Oat/brome hay?

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khay Foraging Degu Posts: 110	Oat/brome hay? Aug 27, 2006 3:38:58 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by khay on Aug 27, 2006 3:38:58 GMT I'm all out of timothy And everywhere around here is out cold of timothy hay also, but my boys LOVE their hay. What I've picked up for my rabbits is hay that is a mixture of oat hay/brome/timothy - Would this be okay for degus?

aqh88
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Oat/brome hay? Sept 3, 2006 1:03:53 GMT

Post by aqh88 on Sept 3, 2006 1:03:53 GMT

I would think brome would be fine but oats are high in carbohydrates which break down into glucose in the blood stream which is what diabetics and those with insulin problems have trouble digesting. I know for insulin resistent horses you want to avoid oats so I would lean towards oats being bad for degus.