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Chinchillas => Q & A => Topic started by: Summer on February 23, 2007, 01:40:44 PM

Title: Can you feed orchard grass
Post by: Summer on February 23, 2007, 01:40:44 PM

Can you feed orchard grass or doe's it have to be Timothy hay?  ::think:: I was just wondering.

Title: Re: Can you feed orchard grass
Post by: Joyce on February 23, 2007, 04:05:28 PM

I feed all of my chins unlimited timothy hay every day.  I have one pair that came to me already eating orchard grass.  SO I have kept the tradition going and they still get a small handful of their orchard grass every night.  But they also get unlimited timothy hay.
Some of the time I give pinchfuls of the orchard grass to my other chins for a treat, they like a little variation now & then!
If it were me I would not substitute their timothy hay for orchard grass though.

Title: Re: Can you feed orchard grass
Post by: Summer on February 23, 2007, 07:19:42 PM

No I wouldn't. Some one asked me, and I didn't have a answer for them. Thanks for the info. Good to know.  ::nod::

Title: Re: Can you feed orchard grass
Post by: Chins To Love on April 01, 2007, 01:59:54 PM

We mix timothy and orchard grass together, they love it.

Title: Re: Can you feed orchard grass
Post by: ChiLLinChiLLas on April 03, 2007, 09:51:13 PM

Same here.  I mix Timothy Hay with a small handful of Orchard Grass.  It's still mostly Timothy Hay though.   ;)

Title: Re: Can you feed orchard grass
Post by: totolover on April 04, 2007, 10:32:54 AM

My chinchilla likes it. I give him timothy, alfalfa and orchard grass.  :) :)