Really Dusty Hay - Okay to feed?

BrittsBunny · Mar 29, 2015

So I went and bought a compressed bale of timothy hay from The Tractor Supply. It smells good but once I started to separate the flakes I noticed that the hay was very dusty. I am familiar with compressed bales typically being dusty.

Should I take it back and get a regular bale? Or is it okay to feed to my rabbit?

Watermelons · Mar 29, 2015

If its still mostly long strands then just take it outside and shake it out over a tarp or something and just collect the large pieces on top into a bin for bunny.

ladysown · Mar 29, 2015

do you mean dusty with specks or dusty as in numerous small leaves falling off?

One is okay, the other is "be alert for mould".

You said it smelled good... that's usually a good indicator.

BrittsBunny · Mar 29, 2015

it's very fine but there are long stems too

BrittsBunny · Mar 29, 2015

BrittsBunny said:
it's very fine but there are long stems too

Here are a couple of pics: View attachment ImageUploadedByRabbit Forum1427670966.861034.jpg View attachment ImageUploadedByRabbit Forum1427670979.105535.jpg View attachment ImageUploadedByRabbit Forum1427671046.671436.jpg

Watermelons · Mar 29, 2015

I don't see anything wrong with that hay... shake it a bit loose in a bin and the really fine parts will fall to the bottom and you can make bunny or horse cookies with those bits.

ladysown · Mar 30, 2015

looks fine to me too.

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