Oxbow Oat Hay Small Animal Food, 15-oz bag
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Create a nutty-tasting and nutritious hay blend for your small pet with Oxbow Oat Hay Small Animal Food. Some small pets like Guinea Pigs, rabbits and chinchillas, need hay to maintain healthy digestion. In fact, hay should make up 75 percent of their diet. Along with digestion, hay keeps teeth trim and promotes natural foraging and mental stimulation. Oxbow Oat Hay Small Animal Food is high in fiber, low in protein and full of flavor, making it ideal for adult small pets. Feed unlimited amounts as an alternative to timothy, orchard and organic meadow hay.
Key Benefits- Oat Hay is companion forage that is similar in nutritional analysis to the western timothy. Your animals will love the immature oat grain that is contained in the seed head and will benefit greatly from the fiber in the leaf and stem.
- Oat Hay is a good source of fiber and also gives variety to your animal's diet. This product also makes a good bedding alternative to wheat straw.
- The stage of maturity at harvest determines the development of the seed head. If the hay is harvested immaturely, at the early bloom stage, the actual oat kernel is not mature. The seed heads consist primarily of oat husks, which are rich in fiber.
- Hay is absolutely vital to the health of small herbivores. It provides not only nutrition, but environmental enrichment that mimics the animal's natural habitat.
- Provides a long-strand fiber source that is needed to improve the digestive and intestinal functions by stimulating the digestive system. When animals are fed free-choice hay, it promotes their natural chewing behavior, which helps prevent molar spurs and other dental problems that are so common in these small herbivores.
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Item Number96058
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Food FormHay
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Small Pet TypeRabbit, Guinea Pig, Chinchilla, Degu
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Special DietLow-Protein, High Fiber
100% Oat Hay. Preservative and Additive Free. Loose Hay Contains Stems, Leaves, and Limited Seed Heads.
| Guaranteed Analysis | |
|---|---|
| Crude Protein | 7.0% min |
| Crude Fat | 1.5% min |
| Crude Fiber | 32.0% max |
| Moisture | 15.0% max |
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Oat Hay can be fed free choice to rabbits, guinea pigs, chinchillas, prairie dogs and other herbivores. Free - choice means that the feed is available at all times.
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Growing Animals: Unlimited amounts
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Mature Animals: Unlimited amounts
Fresh From the Farm
For Oxbow, quality products begin in the field. Oxbow has spent years cultivating relationships and educating its growers about the proper way to nurture and harvest hay specifically for small pets. Then, using an exclusive process, Oxbow hay is inspected, graded, cleaned and sorted to ensure only the best hay is packaged under the Oxbow name.
Going the Extra Acre
- VETERINARIAN APPROVED Recommended by vets worldwide
- LESS DUSTY Extraction reduces fine dust particles
- HAND-SORTED Sorted by hand with care
- EXPERT GROWN IN THE USA Grown especially for small pets on Oxbow's family of farms
About Oxbow
Family-owned and operated, Oxbow is passionately committed to helping small animals lead longer, healthier lives. Grown by experts on Oxbow's family of farms, their formulas and life-staged diets have defined the way small animals are fed today. From plant to pet, Oxbow products meet the highest standards time and time again.
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Sometimes its good, sometime it's very bad
By Heatherlynn on May 8, 2020
I've bought this hay 4 times total. The first 3 bags were great. Bunny ate the seed heads mostly, but some of the stems. No problems with digestion and she had nice large healthy poops signifying she's getting enough fiber. The last bag I bought though, I believe the seed heads were too mature. Both days I gave her this hay she seemed to have gas pain and dark wet poops. Pretty much the same thing that happens when she gets too much banana or actual oat groats. That never happens with sps oat hay. And she eats all the seed heads she wants. I won't be giving her anymore of this bag I just bought. I hate wasting hay.
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Fantastic product
By Cory on May 31, 2020
Oxbow's Oat hay has a tendency to get a lot more "dusty" hay particles in the bottom compared to come of their other hay products, but it's a great, healthy choice for breaking up the monotony of the same hays every day for our rabbit, chinchilla, and guinea pig. We also take the fine dust particles and mulch it in our bioactive hamster enclosure.
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Not for my Pigs
By PigMom on May 24, 2020
My male pigs which are under a year old have been fed the western timothy/orchard blend since we got them. I decided to introduce new flavors and textures to them and neither pig will touch this. I tried hand feeding them pieces, even tried mixing it in with their normal hay and it's all left behind. I think it's strange that they both don't like it but we tried. I guess they're hay snobs?
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LOVE CHEWY
By Kiahp on Apr 11, 2020
So thankful for this wonderful company, especially during these crazy times! My order was placed and delivered in amazing time considering all that’s going on right now and I’m so impressed with their customer service and how efficient they always are as a company. Thank you Chewy! Y’all are wonderful!
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Guinea Pig Loves It
By 2DancingTacos on May 15, 2020
I mix a small portion of this into my guinea pigs regular Timothy hay a few times a week he loves it. Only problem is it’s kinda then and dusty, but it’s expected for this type of hay.
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Good brand for guineas
By Michelle on Feb 28, 2020
I bought this hay for two guineas pigs. I am allergic to Timothy hay, but the oat hay seems to not bother me. The guineas like it and popcorn when I give it to them. There are some less desirable pieces they tend to avoid, but they like it in general.
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Oxbow - The best
By Swizzles on Jun 10, 2020
Recommended by my vet and have not gone wrong! Love Oxbow!
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Favorite oat hay
By Augie on Nov 21, 2019
The Oxbow oat hay came fast and in good condition. I'm very pleased with the freshness and quality of this hay it is crisp and has long well formed strands. Oat hay is a new addition to my bunnies diet as I expand their hay diet. They both showed immediate interest and graze constantly on this crunchy oat hay. I consider this an important high quality part of their diet and highly recommend this product.
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Adult tested, Chinchilla approved
By JuMunchie on May 3, 2020
Nice, fresh hay. Scout eats it. What more can I say? Nothing.
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finally a hay my baby loves
By momo on Sep 29, 2019
I have adopted a new fur baby; a guinea pig. She is very shy and has been giving me a hard time to eat. I have been trying different foods and finally I found a hay she loves. As soon as I put the hay in the bag, she came out of her hide ready to chow down. I put some in the cage for my rabbit as well and he loves it too. But then again Peter loves everything lol thank you oxbow!
