[Lil Miss]

personally i would avoid hay, it can be very sharp and spikey, and can even have splinters in it (speaking from the experiance of hay splinters, they are painful!!) in my opinion there are much better options out there, and as its not needed for their diet it just isnt worth the risk

hay doesnt have to be particularly sharp to do damage, have you ever seen the damage a hay poke can do to a guinea pigs eyes? even soft stranded stuff

also, alfalfa doesnt have to be sharp we have some lovely soft green alfalfa, our timothy is much harsher then it