Without a little variety in any diet, mealtime can get boring. Oxbows Botanical Hay is a flavor-packed hay with extra personality.This enticing blend unites Botanical Hay with a rich array of three of the following fragrant herbs: chamomile, lemon verbena, hibiscus, lavender, rose hips, comfrey, borage or red clover blossoms. Alternate Botanical Hay with other Oxbow grass hays, or mix it in with other hays to create appetizing, long-strand fiber meals.
Grass hay is absolutely vital to the health of small herbivores. It provides not only fiber, but environmental enrichment that mimics your pets natural habitat. As the caregiver, it is your responsibility to offer your pet hay every day.
Hay is a variable product because it is grown in natural conditions. Each season creates hay that will look, feel and taste different. To avoid a picky eater resistant to these changes and for enrichment, provide your pet a variety of grass hay. Try Oxbows Western Timothy, Orchard Grass Hay, Oat Hay and Brome Hay. Storing Hay
Store your hay in a cool, dry location, out of direct sunlight and in its original packaging. No refrigeration or freezing is needed. If you choose to store in another container, be sure it has adequate ventilation.
Ingredients Botanical Grass Hay and three of the following herbs depending on seasonal changes: Chamomile, Lemon Verbena, Lavender, Red Clover Blossoms.
Guaranteed Analysis - Crude Protein min 8.00% - Crude Fat min 1.50% - Crude Fiber max 32.00% - Moisture max 15.00%
Botanical Hay can be fed free choice to rabbits, guinea pigs, chinchillas, prairie dogs and other herbivores as an alternative to timothy, oat hay, and brome. Free-choice means that the feed is available at all times. If they finish what is given, you need to give them more! Hay should not only be used for nutritional purposes, but also for mental stimulation and the promotion of natural foraging behavior. Try feeding hay in new and inventive ways to increase consumption.
- Rabbits like to eat hay in their litter box. - Fill a cardboard tube, basket or animal-safe toy with hay and place it in your pets favorite spot. - Put a layer of hay on the bottom of the cage and hide food/treats in the hay for foraging. - Put hay everywhere: the hutch, the corner, behind the couch, etc... - Offer a variety of mixed hays to tempt animals with sophisticated tastes.
How much do I feed daily? It should be fed free choice daily. That means the hay should be available at all times. 75% of a small herbivores diet should be hay.