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Chinchillas => Health => Topic started by: winterose on June 23, 2012, 06:21:53 AM

Title: wasting hay
Post by: winterose on June 23, 2012, 06:21:53 AM

Hey guys, my chins seem to like throwing their hay around and wasting it rather than eating it.....  :flames: is there any way I can get them to eat their hay, i mean they eat some but most of it ends up tossed out at the end of the week

Title: Re: wasting hay
Post by: chinclub on June 23, 2012, 10:41:05 AM

First, make sure your hay is fresh.  If not they will be less likely to eat it.  Try stuffing the hay in a toilet paper tube to help keep it contained.

Title: Re: wasting hay
Post by: jmdebb on June 26, 2012, 09:41:48 PM

i dont know what it is with hay... sometimes my no=no [noel] will to into her hay dish and with an attitude toss it all out. i really need to video this some time. it can be funny sometimes, but other times i get so annoy cuz i just clean her cage up and shes not in for five minutes and theres hay all over...

Title: Re: wasting hay
Post by: Beccaleigh05 on June 26, 2012, 10:19:36 PM

haha thats what ottis does.. he'll get a piece of hay eat it for a second.. sit up look around and then toss it haha.. its so adorable

Title: Re: wasting hay
Post by: Deeliteful on July 01, 2012, 01:14:52 AM

Meekeemee will dine on the hay like a proper gentleman . Selecting a nice bit and munching calmly. Chuppers goes for the hay and pushes it all over the place and makes a mess before stuffing her face . I think its pretty common for me anyway to clean the cage and it be more hay than aspen in the bottom LOL.

Title: Re: wasting hay
Post by: mojito on July 03, 2012, 06:21:00 PM

My chins got sooooo bad about doing this so I bought a hay box and it has been much more under control since, I've probably cut my hay costs in half because they were throwing it at each other and it would end up on the fleece where they peed!

Title: Re: wasting hay
Post by: GrayRodent on July 03, 2012, 07:29:32 PM

What kind of hay box did you get?

Title: Re: wasting hay
Post by: mojito on July 03, 2012, 07:57:10 PM

I got it from http://twilightchinchillastoysandmore.weebly.com/
I'm not sure exactly what kind of wood she used to make it but she has a list of the all the woods she uses for everything. I got the hay holder with a shelf. Its really helped with all the hay waste, and they seem to have lots of fun getting inside the box and eating to their heart's content haha  :::grins::

Title: Re: wasting hay
Post by: Beccaleigh05 on July 04, 2012, 08:25:55 AM

i got the "box o hay" from pets mart and ottis just OPENS the box up and throws the hay everywhere... geez thanks ottis lol

Title: Re: wasting hay
Post by: Debbie.nl.ca on August 15, 2012, 07:43:09 PM

I throw out more hey than they eat  ::) But it keeps them entertained.  ::dancingspot::