Small Pet Supplies

Food ranges from long-stem hay, such as Burgess Excel hay with marigold, to pellets and fresh forage mixes, alongside the bottles, dishes and treats that go with daily feeding. Bedding options include paper shavings and more natural bedding materials, chosen partly for comfort and partly for how easy they are to clean out regularly.

Accessories cover everything from a simple crystal water bottle to enrichment items like chew sticks, since small pets generally benefit from having something to gnaw and explore as much as larger pets do.

For rabbits and guinea pigs specifically, hay should make up the majority of the diet, with pellets and fresh food as a smaller addition rather than the main event. This is a common area where new owners underestimate quantity, offering a small handful of hay alongside a large bowl of pellets rather than the other way round.

Fresh hay should be available at all times, not just topped up occasionally, since constant access supports healthy digestion and dental wear for both species.

A soft, absorbent bedding, changed regularly, keeps a hutch or cage comfortable and reduces odour far more effectively than an infrequent full clean-out. Spot cleaning the most soiled areas daily, with a fuller clean weekly, works well for most small pets and keeps ammonia build-up down between full changes.

Different species have different bedding preferences and sensitivities, so it is worth checking a product suits your specific pet rather than assuming any small animal bedding will do.

Rabbits, guinea pigs and hamsters have genuinely different dietary and housing needs, despite often being grouped together under small pets. A diet or cage size right for a rabbit is not automatically right for a hamster, so it is worth checking product descriptions for the species intended.

The Rabbit Welfare Association and PDSA both publish detailed care guidance specific to rabbits, which is worth reading if you are new to keeping one, since rabbit care in particular has moved on a lot from older assumptions.