Grass cuttings?

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My vet says guineas can never have too much hay and should have unlimited access to it. I figure we're going to go through an awful lot of hay. So I'm wondering, once it gets later in the year, would it be OK to give them grass cuttings (fresh or dried)? Might they pick up diseases/parasites?
 
Yes piggies should have unlimited hay its a part of their diet :)

And grass is fine, my piggies love it when its good weather and they get to go outside and they munch the grass so much we have bald patches in the garden lol :))
 
i cant wait till its warm and dry enough to put the piggies in the garden they are going to love it! (and i wont have to cut the grass hoorah!) The bunny is on back garden duty (there is no lawn in the back) she is eating all the weeds from the paving stones and out of the border (i'm not much of a gardener!)
 
Fresh grass is great provided it has not been cut by lawnmower. I cut grass with scissors but just ensure that there are no buttercups and daisies in it (both are poisonous to piggies)
 
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yep remember not lawnmower cuttings! cuttings with scissors is fine
 
Why not lawnmower cuttings? Is it because of the buttercups and daisies mixed up in them?
 
Yeah there could be something really bad on it like faeces from another animal or some poisonious plant that guineas can't touch. Just fresh grass so get pulling! I miss doing that in the spring and summer my neighbours think I'm crazy! :(|)
 
SunshineAndTwinkle said:
Yeah there could be something really bad on it like faeces from another animal or some poisonious plant that guineas can't touch. Just fresh grass so get pulling! I miss doing that in the spring and summer my neighbours think I'm crazy! :(|)
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Also the cuttings could be contaminated by the lawnmower itself if there's any grease or stuff on it.
 
I think also the grass cuttings from a lawnmower ferments and can cause bloat. Not 100% sure though, but i remember reading it somewhere...
Arran i think theyre poisonous:)
 
I have already started giving mine some grass and am hoping the weather is getting milder and damper otherwise we'll have no lawn in no time...:))

They are just loving it and beg for more each time we go in the living room...:{
 
I seem to remember reading that anything that grows from a bulb is poisonous to piggies and buttercups and daisies grow from bulbs.
 
mutton chops said:
I think also the grass cuttings from a lawnmower ferments and can cause bloat. Not 100% sure though, but i remember reading it somewhere...
Arran i think theyre poisonous:)
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Yep... its the same reason you cant give grass cuttings to horses...
 
interesting - i knew they couldnt have lawn mower cuttings, but didnt know why until now! x
 
I didnt know that daisies and buttercups were bulbsrolleyes, shows how much i know!:))
 
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