Eating Straw

Is it an issue?

The hutch in the playhouse is lined with newspaper and straw, the buns hay is above their litter tray in a hanging basket. I noticed this morning that htey have eaten hardley any of it. (I gave them hay in a plantpot in the run this morning to make it a bit more interesting), but i caught Marley eating the straw in the hutch when i came home tonight.

Is it a problem? Im not sure i can afford to line their hutch with their posh hay...

Yes they can eat straw it shouldn't be an issue

If I remember rightly there is nothing wrong with eating straw, it just doesn't do the good that hay does i.e the fibre

Thanks

Tuckerbunnies wrote:Yes they can eat straw it shouldn't be an issue

Is there any chance that they would develop a preference for the straw over the hay?

I'm sure I remember a conversation on here about this ages and ages ago and someone said then that the likelyhood of them developing a preference to straw over hay was unlikely

Apparently hay is much more nommy!!

[quote="Thumper2001"]I'm sure I remember a conversation on here about this ages and ages ago and someone said then that the likelyhood of them developing a preference to straw over hay was unlikely

Apparently hay is much more nommy!![/quote]
Apparently not this hay! I get a different type each time, i guess they dont like the Timothy and Rye as much. Its time for some Ings hay next, but it wont be for a month or 2! Maybe if i put this hay down in the hutch, i can get it used up quicker?

my two are awkward like that!
I had a bale, they loved it then went off it so I got a different bale, they loved that then went off it so I bought a new bag and they loved it and it ran out. So I bought what I thought was the same but apparently it isn't so they've gone back to bale 2!

Dotdot wrote: my two are awkward like that!
I had a bale, they loved it then went off it so I got a different bale, they loved that then went off it so I bought a new bag and they loved it and it ran out. So I bought what I thought was the same but apparently it isn't so they've gone back to bale 2!

Im going to stick to the meadow hay and ings hay in future, they seem to prefer it! Aukward little monsters!

Dotdot wrote: my two are awkward like that!
I had a bale, they loved it then went off it so I got a different bale, they loved that then went off it so I bought a new bag and they loved it and it ran out. So I bought what I thought was the same but apparently it isn't so they've gone back to bale 2!

I used to think Thumper was awkward with hay, at least she was consistent - She refused to eat it all!