How do you feed hay?

[Mystic]

I give loose timothy hay. I've tried cubed but none of my chins seem interested.

 

[Ippo456]

What do you mean by "cubed"? Like compacted?
How do you do that? I see them sold at petstores but they don't so nice & fresh as the loose ones.

 

[ann1]

Loose for me. Altho i wish it were cubed. Ive never had much luck with getting any of mine to take the cubed. They only pick at it.

 

[Vixey]

Loose, he didn't care for cubes. He gets high quality Timothy Hay.

 

[Lolaris]

both as well, but I also have allergic reactions to loose hay so my husband hay's the chins

 

[Gizmo24]

I feed loose, timothy, oat and bluegrass. I have timothy cubes...he doesnt really like them, just nibbles here and there.

 

[Andeboo11]

I put my hay in a fleece pocket I made. My chin seems to love it.

 

[~SG~]

feeding loose timothy right now but wondering what other loose hay is safe for chins.

 

[Bostongirl'sChin75]

I have 3 that eat both cubed and loose and one that eats just loose. But it is all timothy hay!

 

[ticklechin]

I feed loose only.

 

[caiti]

Because the cubes are compacted, I remember reading somewhere that it destroys some of the structure of the fiber and chins don't ingest enough of it? I don't understand the mechanics too well and I don't know whether crushed cellulose is worse (digestively/nutritionally speaking) than non crushed. Also, I'm not sure whether compacting the hay would molecularly crush the fiber, I would think it is plausible though. Does anyone know?

I feed loose timothy and loose meadow. Occasionally alfalfa (I bought because I didn't think her teeth were orange enough) but that's just feeding her a few strands through the bars once in a blue moon. I'll probably have that bag forever.