Need to change her diet

[lorree]

So I thought I was doing the right thing but looking through the pages on vegetables, I realize that Boonie is eating a lot of high oxalic foods.
First of all how would I know if this has been affecting her health?
And secondly how do I change over to better vegetables, I mean if she’s currently eating like 5-6 high oxalic acid foods a day, I can’t just stop that straight away can I?
Also it’s a real struggle to get her to eat hay and I know that’s important so any suggestions?

[HerculesandMolasses]

One by one, everyday, remove one oxalic veggie and replace it with a small amount of a good one until only one oxalic veggie is left because one a day is fine.This has probably not caused a major problem, but it was not good. If she isn’t eating her hay try to take away her other foods so she has no choice. Maybe try a different hay type.

[LittlePuffyTail]

Which veggies are you feeding?

[lorree]

She usually eats spinach, kale, oregano, basil, thyme, rocket, cos lettuce (romaine), parsley

Sometimes dandelion and Rosemary or dill is added

I’m not big on treats but sometimes I give her a small piece of banana or carrot

I thought taken one out per day might be too fast?
Would that give her body time to adjust?

With the hay thing, I’ve tried a few different types already and the only other one I can think of to try is Timothy hay which I guess is imported because it’s way too expensive. Currently I buy oaten hay which costs between $10-20 and lasts about a few weeks but for the same amount in Timothy hay it would cost about $100 and that’s just too expensive.
Every morning I replenish the hay and give her only a small handful of pellets. She eats the pellets and maybe 2 pieces of hay, and that’s within say 12 hours. Then I give her her veggies at night.

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