Petzy 
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Northern AB Canada
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| 03/11/2010 09:59 AM |
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I find dried grasshoppers. At least one large one every other day. I saw Deirdra eating one, how gross. It was crunchy.
what do you find? |
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 "what happened?
did something happen or can I just go back to my hay?" |
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Pebble and Dante
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| 03/11/2010 10:06 AM |
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I must be getting the boring hay.... never found anything but hay in the hay.  |
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Petzy
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Northern AB Canada
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| 03/11/2010 10:11 AM |
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You must be buying the fancy bagged hay.
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did something happen or can I just go back to my hay?" |
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peepi&warri
Washington
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| 03/11/2010 10:20 AM |
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I used to find dead snakes in my goat's hay. YUCK! |
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Sage Cat
Denver
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| 03/11/2010 10:35 AM |
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In My current batch - not so good winter harvest:
a 1 inch thick 12 inch long stick
weird dried pod flowers
clumps of roots and dirt
So far no dead critters! |
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Brittany
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| 03/11/2010 01:18 PM |
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...How is such things found?  I've found nothing so far... Hmm. |
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Nicci607
Georgia, USA
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| 03/11/2010 01:29 PM |
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DRIED GRASSHOPPERS???
EEEEEEK!!
I'm sure they were crunchy - lol...yikes!!
found all kind of stuff in KAYTEE brand hay... not supposed to be in there. things like plastic rings, plastic, rope, flower buds with spikes that will stick to your fingers [dangerous for bunny's intestines], dirt, roots, small stones.
no dead snakes or rodents, yet...?! |
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Brittany
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| 03/11/2010 01:34 PM |
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OMG! The hay isn't checked before being sent to stores?  |
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Petzy
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Northern AB Canada
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| 03/11/2010 01:38 PM |
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LOL. I guess, BB's hay you can buy on here is pure and checked but Kaytee obviously isn't.
My hay is local from a hay farm so it is in bales. There is no way they can avoid wrappping up the locusts, they are so abundant.
they are hay-colored and hard to see. |
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| "what happened?
did something happen or can I just go back to my hay?" |
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Monkeybun 
Hillsboro, Oregon
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| 03/11/2010 01:41 PM |
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I get my hay from the rabbit rescue I volunteer for.. I also do some of the bagging of the hay, so I know whats in it  |
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Petzy
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Northern AB Canada
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| 03/11/2010 01:51 PM |
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Even when I dry my own grass from my yard it has the hoppers in it. They 'jump' in, you know? |
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| "what happened?
did something happen or can I just go back to my hay?" |
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Sage Cat
Denver
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| 03/11/2010 03:46 PM |
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My rescue has h big barn - the hay comes right from the farm to the rescue.
I typically get a 1/2 a bail.
It is not the same as store bought hay. |
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skibunny8503
Champion, OH
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Petzy
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Northern AB Canada
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| 03/11/2010 05:25 PM |
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Just make sure it's not that hand that you use to stock up the hay racks with... three dollars, that's outlandish cheap! A complimentary mouse is definitely bad deal. I have mouse traps all over my hay shed in the fall just in case. |
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did something happen or can I just go back to my hay?" |
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FluffyBunny
Colorado
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| 03/11/2010 05:31 PM |
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Grasshoppers?! I heard of someone who found a mouse once.
Yeah, I'm mlucky...never found anything. I do buy the "fancy bagged hay", and I think I don't want to try baled hay now. 
Oh dear, Kaytee has all that in it? *wishes she didn't have 3 extra bags...* |
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Here comes Mr. Bunny-tail,
hoppin' down the rabby trail.
Hippity hoppity, binkitty floppity,
Bunbun's on his way.
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Brittany
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| 03/11/2010 06:06 PM |
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MOUSE? OH MY GOODNESS!!!
I use Oxbow.. no surprises here.. |
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MimzMum
Interior Alaska
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| 03/11/2010 06:21 PM |
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Let's see...mostly those little cigarette beetles. They're oval shaped brown buggers and most of them wind up flying around the room and landing in my light fixture glass. >.< I have caught them crawling in the bun's pens though, and that hacks me off.
Mostly I find things like larger weeds...nettles mostly. Or roots. Since it's a mass produced product, they really can't check it for everything...but I would be disturbed if I found a mouse in it...yech!
I can't wait for good weather, when our hayseed blooms in the yard and I get nice, fresh green grass for my bunnies. Mimzy is especially fond of it. No pesticides, freshly picked and delicious! ^_^ |
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skibunny8503
Champion, OH
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Petzy
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Northern AB Canada
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| 03/11/2010 06:53 PM |
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A corpse like a dead mouse can infect hay with botulism. I guess, your bunnies had a guardian angel. |
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| "what happened?
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Sarita
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Farmers Branch, Texas (Dallas)
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| 03/11/2010 06:57 PM |
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I think the last thing I found was some roots but I may have been dreaming. I think I would be more concerned about finding things like shoes or socks or something rather than something organic...I mean, it is grass after all. But mostly my hay lately has been pretty clean, just some leaves and grasses and I'm fine with that. Just wish I would find a diamond ring in my hay stash. |
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