Getting Layla to Eat More Hay

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- 06/26/2008 at 1:03 AM
  JamieM
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  Well I’ve noticed Layla isn’t a huge hay eater. So far I’ve just tried Timothy but I hesitate to buy more until what she has is gone due to my increasingly small apartment. Anyway… I read on the nutrition page that it helps if you put hay in places they have to forage a little for it so I had an idea. I took the cardboard rolls that I give her to chew on anyway, and I pushed them through the holes of her NIC cage… then I stuffed them with hay! I put them in several places around her cage and she’ll just gobble that hay up…and leave that in the hay trap thing-a-ma-jig completely untouched. Just thought I’d share!
- 06/26/2008 at 1:20 AM
  BinkyBunny
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  Great idea! I’ll have to keep that in mind for other snooty hay eaters.
  
  By the way: Looks like you are an extreme night-owl too! Unless you get up early.
- 06/26/2008 at 1:28 AM
  JamieM
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  Well I picked up a lot of 3rd shifts and I’m doing that right now… so I would much rather be sleeping right now! Ha.
- 06/26/2008 at 5:50 AM
  Beka27
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  i noticed with Meadow (who was only about 4 months when i got her) that she didn’t really pick up the hay habit until she was older and i had limited her pellet intake. at this age, Layla has more pellets, so that might be a reason. she can also have handfuls of alfalfa, since she’s a growing girl (up to 7 months) but when it comes to other types of hay, it’s best to give it along with the timothy. so two handfuls of tim hay, one of a special mix, or something like that…
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