What did I find in my hay??

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- 04/14/2017 at 8:51 AM
  muffinandmunchbunny
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  Hello!
  I bought a new bag of hay, opened it and as I was separating the bale, I found these strange, hard branches that look like they are from a tree… the buns love it but I’m unsure whether it’s safe. I usually get this sort of hay, but I’ve never seen these sticks inside! I give them tiny pieces, and they seem to be fine, but I just want to make sure they are safe before I give them more.
  They are brown on the outside, and green inside.
  Picture file is too big, sorting this problem out soon!
  ThankuXx
- 04/14/2017 at 9:08 AM
  Rachel
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  Sometimes I find sticks like that in my hay as well, it’s never caused a problem though I usually just take them out when I see them because I don’t like them in the litter box lol. Sorry I can’t be much help haha.
- 04/14/2017 at 10:36 AM
  Luna
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  I think I’ve seen what you are describing, and whenever I saw them I just took them out. If you aren’t sure what it is, I wouldn’t feed it to them, but I’m sure the hay itself is fine. Can you take a smaller pic to shrink the file size?
- 04/14/2017 at 12:57 PM
  Bam
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  You can upload pix to an external source like Flickr or imgur or Google Drive and paste the link to the pix here. That way pic size doesn’t matter.
- 04/14/2017 at 12:57 PM
  muffinandmunchbunny
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  Not sure whether you can see the pic, I’m doing this on a tablet and I can only see a link….
- 04/15/2017 at 4:09 AM
  jerseygirl
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  It might be a bit of alfafa from a previous crop. The stems can be quite woody. Or maybe a weed like thistle?
- 04/15/2017 at 3:07 PM
  LBJ10
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  Reminds me of an alfalfa stalk as well.
- 04/15/2017 at 3:08 PM
  LBJ10
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  Could be a wildflower too, like cone flowers, etc. It’s hard to say without having anything else to go on.
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