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I'll just throw out there, there are plenty of people who do no transition at all, especially between higher quality foods. I've brought many animals home that the people sending them provided no changeover food. That makes it kinda hard to do a gradual switch, and the chins do just fine with cold turkey. I'm not advocating an abrupt changeover. When I switched the entire herd over to a new food, I did a 50/50 mix for a month...

Did it start with the new bag?

Ok. Thanks for the input everyone =D I appreciate that a lot. I didn't want to chance anything, especially when I have so many knowledgeable people to ask. So thanks again =D

LOL, see HM??? People appreciate you I used carefresh until I got too many cages and it became a little too costly, but when I did use it, most of the chins would at least taste it. I did have one that would actually eat it, but not too much...never noticed any problem with him, either. Unless your chin eats A LOT of it, I wouldn't be worried.

The boys are only five months old.

I would be a little careful with younger chins...I had a very bad experience changing from Tradition to Mazuri, which are both quality feeds- and I went slow. I think they did exactly what your boys are doing and just ate the new stuff. The one that had the most problems did not like hay much at all either, so that may have been the problem. Runny poo is not fun. I now use Lifeline and extra probiotics when I get new animals and need to change...

Quote: Originally Posted by HedgeMom Did it start with the new bag? No, it started a few weeks ago, at least started getting worse. I think she is actually doing it less with this bag, but it is hard to tell...

Alfalfa and orchard are fine. I keep mine alfalfa cubes and loose timothy hay all of the time. I fill 2 times daily...

That's great that they don't sell animals. I think that the world would be so much better if pet stores didn't sell animals. At least then the stupid people who breed pet store animals with no pedigree would have to buy from a breeder, who probably would be smart enought not to sell their animals in the first place. Ahhhh.... a dream world.

My hays are stored separately but when I feed a blend, I will mix the different types in the hay racks. I feed timothy hay always and will blend in other grass hays and grain hays in on different days.