I've read lots of web sites about hay now. But just wanted to find out opinions of people on here about alfalfa vs. grass hay. Seems opinions vary on this quite a bit, so may not get a concensus by asking this - perhaps just confusion. Nonetheless, here goes...
At our yard, we get a choice of alfalfa or grass hay. We started Skeeter on lots of grass hay, with one flake of alfalfa per day (he also gets Golden Years Senior Feed & beet pulp with his glucosamine once per day). The stables owner and other stable workers noted Skeeter was not eating the grass hay - he was leaving so much of it behind after tossing it about, and he *really* needs to put on weight. He just focuses on eating the alfalfa hay. I know the protein contents are different between hay types, but what else is the difference in terms of nutrition and such?
Since Skeeter needs to gain weight, it was thought it may be best to put him on the alfalfa hay since he will eat it (or at least a larger proportion of alfalfa hay). Are there any particular issues, concerns or things to look out for if we put him on alfalfa hay?
At our yard, we get a choice of alfalfa or grass hay. We started Skeeter on lots of grass hay, with one flake of alfalfa per day (he also gets Golden Years Senior Feed & beet pulp with his glucosamine once per day). The stables owner and other stable workers noted Skeeter was not eating the grass hay - he was leaving so much of it behind after tossing it about, and he *really* needs to put on weight. He just focuses on eating the alfalfa hay. I know the protein contents are different between hay types, but what else is the difference in terms of nutrition and such?
Since Skeeter needs to gain weight, it was thought it may be best to put him on the alfalfa hay since he will eat it (or at least a larger proportion of alfalfa hay). Are there any particular issues, concerns or things to look out for if we put him on alfalfa hay?
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