What type of hay do you like to use?

[Chin_Pig]

im just curious what type of hay people like to use when i say 'type' i mean loose hay or cubed or???

 

[fanofdmb84]

I feed both. I have cubes on toys and hanging in the cages, but I give loose hay daily since they don't seem too interested in the cubes most days.

 

[Essentia]

I feed a bit of both, but mainly loose.

 

[ticklechin]

Loose, hay cubes here are used as toilets!

 

[SamiJami]

I feed loose only. My guys enjoy the pull and tug from the hay bin and then munching. I've tried a cube and they look at it like it's wrong then kick it into a corner.

 

[Stackie]

Only loose here. My boys ignore the cubes.

 

[Chintastic!]

Mine will eat cubes if thats all there is but like the loose better. I find that the loose is actually a little less messy on the fleece because all the tiny pieces in the cubes get like embeded in it AGH! lol

 

[cindyv3737]

Both. Shelly thinks cubes are treats. Silly girl. So I give her a cube once a week and a ton of loose hay.

 

[Mt. Zion Chins]

I give loose hay from a big bale of hay I get from farmers. Once a week I give a small cube of alfalfa.

 

[eroomlorac]

My girls basically ignore the cubes. Loose hay only here.

 

[Kansas City Chinchillas]

I feed loose hay almost daily. The chins have always had loose hay. They still act as though it's a treat and dive in as soon as I put it in the cage.

 

[Chin_Up_Sunshine]

If I rip the cubes into easier to hold pieces, then the boys will eat them. I've been hammering them onto toys recently, and they seem to like that pretty well, but they LOVE loose hay. I like to hand feed them.

 

[Dusty Foot Prints]

Annabelle prefers loose too, but since I had already gotten a bag of cubes (before I knew she didn't like them as well) I give her one of them every now and then. I thought they wouldn't be as messy, but turns out they are worse than the loose.

 

[ChinchieRoo]

I give loose hay. I had tried cubes in the past, but they didn't love them and they ended up getting played with and thrown away.

 

[Megan]

I give cubed hay. Next year after the fields are replanted I'll be using our own grown loose hay.

 

[Bostongirl'sChin75]

I feed both loose and hay cubes to my chins, though some like loose more than the cubes and vice versa. Sabin loves to use the cubes to throw at the bars in the middle of the night, because he knows it gets me out of bed, and the attention he wants.

 

[aznmexaggie]

I use both - loose and cubed. All my chins get a handful of cubes once a week when I clean cages and they get loose during the rest of the week. Most of them have devoured the cubes (and the loose) by the next cage-cleaning day!

 

[Sesame]

I only give loose hay. I've tried to give cubed hay on hanging toys and as a special snack, but my chin seems to just ignore them.

 

[missjess10475]

I give loose timothy hay always. I put new alfalfa cubes in once or twice a week. I have a couple that love them, and a couple that could care less about cubes.