Amy.
Alpha Buck
Ever since I got Leo- about a year ago- he's never been a hay eater. Suprise suprise his incisors didn't line up properly and he's had to have them removed. His molars have been fine *touches every wooden object in the house!!*. His poops aren't as good as his wifeybun's, Roxy. Hers are golden , but recently Leo's are getting more... moist.
He'll eat hay for a bit, then go off it. I get a new brand, same story. It's costing a fortune in hay... he's a bit keener on dried grass, but it certainly doesn't make up the 85% of his diet it should do.
So what I was thinking, was instead of this diet, could I attempt something a little more like the diet of a wild bun? IE gradually increase the amount of grass he eats until it makes up most of his diet (he loves grass!!) with a small amount of dandelions, plaintain (sp) etc and feed the normal few pellets and veg? I can't think of a reason that wouldn't work, as long as I changed it slowly. I would still provide hay and dried grass should he want to eat it, and for Roxy who likes it.
Any ideas or tips would be welcome! :wave:
He'll eat hay for a bit, then go off it. I get a new brand, same story. It's costing a fortune in hay... he's a bit keener on dried grass, but it certainly doesn't make up the 85% of his diet it should do.
So what I was thinking, was instead of this diet, could I attempt something a little more like the diet of a wild bun? IE gradually increase the amount of grass he eats until it makes up most of his diet (he loves grass!!) with a small amount of dandelions, plaintain (sp) etc and feed the normal few pellets and veg? I can't think of a reason that wouldn't work, as long as I changed it slowly. I would still provide hay and dried grass should he want to eat it, and for Roxy who likes it.
Any ideas or tips would be welcome! :wave: