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Post by cheekyfilly on Aug 1, 2014 6:23:14 GMT
I would love to try my girls with timothy hay but read somewhere that green hay causes bloat...is this the case for dry timothy hay?
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Post by uglibug on Aug 1, 2014 6:40:14 GMT
Our goos will only eat timothy hay, they won't touch anything else, and we have had no problems.
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Post by rmazeds on Aug 1, 2014 14:55:42 GMT
Mine also have timothy hay x
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Post by yasmin on Aug 2, 2014 15:53:29 GMT
I also give my degus Timothy Hay – as much as they can eat.
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Post by **Lisa1989** on Aug 3, 2014 21:20:48 GMT
Same here. My guys love it and had no problems so far with it
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Post by ntg on Aug 3, 2014 22:01:06 GMT
My lot get meadow hay but that's only because they decided that they don't eat timothy any more... They can be picky at times.
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Post by moletteuk on Sept 4, 2014 16:46:51 GMT
You could argue that meadow hay is better because it is lower in nutrition, but hay is so variable it's hard to compare. Generally the best hay is the one they like the best and eat the most of. But do be prepared for that to change with different batches, mine are super picky too. I have about 20kg of about 6 different types of hay hanging around at the moment because they didn't like the new batch of their regular hay sigh.
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Post by frannerz on Aug 29, 2016 5:07:27 GMT
I recently discovered a whole other world of information regarding 'hay'.
I helped out a local farmer for about a year. Although a livestock farmer he grows several crops each year and hays several fields all to feed the animals.
Before this I always thought that hay was yellow, green grass grows tall, gets cut, turns yellow as it dries. WRONG!
And since that, now a degu owner, researching how to properly care for them, i was left baffled by all the different Types of hay mentioned. LOL ! Type of hay ? on a livestock farm, hay is hay.
So I have re-educated myself now, and I just have one last question that only you guys can help me with !?
Which brand of Timothy hay is best ? (I need to take into account quality and value for money)
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Post by moletteuk on Aug 29, 2016 11:05:00 GMT
Which country are you in?
The Burgess Excel timothy hay is well liked by lots of degus, I've just got a bag of Nature's Own timothy hay with marigolds (or something like that) and the quality seems similar to the Excel, I've also tried Alfalfa King timothy hay, which is nice long strands, and quite stalky, it looks a bit differet to the other two brands.
As long as they are adequately dried, dust extracted and no traces of mustiness, then the best one is the one they like best, be prepared to try different ones and get different ones now and then.
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Post by winic1 on Aug 29, 2016 11:57:41 GMT
Here in the USA, I have found that I cannot rely on a single brand, since the quality of the hay varies so much, but it's more the look and content that matters. My degus like hay that is green and leafy and less coarse. My guinea pig likes hay that is big, hard, dry stems, very coarse stuff. So while we know that, for example, Kaytee brand tends to be no good for the degus and Oxbow is generally better, we have to look and feel the hay through the bag because sometimes Oxbow has packaged up big, hard, coarse hay, and every now and then we get lucky and Kaytee has put out bags of the leafier, softer, finer stuff (Kaytee is sold everywhere, taking over the market, Oxbow is harder to find). Then there are various lesser brands that can be good, but it's harder to come across them as Kaytee has taken over most pet store chains. So, it comes down to what kind of texture of hay your degus like, really.
At least we are lucky enough that if it turns out the bag of hay is not liked by our goos, the guinea pig will eat it. Sometimes we end up with two different big bags of hay going at once, as one turns out unacceptable to one critter or the other.
If you find they don't much like a bag of hay you've gotten, you can always use that one as additional bedding in the cage. My current goos take more hay to their hut and surrounding area than they eat. The upper level started with maybe an inch of wood shavings, it's now about 4 inches deep with all the hay bits they've carried up there.
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Post by saggy on Aug 29, 2016 15:59:53 GMT
I buy the King Alfalfa hay from pets@home but only because it was only this and the oxbrow that were definately gluten free enough (which I need for myself). They are both very expensive mind you lol! The king alfalfa one always looks great quality though and they've never gone off it, lovely shade of green, never had any bloat or anything
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Post by degulover21 on Apr 4, 2022 13:04:37 GMT
Is Canadian Dryland Timothy Hay okay for the girls to be used unlimited like the king hay …I’ve ordered a 5kg of bunnybusto site
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Post by moletteuk on Apr 4, 2022 18:29:20 GMT
Yes.
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