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Post by saszygirl1 on Jul 8, 2009 20:47:54 GMT -5
I was wondering how you know is its fresh. I bought from petsupermarket it was dry.I bought it from the feed and seed store it seemed kinda wet. I didnt knotice any mold.  |
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Post by Inked Up Tara on Jul 8, 2009 21:26:30 GMT -5
It should be green, softish, no mold smell. How wet is wet?
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Post by saszygirl1 on Jul 8, 2009 21:32:29 GMT -5
Not too wet, it was just really different than the pet store.When I got the chin I got a big bag with him and it was dry. So I just wanted to be sure it was ok.
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Post by Inked Up Tara on Jul 8, 2009 21:33:55 GMT -5
It was probably a nice fresh bale of hay you picked up from the feed store. I know here, the pet store hay is brownish and really dry and crumbly. I have to order good hay online. I have picky chins lol
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Post by bethany on Jul 8, 2009 21:37:13 GMT -5
What did you buy? It you by chance got alfalfa from the feed store toss it. Alfalfa sweats, so it may have been okay when the feedstore got it and not moldy yet, but if it is wet it is not good now. Hay should be dry, it is just grass that has been dried out in the sun.
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Post by saszygirl1 on Jul 8, 2009 21:38:50 GMT -5
Thank you I didnt want to get him sick.
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Post by bethany on Jul 8, 2009 21:42:45 GMT -5
I'm slow as Christmas replying. If it was kaytee and rough and crumbly then that is not good to compare to. It should be pliable, but shouldn't be wet.
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Post by dawn on Jul 9, 2009 7:55:08 GMT -5
If you grab a handful and twist it should not break, if it does its pretty old.
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Post by tinam on Jul 10, 2009 10:36:21 GMT -5
hay
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Post by Carol~Anne on Jul 10, 2009 11:37:37 GMT -5
Hey Tina, how are you?  Hay doesn't have to be all green to be fresh, it's okay if there's brown in it too. At least that's what I've been told. Sometimes they put green colouring in it to make it look more appealing. |
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Post by ◊ Willow80 ◊ on Jul 10, 2009 12:19:08 GMT -5
all my bags i get have a few brown pieces.... you just dont want the WHOLE thing to be brown, or wet, or moldy....
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Post by saras on Jul 12, 2009 11:37:06 GMT -5
I have ordered hay from about every reputable hay producer (oxbow and APD usually), but there is always a little bit of brown stuff in there. I just pick around anything like that and if I miss something it doesn't really matter because none of my rotten little ones will eat any of that stuff anyway.
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