Christmas Gift Guide for Small Pets: Six Things Your Small Animal Will Love

Christmas Gift Guide for Small Pets: Six Things Your Small Animal Will Love

From hay rollers to homemade cookies, foraging bags to cosy bedding… We’ve got a list of the perfect presents for your rabbits, guinea pigs, chinchillas, degus and other small animals. These are six things your small pets would love this Christmas.

Step into Christmas with our top picks for your small animals from the team at HayDay.

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For the Christmas obsessed bun-parents 

As the UK’s No1 for handmade pet treats, chews, enrichment and more - there’s not much that Chewy Chews doesn’t have to offer! Chewy Chews create eco-friendly, organic, healthy bunny & small animal treats that are 100% natural, healthy and grain free for your fur-friends. We collaborated with Chewy Chews last year for Christmas treats for all our orders. Who managed to bag one? Their 2023 Christmas shop includes a festive range of delicious, handmade and natural treats for your guinea pigs, rabbits and hamsters!
Christmas tree shaped, spinach based treats for small animals.
Shop Chewy Chews Christmas treats here.

For the small animals that love enrichment 

At Layla’s Bunny Bites they pride themselves on selling healthy and natural items for your fellow furry friends. All treats made are handmade, 100% natural and 100% safe. The best part? They add no artificial colours or additives to their treats. Making them completely small pet safe! 

Not to mention that their hay based treats for your rabbits and guinea pigs are made from our Tasty Timothy Hay. 

Treats PLUS golden poops sounds like a win-win to us!

Hay based treat ball for small animals.

 

For the rabbits needing that extra encouragement

You all probably know how enrichment for small animals can be a constant challenge. Some of your rabbits will love hay and for others - being a master of persuasion can be hard! That’s why Cosy’s Castles could be the perfect Christmas wish for your rabbit. Alongside their affordable and customisable bunny homes, this year their hay rollers and feeders can be a great addition to your small animal’s set up. Paired with some great tasting Timothy Hay - be sure to say HAY to golden poops! 

All of their castles are sourced and made in the UK and packaged in eco-friendly packaging.

Hay roller for small animals.

 

For your foraging adventures 

Bun-mum and bun-dad deserve their own Christmas gift too, right? This time of year is the perfect time to get foraging, albeit it’s cold! We created our tote bags to be completely universal… You can swap the plastic bags for our tote bag; from your shopping trips to your school runs.

Before foraging for your small pet, please ensure you know what’s safe and what’s not for your small animal to eat, plus the equipment you need to forage safely. 

 

For golden poops this Christmas!

The fussiest nibblers deserve the tastiest forage of course! We recommend our premium barn dried hay, grown and harvested in fields on our farm in the Yorkshire countryside. Our Tasty Timothy hay and Moreish Meadow hay are great for happy tummies, healthy teeth and golden poops. We are environment HEROS with 100% plastic free packaging and sustainable farming practices too. Hooray! 

If you haven't had a taste of HayDay yet, why not treat the small pet lover in your life to a HayDay gift card? The recipient will have 12 months to redeem this!

 

For the homemade lovers

Who says Christmas gifts have to be shop bought?

Our friend @chloscreatures has been creative in the kitchen and baked her own hay based treats for her bunnies. The recipe is as simple as blended hay, nuggets and added fruits. We think these would make a perfect Christmas breakfast….

Here’s how to make homemade hay treats for your rabbits.

 

 

Summary

This year, you can help to give small animal's the Christmas they deserve this year! For every £10 we raise we will donate a box of our HayDay hay. As a business it means a lot to us to be able to support the small animal community, and with your support - we can do even more!

 

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