Help!!!!!
Got two more big bales of hay on Friday & Jim has decided they're poisonous. Friday night all he ate was a slice of the bale I was using last week, the rest he didn't touch. Yesterday afternoon I opened the second new bale, not eating that either. Scraped up some grotty stuff off the floor & he pigged it down even though it was a bit damp & yukky smelling.
Last night he had the last slice of last weeks bale which he was happy to eat & I got a small bale off the farmer next door which I hope he'll have eaten (I'll know when I go up later, a friend turns out for me). If he does then hopefully I can have a few more to tide me through until next week & the problem will be solved. My hay man says it's all from the same field & stored in the same place, though I must say that to me it looks & smells different. Litle Un is eating it though.
If he hasn't eaten the small bale either does anyone have any brilliant ideas on persuading him? Once he decides he's not eating it he means it, he'll eat nothing rather than touch something he doesn't like. Also, this being Jim, a few days with insufficient bulk in his guts means he will colic so I'm panicking for a reason! Soaking it won't work, he doesn't like even lightly soaked hay.
Got two more big bales of hay on Friday & Jim has decided they're poisonous. Friday night all he ate was a slice of the bale I was using last week, the rest he didn't touch. Yesterday afternoon I opened the second new bale, not eating that either. Scraped up some grotty stuff off the floor & he pigged it down even though it was a bit damp & yukky smelling.
Last night he had the last slice of last weeks bale which he was happy to eat & I got a small bale off the farmer next door which I hope he'll have eaten (I'll know when I go up later, a friend turns out for me). If he does then hopefully I can have a few more to tide me through until next week & the problem will be solved. My hay man says it's all from the same field & stored in the same place, though I must say that to me it looks & smells different. Litle Un is eating it though.
If he hasn't eaten the small bale either does anyone have any brilliant ideas on persuading him? Once he decides he's not eating it he means it, he'll eat nothing rather than touch something he doesn't like. Also, this being Jim, a few days with insufficient bulk in his guts means he will colic so I'm panicking for a reason! Soaking it won't work, he doesn't like even lightly soaked hay.