Are seed heads bad?

eycamry · Mar 27, 2009

I recent got a bale of timothy hay locally, and thought it was second cut because it looked really green. After some reading, I realized that it might be first cut. It has a lot of seed heads. Are the seedheads bad for chinchillas, rabbits, and guinea pigs? My chinchillas really love this new hay though.

Thanks.

soqrbrad · Mar 27, 2009

I got a few in a bag of kaytee hay once. My chin really loved the heads and didn't have any problem with them. Going to switch to oxbow or even some locally grown hay once the bag of kaytee runs out or gets too old.

TillyChinchilla · Mar 27, 2009

Seed heads are fine. They were always my guinea pigs' favorite part, but the chins don't seem to care about them.

Peep_erz · Mar 27, 2009

I used to give seed heads as a treat. My chins love those things!

Essentia · Mar 27, 2009

Buttons LOVES seed heads. Chula not so much, so I give them all to Buttons. He looks at it like a treat.

eycamry · Mar 27, 2009

That is good to hear. Thanks, everyone. My chinchillas really LOVE the seedheads. I just wanted to make sure that it is ok. :thumbsup:

AngelBaby · Mar 28, 2009

I give the seedheads to my one chin as a treat, he goes crazy for them and grabs them out of my hand so fast..the other one doesn't bother with them.

Chinniechantel · Mar 28, 2009

I use them as a treat for babies, they don't know any better and they still love them! I think all the chins love them here.

Essentia · Mar 28, 2009

I love watching them be eaten. When Chula does actually eat one he turns it on the side and eats it like corn.:hilarious:

Cinder and Me · Mar 28, 2009

Yup, my girl loves the hay too. I actually got hay from eycamry, and it smells so nice. I offered Cinder a seed head as soon as I got home, and ever since she was a baby she could care less for them. But not this time, lol, she grabbed it like a greedy little kid and ran off with it happily. :dance3: I'm wondering if the hay that her breeder gave me was 1st cut, or better quality, since every batch of hay after that has been 2nd cut and she didn't like the seed heads. Guess it took me a while to figure out which hay she liked...