Tiny Friends Farm Timothy Hay and Herb Stickles 100g

Tiny Friends Farm Stickles with Timothy Hay & Herbs – 100g

Stickles are baked sticks rather than biscuits, and the shape is the point: they can be hung in a hutch or run so the animal has to reach up, pull and gnaw at them rather than eat from a bowl. That is enrichment as much as it is a treat, and for a rabbit or guinea pig kept indoors it gives the teeth something to work against between hay feeds.

This is the herb version — ground Timothy hay at 8%, dried dandelion at 5%, with thyme and basil each at 0.9%. It is the least fruity of the Stickles flavours and the one that smells most like the hay the animal already eats, which tends to make it the easier sell to a cautious rabbit.

Performance & Benefits

• Stick format designed to be hung in the enclosure, which Supreme say promotes foraging and gnawing.
• Ground Timothy hay at 8% and dried dandelion at 5% — both declared quantities, not vague flavour claims.
• Dried thyme and dried basil at 0.9% each give it a herbal smell that many rabbits take to readily.
• Baked hard enough to take real gnawing rather than crumbling on the first bite.
• Small enough to break and hand-feed, which makes it useful for building confidence with a nervous animal.
• 100g pack goes a long way at Supreme's rate of one treat a week.

Suitable For

• Rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters and chinchillas — the four species Supreme name.
• Hutch and cage enrichment where the animal is bored and over-eating its main food.
• Hand-feeding and taming, particularly with a rescue animal being handled for the first time.
• Owners who want a treat that is herb-based rather than fruit- and sugar-forward.
• Not a food and not a hay substitute: unlimited hay and a measured main feed still do the work. Russel Rabbit Tasty Mix or Gerty Guinea Pig Tasty Mix are the everyday foods this sits alongside.

Feeding

• Supreme's guidance is one treat per week, depending on the size of your pet.
• Hang a stick in the enclosure or hand-feed it broken into pieces.
• Fresh water and unlimited hay must be available at all times alongside.
• Count the treat as part of the day's intake and reduce the main feed slightly if your animal is carrying weight.
• Remove any uneaten piece that has been in a damp hutch rather than leaving it to soften.

Composition & Analysis

• Composition: wheat flour, oats, flaked oats, wheat middlings, ground Timothy hay (8%), sugar, dried dandelion (5%), soya oil, dried thyme (0.9%), dried basil (0.9%).
• Additives: colourants.
• Supreme publish no analytical constituents for this treat — no protein, fibre, oil or ash figure — so none is stated here.
• Note that sugar is a named ingredient, sitting above the dandelion in the list. This is a treat, not a low-sugar product.
• 100g pack. Supreme's own range page describes Stickles as made with natural grains and real fruit; there is no fruit in this recipe, so that line is not repeated.