This message is from: Jean Ernest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Well, I used barley straw, not so tasty! One time I had some "oat hay" which pretty much looked like straw but with seed heads, and they ate that eagerly. I think to be safe, grass hay instead of straw would be best?
>> Jean, some straws are not as tasty as others so they do not eat it. >yes, last year I bedded Ori's stall with oat straw ... nice and thick. >put her in it for the night, left her plenty of hay and water and went >inside. When I came out in the morning, I thought the wind had blown the >majority of the straw out of her stall. It turns out she had eaten it. >She colic'd for 3 days. It was NOT fun. Jean in Fairbanksk, Alaska, 0 degrees (F) and 2" new sparkly snow! ************************************************************ Jean Ernest Fairbanks, Alaska mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
