Alfalfa hay okay as an occasional treat, in small amounts?

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- 07/08/2010 at 10:41 AM
  bunnnnnnie!
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  So I’m trying to find a few treats Zeus likes. He doesn’t like raisins or banana chips, and prefers greens over carrots, so I really don’t have very many good ‘treats’ for him!
  
  I have a small amount of alfalfa hay, and I gave him a tiny pinch of it this morning just to see if he’d eat it. He did like it! I wouldn’t feed the alfalfa hay in any large amount (he gets plenty of grass hay), but I was wondering if giving him a pinch of the alfalfa now and then as a treat would be acceptable.
- 07/08/2010 at 10:48 AM
  Sarita
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  Oh yes, it’s great as a treat! I think it’s a better treat than fruits or raisins since there’s no sugar in it.
- 07/08/2010 at 10:49 AM
  bunnnnnnie!
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  Posted By Sarita on 07/08/2010 10:48 AM
  Oh yes, it’s great as a treat! I think it’s a better treat than fruits or raisins since there’s no sugar in it.
  
  Yeah that’s what I was thinking. Zeus doesn’t seem to like any fruits anyways!
- 07/08/2010 at 11:23 AM
  LoveChaCha
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  Alfalfa.. perhaps I should get some tiny alfalfa cubes and break ’em apart to give as a treat to my bun
  
  Has King Zeus tried Meadow Grass Hay? I gave some to my friend to give to her bunny and he LOVED it. My bunny loves it when I put some on top of her Orchard Grass Hay. She noms it immeditely!!
- 07/08/2010 at 11:24 AM
  bunnnnnnie!
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  Posted By Brittany on 07/08/2010 11:23 AM
  Alfalfa.. perhaps I should get some tiny alfalfa cubes and break ’em apart to give as a treat to my bun
  
  Has King Zeus tried Meadow Grass Hay? I gave some to my friend to give to her bunny and he LOVED it. My bunny loves it when I put some on top of her Orchard Grass Hay. She noms it immeditely!!
  
  Not yet no! He’s got a mixed grass hay that is actually for horses that I feed. It’s clean and soft though so it works fine for buns too!
- 07/08/2010 at 11:27 AM
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  I use different legume hays (alfalfa, clover etc) as treats, too. Like Sarita said, it’s better than sugary fruit!
- 07/08/2010 at 11:49 AM
  mocha200
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  i would be affraid that they wouldn’t eat there other hay ass much or not?
- 07/08/2010 at 12:37 PM
  lwayne
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  what I sometimes do is use the alfalfa hay as hay ‘sprinkles’. Just sprinkle a little alfalfa hay on top of their normal hay (or mix in a little). It helps to encourage hay eating.
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