Making hay more appetizing

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- 06/14/2013 at 9:34 AM
  BubblesJo
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  Chester doesn’t seem to be a big hay eater. I keep putting in new hay in his feeder everyday, but he doesn’t seem to interested in it. He’d much rather munch on cardboard How can I make hay more appetizing?
  
  At this point he gets two kinds of hay: timothy and botanical. He loved the botanical when I first got it, but the novelty weared off in a couple of days.
  
  And Chester is an adult lop, about a year and a half. Cute as a button too
- 06/14/2013 at 9:38 AM
  MoveDiagonally
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  Have you tried Orchard Hay? That’s usually a favorite. Mine go crazy over Meadow Hay as well.
- 06/14/2013 at 9:55 AM
  BubblesJo
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  I haven’t yet. I tried botanical this week. I’ll hopefully be able to do a stop at the store on the weekend, and I’ll get some orchard!
  
  Do you feed them a mix of hays everyday, or do you rotate kinds?
- 06/14/2013 at 10:16 AM
  MoveDiagonally
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  Orchard Hay is my bunny’s staple hay because my husband is allergic to Timothy.
  
  Occasionally I buy Meadow, Oat, or Botanical and mix it in to their Orchard for some variety. I would say 95% of the time they only get Orchard. My rabbits are little piggies when it comes to hay though. If you’re bunny gets tired of a certain kind after a while than it might be beneficial to rotate as a way to stave off boredom.
- 06/14/2013 at 10:23 AM
  NewBunnyOwner123
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  My buns started getting bored of their hay and I got some Oat hay and my my they are in LOVE! They munched on it so fast! I’ve decided to use Timothy as a staple and rotate out a second kind of hay to keep them interested. They eat the oat first and then nit pick at the Timothy.
- 06/14/2013 at 10:52 AM
  BubblesJo
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  Thanks everyone
  
  I’ll try getting some orchard and some oat, if the store has it. I’ll rotate, because it seems like he gets bored with hay easily.
- 06/15/2013 at 12:22 PM
  BubblesJo
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  The store was out of orchard, so I brought oat. It’s a huge hit! Chester has munched two handfuls already
- 06/15/2013 at 12:24 PM
  mia
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  That’s great!
  You can also try hay toppers which you can buy here on binkybunny or make your own version.
- 06/16/2013 at 6:46 AM
  BubblesJo
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  I’ll try the toppers too, thanks!
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