Oxbow Western Timothy Hay Small Animal Food

Oxbow will always be a trusted and recommended brand for me! The bulk sizes of their hay is super handy, especially when you have four hay eaters in your pack! Neither my rabbits, nor my guinea pigs have ever had an issue with the texture, smell, or taste of Oxbow hays. And both pigs are sort of picky, too, so that speaks for itself! Occasionally I’ll get a box where the hay is cut a bit shorter than I like. I’ll have issues with the hay falling out of the rack from my animals’ just moving the rack while eating. Even then, the hay is still a vibrant green color and still has a wonderful texture and smell, so it’s not too bothersome. Overall, I’m always happy with Oxbow’s products, and my boys Oxbow will always be a trusted and recommended brand for me! The bulk sizes of their hay is super handy, especially when you have four hay eaters in your pack! Neither my rabbits, nor my guinea pigs have ever had an issue with the texture, smell, or taste of Oxbow hays. And both pigs are sort of picky, too, so that speaks for itself! Occasionally I’ll get a box where the hay is cut a bit shorter than I like. I’ll have issues with the hay falling out of the rack from my animals’ just moving the rack while eating. Even then, the hay is still a vibrant green color and still has a wonderful texture and smell, so it’s not too bothersome. Overall, I’m always happy with Oxbow’s products, and my boys are, too! … more

I have 2 rabbits, so I bought the 25 lb box to stock up and save money. My bunnies love the smaller size bags (9lb and under) but apparently with the larger boxes the hay is all stems. Which they won't eat. So now I have a huge box of hay that they'll only eat a small percentage of and I have to buy more already so they'll start eating normally again. It's been so bad that their digestion has been thrown off, so I don't have a choice but to buy something else. Save yourself time and money and just get the smaller portions!

Before buying this 25lb box, I had last purchased the 9lb box of Oxbow hay and I wasn’t very impressed. My piggies ate it but there were SO many hard pieces that it literally hurt me to grab it out of the box. I would say it was 92% hard pieces. I worried that it would poke them and they didn’t really get in their hay/litter box they just stood outside of it. Now this 25lb box AMAZING! It will last me probably 3 months (my best guess, possibly longer!) it is the hay I was looking for. It is the perfect blend of soft and crunchy and has tons of flowers which is my pigs favorite part. It smells great and is very green. If I had the room to store it I would order the 50lb box next time now that Before buying this 25lb box, I had last purchased the 9lb box of Oxbow hay and I wasn’t very impressed. My piggies ate it but there were SO many hard pieces that it literally hurt me to grab it out of the box. I would say it was 92% hard pieces. I worried that it would poke them and they didn’t really get in their hay/litter box they just stood outside of it. Now this 25lb box AMAZING! It will last me probably 3 months (my best guess, possibly longer!) it is the hay I was looking for. It is the perfect blend of soft and crunchy and has tons of flowers which is my pigs favorite part. It smells great and is very green. If I had the room to store it I would order the 50lb box next time now that I know it’s good quality! … more

I'm not sure what is going on with Oxbox or what, but this is twice now that the quality of this hay is just awful. My bunnies picked through it and barely would eat it. It was super dry, yellowish, and mostly hard sticks.

This has been my go-to order for several years of having guinea pigs, and I love the large size since guinea pigs sure do go through a bunch of hay for being tiny fur potatoes. But the past four or so orders that I have gotten have been far more dusty and just generally of lesser quality. My girls are leaving much more of the hay uneaten, and I have encountered little pieces of what I assume is blue twine from the bales being tied together that have gotten mixed in with my hay. I am still confident in most other oxbow products for my girls, and I understand that their quality control for larger portions like the 50 pound box just might be more difficult, but with the dusty factor and the bits This has been my go-to order for several years of having guinea pigs, and I love the large size since guinea pigs sure do go through a bunch of hay for being tiny fur potatoes. But the past four or so orders that I have gotten have been far more dusty and just generally of lesser quality. My girls are leaving much more of the hay uneaten, and I have encountered little pieces of what I assume is blue twine from the bales being tied together that have gotten mixed in with my hay. I am still confident in most other oxbow products for my girls, and I understand that their quality control for larger portions like the 50 pound box just might be more difficult, but with the dusty factor and the bits of twine I have found, I think I will be looking for a different brand of hay for my three girls. Hope this helps someone! :) … more

I’ve been getting the hay for a while. It use to be good. The last 4 boxes were terrible. One was rancid. I threw it away. The last three are have not seemed fresh. Lots of old hay and very dusty. I have canceled my auto ship and plan on going elsewhere for hay. My rabbits deserve good stuff and for the cost it shouldn’t be anything less.

This is my second box of sticks. I am going to buy smaller bags so the amount of waste with a bad box is less. I’ve tried other brands but they are even worse. This must be a bad hay year. I thought it would be fresher than stuff I got in the winter. Maybe they put nicer looking things in bags going to pet stores or something!

This is the 4th time I have bought the oxbow hay by each box the amout of hay dust instead of real hay have increased. I still have 1/4 box left but its all hay dust which my guineapigs won't eat after spending $60 in 50LB Box

I refill my rabbits hay everyday using this hay and they all get super excited when I refill it. Not to mention it shows up my 2 days after I ordered it so the shipping is super good! Very green too!

Usually, I get high quality hay from oxbow, but this time the whole box was all very dull and extremely dusty. My rabbit has been eating it for a few days and his poop is much darker compared to the golden color it was on the last box, which confirms to me that it’s lower quality. I’ll probably go back to buying the smaller quantities because those bags seem more consistent and higher quality. I do wish the bigger boxes were better so I could stock up more efficiently and with less waste.