Best Furry Friend small animal treats
Best Furry Friend is a range of dried forage-style treats for rabbits, guinea pigs and other small pets, built around vegetables, fruit and flowers rather than a processed pellet or biscuit. We stock several varieties, including a vegetable mix, a fruit mix, carrot pieces, dried apple and a floral mix.
What the range includes
The range leans on dried natural ingredients — a vegetable mix and a fruit mix as more varied blends, carrot pieces and dried apple as simpler single-ingredient treats, and a floral mix for owners who like to add variety with dried flowers rather than only fruit and veg.
This kind of treat suits the way small pets naturally like to forage and pick through a varied mix, rather than eating everything from a single bowl, which is part of why forage-style treats have become popular alongside the standard hay and pellet diet.
Fitting treats into a small pet's diet
Hay should still make up the bulk of a rabbit or guinea pig's diet, with a measured amount of pellets and fresh greens alongside it — dried treats like these are an extra on top, not a replacement for any of that. Fruit-based treats especially are higher in natural sugar than hay or fresh veg, so keep portions small and occasional rather than a daily habit.
Scattering a small amount of a forage mix into hay or bedding, rather than handing it over in a bowl, is a simple way to make a treat last longer and gives your pet something to search for, which suits their natural foraging behaviour well.
This also matters for rabbits and guinea pigs kept in pairs or groups, where a bowl of treats can be gone in seconds and encourages competition rather than the slower, more contented grazing you get from spreading a small handful through hay across the enclosure.
The range
Everything below is in stock with us, priced with delivery worked out, and packed and posted by hand in the UK.
Small 'N' Furry Zorb 'N' Orb Ball Large
A 25cm clear runaround ball for rats and degus, giving supervised exercise outside the cage
£16.69
Small 'N' Furry Walk 'N' Vest 'N' Leash
A soft nylon mesh vest harness with a stretchy lead and a bell, for rabbits and other small pets
£7.19
Small 'N' Furry Natural Corn 'N' Rattle
A natural corn husk toss and rattle toy for small animals, 7cm
£2.79
Small 'N' Furry Carrot Wood Chew Large
A carrot-shaped wooden gnaw for rabbits, guinea pigs and small rodents
£1.99
Small 'N' Furry Carrot Throw Toy
A colourful carrot-shaped throw toy for rabbits, for exercise and boredom relief
£1.99
Tiny Friends Farm Russel Rabbit Tasty Nuggets
Complete dry nuggets for adult rabbits, with added vitamins and minerals
£5.90
Tiny Friends Farm Gerty Guinea Pig Tasty Nuggets
An extruded guinea pig food with stabilised vitamin C, formulated to prevent selective eating
£4.80
Tiny Friends Farm Gerty Guinea Pig Tasty Mix
A nutritionally balanced muesli-style mix for guinea pigs, with added vitamin C
From£3.69
Tiny Friends Farm Gerty's Tasty Mix
A 2.5kg mixed cereal food for guinea pigs of all ages, extruded rather than muesli-style
£8.29
Tiny Friends Farm Giant Carrot
A single carrot-shaped small-animal treat, though carrot itself is a minimum of 3%
£1.05
Supreme Tiny Friends Farm Russel Rabbit's Tasty Mix
A complete rabbit mix in 850g, 2.5kg or 5kg, with a stated daily amount of 60-70g for a 2.5kg rabbit
From£2.89
Tiny Friends Farm Mega Crunchers
A large baked treat with timothy hay, carrot and dandelion, fed once a week
£2.99
Common questions
- How often can I give my rabbit dried forage treats?
- A small amount a few times a week is plenty for most rabbits. Hay and fresh greens should remain the bulk of the diet, so treat forage mixes as an occasional addition rather than something offered daily in any quantity.
- Are dried fruit treats bad for guinea pigs?
- Not in small amounts, but dried fruit is higher in natural sugar than fresh vegetables or hay, so it should stay an occasional treat rather than a regular part of the diet. Guinea pigs also need a reliable source of vitamin C, which a fruit treat does not reliably provide.
- Can I scatter forage treats instead of feeding from a bowl?
- Yes, and it is often the better option — scattering a small amount into hay or bedding encourages natural foraging behaviour, which is good for a small pet's wellbeing, rather than a bowl that empties in seconds with nothing left to do afterwards.
- Do these treats replace the need for hay?
- No. Hay should still make up the majority of a rabbit or guinea pig's diet for their digestive and dental health, and no dried treat or forage mix is a substitute for that, however varied or natural the ingredients are.
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Written by Matt Garnett, who runs Giddy Pets and is a lifelong pet owner — not a vet. This is general information, not veterinary advice, and it cannot replace an examination by the vet who knows your animal. How we write these guides.