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IS it normal for hay to be a greenish color?
« on: June 04, 2012, 04:01:30 PM »

I went and bought Kaytee timothy hay cubes yesterday and when I got home I noticed that they were greener than I am used to seeing. I went and bought another pack today and this one was the familiar brownish color that I am used to  seeing. A number of other bags of the cubes had the unfamiliar greener color. There wasn't any unusually odor or anything. They feel normal.  Should I allow my chins to eat this?
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Re: IS it normal for hay to be a greenish color?
« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2012, 04:15:24 PM »

The greener the better. It's not so good when it is not green because it is old and probably has lost most of its nutrients.
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Re: IS it normal for hay to be a greenish color?
« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2012, 07:22:37 PM »

Green hay is fine, it all starts out as some sort of grass after all. ::nod::
It can mean darker poos but I find that my rabbits and chinchillas much prefer the greener hays.

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Re: IS it normal for hay to be a greenish color?
« Reply #3 on: June 07, 2012, 01:14:56 PM »

Alright then.  I ingested some of it to make sure as well and no ill effects.  Thanks all.  :)
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Re: IS it normal for hay to be a greenish color?
« Reply #4 on: June 07, 2012, 01:42:46 PM »

Here's an article you might be interested in although it's a horse website the same goes for rodents and rabbits. It is on testing hay.

http://www.equisearch.com/horses_care/nutrition/hay/testinghay/
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Re: IS it normal for hay to be a greenish color?
« Reply #5 on: June 27, 2012, 11:29:55 AM »

Thanks for the link. It really was helpful.  :)
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Re: IS it normal for hay to be a greenish color?
« Reply #6 on: July 03, 2012, 06:19:37 PM »

Its fine it just depends on where it was grown, and lots of other factors. I've seen some really green timothy hay before (I have a horse) that actually looked kinda unnatural. As long as its not all yellow (make sure theres some green in there) and not wet it's fine (wet=mold so be careful)
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Re: IS it normal for hay to be a greenish color?
« Reply #7 on: July 12, 2012, 11:40:07 AM »

Thank you all for the responses. It appears the hay was ok afterall as neither the chinnies or me suffered any ill effects.
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