Hershey is around 7 - 8 months old. He weighs about 3.25 pounds. When I first got him (6 months ago) he would eat pellets only. Then he started eating a little veggies and some alfalfa hay from the pet store. I also had a bag of Timothy hay from the pet store that he wouldn't eat. So I bought a bale a alfalfa hay (second cut) from the feed store. He won't eat it!
On the plus side he LOVES his veggies! I buy a big box of organic spring mix. It is fresh leaves from various plants, it's supposed to be a salad mix. This is what he mostly eats. Plus I pick some wild carrots, dandilion leavesand clover now and then, which he loves.
So daily, Hershey is eating about 1/4 -1/2 cup of pellets and 1 - 1 1/2 cups of spring mix, and whatever little bit of hay that sticks to the leaves (I mix the leaves in with his hay.) He drinks water and poops good! He's active and seems happy and healthy. Is this a healthy diet for him? Or do I need to push the hay more? If so, how would I go about doing that?
Thanks!
On the plus side he LOVES his veggies! I buy a big box of organic spring mix. It is fresh leaves from various plants, it's supposed to be a salad mix. This is what he mostly eats. Plus I pick some wild carrots, dandilion leavesand clover now and then, which he loves.
So daily, Hershey is eating about 1/4 -1/2 cup of pellets and 1 - 1 1/2 cups of spring mix, and whatever little bit of hay that sticks to the leaves (I mix the leaves in with his hay.) He drinks water and poops good! He's active and seems happy and healthy. Is this a healthy diet for him? Or do I need to push the hay more? If so, how would I go about doing that?
Thanks!