Okay I know there are tons of hay topics, but here is my contribution.
For the longest time I gave my chinchilla, E, Kaytee timothy hay, but he was never a huge fan of it. Really, it was the only thing available to me. After my second chinchilla came along, I discovered alfalfa hay, and Mr Picky E did take to it a lot better. The brand was Sun Naturals or something like that. Now, Petsmart doesn't carry that brand and now sells Oxbow. Yeah, a nicer brand, but now there are like 6 kinds of hay and I really don't know the difference aside from know that OAT HAY looks like it's for horses. I decided to try orchard grass, and while the other chinchillas are taking to it, he is still digging out 95% of it and then only taking a few bites. I guess I could continue to try hays until I find something he likes, but at least now I know that what little amount of hay he is eating is a huge step up from Kaytee.
For the longest time I gave my chinchilla, E, Kaytee timothy hay, but he was never a huge fan of it. Really, it was the only thing available to me. After my second chinchilla came along, I discovered alfalfa hay, and Mr Picky E did take to it a lot better. The brand was Sun Naturals or something like that. Now, Petsmart doesn't carry that brand and now sells Oxbow. Yeah, a nicer brand, but now there are like 6 kinds of hay and I really don't know the difference aside from know that OAT HAY looks like it's for horses. I decided to try orchard grass, and while the other chinchillas are taking to it, he is still digging out 95% of it and then only taking a few bites. I guess I could continue to try hays until I find something he likes, but at least now I know that what little amount of hay he is eating is a huge step up from Kaytee.