Hay

[RockWrapsody]

What kinds of hay can a chin have? Only Timothy hay?

 

[BooBoo*TheKiddo*]

There are different kinds out there that they can have but the other hays they can only be give a little bit of it about once a week. Where as they should be given Timothy Hay daily.

Orchard Grass, Bermuda Grass, etc.

I want to say Bluegrass but that doesn't sound right. Lol

 

[greychins]

I agree that they should be given Timothy hay daily, but there's no reason they can't have the other hays more often than once a week. All the different hays wear their teeth differently, so providing different hays often can only be beneficial to them. The hay we feed is a mix of timothy, alfalfa, orchard grass, and rye. Before we switched to that blend, we used to feed timothy alone, and we'd get in some rescues that would develop teeth points and need their teeth filed. Since we switched to the grass hay mix... no teeth points (we only have to deal with our malo chins now). That could be a coincidence, but it also could be that the different hays are wearing the teeth down effectively, the way one single hay might not.

They can have all sorts of hay. There is alfalfa, orchard grass, bermuda grass, botanical hay, oat hay (good for those lazy chewers), rye (not much nutrients, but again, good and coarse for lazy chewers), and meadow hay. And I may be missing some.

 

[BooBoo*TheKiddo*]

I only give other hays once a week so they continue to eat their Timothy Hay

I also give hay cubes as well as loose hay.

 

[LoveBug]

bluegrass hay you can give as well. my girl loves it she only gets a tiny handful a day.
that way she's still eating her timothy hay which she loves.

 

[javachin]

I mainly give Timothy hay, but will toss in some orchard grass/bluegrass on occasion.

 

[suzi1780]

My girls are big fans of bluegrass as well but I have trouble finding it for a good price. I feed timothy everyday as well and give them alfalfa cubes once a week or so.