Timothy Gold Hay, 5Lb, Blue

This review is based on using this with my two dwarf bunnies. I was a bit hesitant to leave a large quantity of hay in it's original packaging - plastic bag inside a box. However, this hay keeps fresh for months and all strands are still nice and green inside compared to oxbow which had lots of brown strands. This hay is also much softer than Oxbow (much easier on my hands as I've gotten cuts from Oxbow's hay) and but the dust within my package at the bottom is similar to that of Oxbow. The hay is very compressed which allows me to put more hay in my hay box without many stay pieces of hay flying around. This is a huge plus; I don't have to fill up the box as often and less cleaning. The original plastic bag is thin and easily torn. My bunnies easily nibbled little holes in it, poked holes in the bag with their nails, as well as having a hole from opening the package. I do not leave this out for them to do this and is only from the short time that it takes for me to fill up their hay box. The plastic bag is also much more crinkly than Oxbow which attracts the bunnies even more. Not sure if this is good or not =).

My guinea pigs love this hay. It is very soft. Great quality and always arrives fresh. I would give it 5 stars but it is often difficult to get.

I have tried a few brands of hay in the past, and until I saw and smelled this one, I didn't know hay could be this good. It was a refreshingly green color and very soft. It smelled like it just got cut off the field and made my downstairs smell like a lovely farm :) The quality waaay surpasses the competitors. It is in full grass form with almost no stalks. It is in a de-compacted form so reaching in and grabbing a handful doesn't mean you have to rip and tear some away making a mess all over your floor. It comes in a white box, in a clear bag, with one of those ties that come on bread. This apparently really helps keep it fresh. Don't get rid of the box, keep it in there. The way the hay is layered in there really helps with the feeding process. And unlike the other brands, this stuff made my bunny run to it like she does to a bowlful of veggies. As soon as I put it in her hay rack, she goes right for it. And there is significantly less of the inedible stuff on the floor of her cage. The verdict? A wonderful hay that is way worth the price and the wait. Forget about the stuff in the pet store and make this your go-to brand.

This is probably the highest-quality timothy hay I've found for my guinea pigs (it's soft but not too soft, and has a good grassy aroma), but on the past two orders, the hay has been compressed into a bag that takes up perhaps half the size of the box (whereas it previously took up more or less the whole thing). The result is that there's a lot more chaff - and, while I haven't weighed the boxes, I'm really not sure they actually contain 5 lbs of hay anymore (it could just be the greater amount of chaff, but my guinea pigs seem to go through a box in half the time that they used to, i.e. they finish it in two weeks rather than four). Really frustrating - I'm going to look for another vendor for my next order.

I purchased this hay based on reviews and it was absolutly great the first time. The hay was so long I had to cut it in half to fit in my mini-rex's bowl (standing up). It lasted at least 3 months if not more. The second batch was no where near the quality of the first. The hay was much more brittle, and there was no need for scissors this time. I have to grab a bunch and shake out all the "dust" before I put the 3-4" pieces of hay in it. The bowl is always FULL of dust and tiny unedible pieces after my mini finishes the "longest" pieces. I have to throw out what's left in her bowl every time because she won't eat the "dust". I called American Pet Diner and was told that it's "natural" to have such a differene in batches. Really? It seems to me that this last stuff was really short & dry when they mowed/harvested it. If I do decide to purchase/give them a try again (only because the first batch was so good), I will check it well when I first get it and return it if it looks like this again and that will be my last purchase. Edit 8/2012: Well, ordered the hay again, and this time it was like the first... nice long pieces. Very happy again... hope it stays this way. Always fast delivery... so I increased my star rating to 4. Not five, because of inconsistancy.

I have been buying this for years, but starting from 2014 the quality has SIGNIFICANTLY dropped, it's now much more dusty, brown, short and just over all inedible. Review update (7/4/14): I dropped 3 stars from the product because of 2 reasons: 1. The price hike, it used to be about $17, to $26, now $33 2. The quality of the hay has significantly dropped, it no longer look like the hay in my video anymore; more often than not, it's dusty, many brown, short pieces, and also quit moist; it almost looks like you get the scraps of hay. After nearly 3 years of buying this hay I became quite disappointed with this product since about 6 months, yes the prime delivery is amazing, but the quality and the price just does not match up. The strange thing is, if you buy it straight from americanpetdiner.com (I usually get the 25 lb gold timothy), the quality is really fantastic, like how this 5lb one used to be. The 25lb box's price is ok ($54) but shipping is hefty (about $38), totaling $92, and it always takes 10+ days to arrive; the cost & inconvenience really adds up, we often run out of hay before the big box arrive & end up buying bad quality hay from pet stores. I started to find other places to order hay, fresh, affordable & fast shipping are my priorities, please leave me a comment if you have good recommendations. Thanks.

いつも680gの小分けの方を買っていて、今回初めてこちらを買いました。 680gの小分けの方は、葉っぱが全体的に崩れて細かい印象で、こちらは長い葉っぱが多い印象です。小分けしない分、崩れない…と言う事でしょうか？(たまたまかも知れませんが) ウチのうさぎさんは、粉っぽくても食べるので小分けの方でも大丈夫なのですが、コスパがいいので、今後はこちらにしようかと思います。 発送は、特に問題なく他の商品同様、早く到着しました。 追記:前回購入時は、4000円弱だったのでコスパがいいと思いましたが、定価に値上がる時は、小分けの方とコスパは少ししか変わらないので、どちらを買うか迷う所。

いつもは680gのものを買うのですが、下の方が粉だらけで1/3くらい捨てているので、もったいないので粉が少ないとネットで言われていたこちらを買いました。 680gのものより少し堅めで茎も多く入っていましたが、ウチの子はよく食べました。 ただ開けた時にはもう袋が破けていました。 これからは680gのものより繊維質が多そうなこちらを買いたいので袋が破けないよう改善してほしいです。

牧草的には、ウサギ達は、柔らかく嗜好性があり与え易いのですが 届くまでの日数がかなり掛かる為 不便です。日数が掛からなければ定期的に購入したいのですが⁉︎なので…質感的には星3個…日数的にマイナス星2個です。