her inside of it living her best life but it was concerning how she had to squeeze herself out so now we're using hay piles! it might waste hay but the last thing i want is for her to get hurt.
1:50 but my piggies prefer to use the tiny hay ball compared to a grid sized hay rack I made out of a shower shelf thing... they find them fun. :’(
DONT USE HAY BALLS! THEY CAN GET STUCK INSIDE OF THEM!
I have a free standing wooden hay stand ( I guess you could call it.) It has vertical dowels and you put the hay in the top. There is no way they can get inside. So far so good. Your hay box is good also! 👍
Sounds great!
Ty!
I haven’t got my piggies yet, but I’ve set up the cage with a hay bag upstairs and a hay room (container I put a door hole in) downstairs. There is a hay bag in the hay room so they will have clean hay if they decide to soil the hay in the ‘room’. So they’re technically getting a hay pile and hay bags. I’ll see how they do with this when I get them.
Thank you for the tips. I may make some hay boxes to have in case I don’t like the bags. Is there a particular type of wood that is better? Obviously not treated.
HAY HAY HAY!
Raise your hand if you quote along with Pecan at the end of each video.
Can you show how to put up the grid hay rack?
I’m allergic to hay, so hay likes are out for me. Plus, I can’t stand the smell. I find wire shower or kitchen racks work very well.
Have tried every type of hay keeper. The piggies use them with gusto-for about a week. Then they stop. Still dont have sure hit that I use. Am very frustrated.
Maybe just switch out between them all every week. Hay bags for a week, next week a box and so on.
I'll try it
God video
I didnt see the link for the hay boxes. Thanks
Haha am I the only one who uses a litter box and change it daily ?!
We have a dig litter box for our piggies...we have pine equine pellets in it covered with hay. I don’t change it daily but twice or three times a week.
www.petsathome.com/shop/en/pets/classic-hay-and-play-roll-small-animal-chew-toy - I use one of these plus a hay pile and then a different type of hay stuffed in a toilet roll or kitchen roll tube. I love watching them play in the hay pile! 🥰
When I got my 2 guinea pigs, I did not need to work full time because my husband worked full time and made enough to support me. However, due to the pandemic, I now need to work from 9am to 5 pm. I'm really worried about them since I am always checking on them throughout the day and giving them food and hay. Do you think they will be okay if I feed them vegetables in the morning and use the hay boxes until I get home at 5p.m.? Also the Hay box link is not working.
The link just worked for me, goes to the shop.
You can do that yea.
Hi Abby, do you have a preference as to 1st cut, 2nd cut or 3rd cut Timothy hay? I just want to be sure I’m getting the best stuff. Where do you purchase your hay from? Thanks, Nancy
I’m on Piggy countdown. 1 more week before I get my 3 little boars. 2 Skinny pigs and 1 Teddy Bear. I can’t wait. I’m setting everything up now. I got a 2’x6’ box.
I buy from Oxbow and they don't ever tell you what cut the timothy hay is. I assume most is first or second.
I'm eight do i need to give my guina pig away because Im too small?
If you need help ask your parents & watch as many educational videos on You tube
To learn how to take care of your Guinea pigs . You should always have 2 Guinea pigs .
I too have been trying to find the perfect hayrack one that my guinea pig won’t be able to pull all the hay out and waste it because I hate wasting hay . I don’t know if anyone else is facing this problem but no matter what I do there seems to be always wasted hay. my one guinea pig is worse than the other ones. is there anything I can do or is this just a part of being a guinea pig mom?
Wasted hay happens, nothing is perfect. I throw out soiled hay all the time sadly but I want to make sure they have plenty so their teeth stay good and their tummies happy.
Where do you adopt/rescue your piggy's from?
Mostly Kijiji.
hey, what cut of hay do you feed your piggies???? i've been going CRAZY for months now trying different brands/ cuts of hay but either my piggies dont like it, or the hay from the company i ordered is just horrible quality. please let me know where you get your hay from!
I use Oxbow orchard grass and timothy. It never says what cut it is.
Do you have a review or opinion on guineadad hay?
I was having issues with my piggies peeing all over the big pile of hay i had in the cage and i would end up having to throw it out, so i just recently made a hay rack out of c&c grids (they can’t get in it, but they can get as much hay as they want out, it confusing to explain the design but i found how to make it on youtube, it’s made of 4 grids). it seems to be working good, i just made it this morning though! they love it so i hope it goes well :)
Where did u get the hay boxes
Nvm lol
where do you get your hay? my hay always has a bunch of the little pieces everywhere that is hard to clean up
Oxbow timothy and orchard grass.
skinnypigs1 ok, i use oxbow timothy hay too... sometimes it has a lot of little loose pieces
@@kerid255 Yes I find the same. Is hit or miss whether the box is awesome or a just meh. Orchard grass is usually always really nice though.
skinnypigs1 is orchard grass ok to feed them all of the time though? my piggies are only 7 months old
@@kerid255 yes
We’re do you get your fleece from
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