Chins love loose timothy hay. It's very messy compared to
hay cubes, but our chins love it so much that we feed it
to them occasionally as a treat in addition to their
daily fresh hay cubes. Many people feed loose timothy
hay as their chin's primary hay.
There is no finer timothy hay than the timothy from
American Pet Diner. It is grown in the high desert
climate of Diamond Valley, Nevada, where the warm days
and cool nights are ideal for producing the best
possible timothy hay.
This 10 oz. "minibale" of first cut timothy hay is very
high in fiber. (If you suffer from "hay fever" you
will probably want to choose the second cut because
it doesn't have the flower heads that the first cut
does.)
Without going into much detail, timothy hay is a grass
hay whereas alfalfa hay is legume hay. Alfalfa hay is
higher in protein and minerals. Timothy hay is low in
protein and calcuim and is high in carbohydrates. It is
a great source of fiber.