How many hay cubes should I feed per day?

[kdiz123]

Hi everybody.
well im getting a Chinchilla after many years of not having one, in a few days. I bought hay cubes but im wondering how many hay cubes should I put in his cage? (its one chinchilla for now).

 

[Spoof]

As many as they'll eat and not waste. It takes one of my chins about a week go to through a solid 1" x 3-4" cube.

 

[hownowbrowncow]

My last chin completely ignored hay cubes and preferred pellets and loose hay

 

[kdiz123]

Ok, thank you!

 

[Chinmama]

Are you feeding cubes and loose hay or just cubes?

 

[kdiz123]

I bought both for my new chin. But i´ts my first time with hay cubes so I wanted to get an idea of how much to put in the cage, so its not wasted!

 

[tcraighenry]

It depends on your chin! (Which is 99% of the answers you'll see here, lol.) One of mine will devour a hay cube in a day. The other one will eat half and then ignore it over a week. You might have to waste some to see what he prefers.