Moldy hay
I'm all about bringing older threads back to life today, lol!
I just got done with chin-time upstairs. The last thing I do every night when my boys out is hay. I sit on the floor, grabbing some, feeding him some of his favorite (the brown, lol), checking a lot for any mold, then when I put it in the cage, he knows playtime is over. But tonight was different:cry3:
I think I found a peice of moldy hay! It was a stalk, a really dull, yellish color-sickly looking! I pulled it apart and inside was black powdery stuff that came off onto my finger! That was mold, right?! So, I inspected every single big and tiny peice of hay before I put it in his cage, freaking out a little, and here I am!!!! That was mold, right?! So, what do I do now?! I know which section of the bin I got it from-do I throw that 1/2 away, or should I dump it all and go buy more tomorrow?! And also, I use Kaytee!!!! It smells really fresh (sweet) and looks great, so I always thought it was such great hay-I knew there was talk of the products, but the hay always seemed so fresh to me. I know any brand could have a moldy peice! I'm still sort of a new chin mom, though-compared to some of you who've owned chins 10, 20 years, I'm a newborn mom-so I'm still really paranoid and overprotective. I'm afraid of the peices I had already fed him, worried I didn't look at them or not enough and I missed mold.
So, should I dump it all, some, what?! And if he did get a little mold, will he be okay? Should I bring him to the vet? There's an emergency one a 1/2 hour from me who treats chins-his vet, so I can do it now if I have to! He's acting fine, but if you think I should, I will! And I can go buy new hay tomorrow-Oxbow if you think its better (i'm guessing you do, lol)! Help me