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Small Pet Select Second Cut Timothy Hay Small Animal Food, 12-lb box

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  • Each box is hand-packed for quality
  • Provides essential fiber your small pet needs
  • Necessary part of your pet’s diet
  • Made with second cutting Timothy hay
  • Leafy, green and fresh from the field

Ingredient Information

Feeding Instructions

Fresh 2nd Cut Timothy Hay

Our 2nd cut Timothy hay is leafy, soft, and irresistibly fragrant, perfect for picky eaters and everyday feeding. Grown on small family farms and hand-packed in the USA, each box delivers farm-fresh quality straight to your pet.

Soft, Leafy & Delicious

Loved for its balanced texture, softer than 1st cut, with just the right amount of stem. Great for rabbits, guinea pigs, and other small pets who enjoy a mix of crunch and leaf.

Farm-Fresh Quality

Sourced from trusted family farms, our hay is harvested at the perfect time for optimal nutrition and flavor. Each batch is inspected, hand-sorted, and packed with care.

Hand-Packed for Freshness

Every box is hand-packed to maintain freshness, minimize dust, and ensure your pet gets beautiful, consistent hay from top to bottom.

About Small Pet Select

At Small Pet Select, we partner with small family farms and hand-pack every order for quality you can see and smell. Our goal is simple: provide the freshest, most fragrant hay to help your pets thrive.

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1 Customer Questions

Is this organic like Oxbow hay is?

Answer by Chewy • May 21, 2026
This product is not organic, but it’s 100% pesticide-free as we source from trusted farmers and prioritize quality.
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
By Paula on Dec 21, 2025

It's in a whole other league. My pigs don't wanna touch the other stuff.

I've been ordering SPS's hay since about September. Recently, just to double check that I was getting the best stuff for my guinea pigs, I ordered a larger box

I've been ordering SPS's hay since about September. Recently, just to double check that I was getting the best stuff for my guinea pigs, I ordered a larger box of Oxbow's timothy hay and Blue Mountain Hay's timothy hay (the version they say is for small pets). And the quality is seriously not even CLOSE. Both of the others were mainly small clippings of hay (like 2 inch pieces) absolutely covered in dust and chaff from top to bottom. The Blue Mountian at least looked green, but Oxbow looked very muted and pale. Small Pet's hay was a fresh green. In one of my pics, you can see the Small Pet hay compared to the other 2. The color difference is more dramatic in person, but you can still see in the pics that the Blue Mountain and the Small Pet are pretty similar in color (more vibrant green) while the box to the right (Oxbow) is a pale, muted green. It's bananas to me that a brand like Oxbow sends out such stale hay. They're supposed to be top-tier. Besides color... Small Pet's hay actually smells like hay, whereas the other ones smell dusty. Not necessarily moldy, but just... Really, dusty is the best word here. My pigs don't want to touch the other hay, not even the fluffy parts the piggies normally love (seed heads, I think they're called). With the Small Pet hay, I only ever get the 12lb boxes. Inevitably, some of the stuff at the bottom of the box isn't usable, which makes sense since it's compressed by all the hay on top of it... And the box is basically overflowing with hay when I open it, so it's a lot of hay. I'm 1000% fine with tossing that little bit at the end because 99% of the hay is beloved by my pigs. But still, it's something to keep in mind. I only ever had an issue with my Small Pet hay once and they quickly resolved my problem. It's this that finally motivated me to write a review about the hay. Not only is the quality of the hay second to none, but it's clear they also stand behind their products.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars
By Julian on Nov 8, 2025

Quality is better than Oxbow

Wow, I’m amazed and happy with how my box turned out. I’m only giving it four stars out of five because there’s no plastic bag for the hay. It’s just in the box,

Wow, I’m amazed and happy with how my box turned out. I’m only giving it four stars out of five because there’s no plastic bag for the hay. It’s just in the box, so it’s exposed to water damage, shipping materials, and other things. But otherwise, when I opened the box, it was very green and no dust is major score for me . I can tell the difference from Oxbow hay. I’ll definitely be buying this hay more often. In the picture, the left side is SPS and the right is OXBOW. The Oxbow has a good amount of brown.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars
By Carla on Jan 27, 2025

Poor Quality Batches as of Dec 2024

This brand is normally my go-to for my bunnies. I’ve gotten great, good and so-so batches of hay over the years. This is one of the rare times it’s been a bad unsuitable

This brand is normally my go-to for my bunnies. I’ve gotten great, good and so-so batches of hay over the years. This is one of the rare times it’s been a bad unsuitable harmful box. About 1/3 of the way into the box I got stabbed with thorny twigs and weird hay pieces. I don’t know how this was “hand packed” when the rest of my box was impossible to sort through. It was a shame because there was a lot of green leafy hay, but can’t sort through thorns and twigs and it’s not safe for my bunnies. Chewy has great customer service but small pet select doesn’t. In the past when I’ve submitted such photos of bad batches, they use they can’t control nature or crops. True, but they can definitely decide not to sell ut.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars
By Abigail on Dec 23, 2025

Best hay I've found, but could use some improvement

I've bought this hay nearly every month for over a year. The 10-lb box usually lasts about 4-5 weeks for my 5-lb pet rabbit. What I like: the quality of the hay

I've bought this hay nearly every month for over a year. The 10-lb box usually lasts about 4-5 weeks for my 5-lb pet rabbit. What I like: the quality of the hay is consistently good, no matter the time of year. There have been 1 or 2 boxes that were slightly subpar in quality. But compared to other companies, Small Pet Select's hay is almost always fresher in smell, texture, and color. The hay has that nice, "crispy"/crunchy texture to it that bunnies love. It is not soft or wilted. This company does not skimp on product -- they really cram as much hay as they possibly can into the 10-lb box. I also like that the packaging is plastic-free. Where there's room for improvement: this hay is SO MESSY. If you reach into the box that the hay comes in, and take out a handful of hay, there is a small explosion of dust and debris. The solution I've found is to transfer about a week's worth of hay into a separate plastic bin. I have to do this outdoors with a mask on, because dust and debris flies everywhere. This is not fun to do when you live in the suburbs of the Midwest and it's winter. I then use that plastic bin on a daily basis to refresh my rabbit's supply. I don't know if there's a way to make the hay "less messy" -- after all, it's hay. But it's a rather tedious process to have to transfer the hay into a separate container to make it usable. I also find that most of the pieces of hay are WAY too long for a regular house rabbit. I would say 60-75% of the hay pieces are over a foot long. This means that I have to take a pair of scissors or shears and cut the hay down to size so that my rabbit can actually eat it. Long story short: quality of hay is great, but it takes a lot of work on the customer's part.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars
By Cristy on Apr 24, 2026

High quality, fresh hay

I’d bought a variety pack of hays from Small Pet Select, and thus was Rudy’s favorite, so now we only buy this. He refuses anything less.this is the stuff. The

I’d bought a variety pack of hays from Small Pet Select, and thus was Rudy’s favorite, so now we only buy this. He refuses anything less.this is the stuff. The hay is hand-packed, so they have great quality control (no I don’t work for them). The boxes are jam-packed - it’s a lot of hay. We were accidentally sent two boxes and Chewy told me to keep/donate the second one, but I may just adopt another bun

Rated 1 out of 5 stars
By Shaniya on Aug 15, 2025

Very disappointed

First time ordering hay online, this hay was recommended to me since it’s supposed to be better quality and fresher. They hay is fresh but not so sure about the

First time ordering hay online, this hay was recommended to me since it’s supposed to be better quality and fresher. They hay is fresh but not so sure about the quality. Haven’t even used half of the box yet and I have already found two giant squished up bugs in my rabbits hay which is very concerning to me as she could’ve possibly ate them or gotten sick. I’ve tried many brands of hay before but never have I ever found bugs in it. Very disappointing and would like my money back as I won’t be using the rest of the hay.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars
By TessasMom on Apr 29, 2025

Lots of Poky Stems

This is my first time trying this brand, and I was happy to see it specified it was second cut. This did not feel like second cut, although there are some softer

This is my first time trying this brand, and I was happy to see it specified it was second cut. This did not feel like second cut, although there are some softer pieces. My usual brand has had similar so-called second cut, and it was super soft last year (and every year for the past 10+years). Anyway, I was disappointed that this too wasn’t as soft as I had hoped it would be. Nice things to say: I liked the box it came in. The hay was green and sweet smelling. So far there has been very little dust. It will be interesting to see if the girls like it as well as their usual timothy.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars
By Maureen on Nov 12, 2025

Your Timothy Hay

Annie has been very picky about the hay she eats but ever since her first box of your second cut hay, she has dived in and eating it like there's no tomorrow!!!!!

Annie has been very picky about the hay she eats but ever since her first box of your second cut hay, she has dived in and eating it like there's no tomorrow!!!!! Thank you for helping Annie to love hay again!!!!!!!!!

Rated 3 out of 5 stars
By Jim on Jan 14, 2025

Very good hay but...

My bunny really likes this hay. However, the 5 LB box contains quite a few small thorny branches. What's with that? I need to carefully sift through the box to pick

My bunny really likes this hay. However, the 5 LB box contains quite a few small thorny branches. What's with that? I need to carefully sift through the box to pick out these thorny pieces. This is my first purchase of Small Pet Select timothy hay. Because of this, I may not make future purchases of this brand.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars
By Sophia on Jul 27, 2025

Diva Bun approved!

Love supporting a passionate and caring business with an even better product. Bun loves to dig through big handfuls of small pet select Timothy hay and select all

Love supporting a passionate and caring business with an even better product. Bun loves to dig through big handfuls of small pet select Timothy hay and select all her favorite pieces for all day crunching.