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I have put Timothy Hay inside her hideaway, in all the corners of the cage and they are very big plies of hay is this ok?
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Big piles of hay are fine but I wouldn't put it inside her hidey. She will end up making a huge mess out of it.
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but how long do I leave the vegetable in the cage to eat and is this enough?
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A good couple hours or so or until you see the lettuce wilting. If she's just getting used to eating veggies, it's a good start. Just intro a new food or two every 2-3 days.
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She has never had anything but carrots so I wanted to get her use to other vegetables because I read on this forum that carrots are not that great. When should I begin to introduce fruits (strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, oranges) and how much of those items to vegetables should be included in the total 1 cup serving a day? Finally is it ok to put the mix in a feed bowl or should I just place it onto pf her hay? Sorry so long I may have more questions later.
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Carrots aren't very good nutritionally, more of a treat veggie. You can still give her a bit of carrot daily
if she's eating the lettuce and peppers.
Fruits are high in sugars and should be fed sparingly. Maybe once or twice per week in very limited amounts. When you do start feeding them, it would be like one small strawberry or two blueberries/raspberries or one small slice of orange. But, I wouldn't worry about fruit right now, get her to eat the veggies she needs first.
You can place the veggies on the hay, on the floor of the cage, in a bowl, on a small plate, basically any way you want to.