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Old 18-11-2009, 10:51 PM
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I've had my 2 stars for almost a month and i've read that grasses should be a major part of its diet but i've tried lawn grass and a different type which i'm not sure what the name of but they never seem to touch it. If i put that on top of the weeds such as dandelion, clovers, bristly ox tongue it will always rummage through the grass to the weeds and leave the grass. I've tried cutting it up but still they somehow just leave the grass. Currently i'm growing some timothy grass to see if they'll touch that but in the meantime what shall i do? Also i have several other weeds in my garden which i haven't been able to ID so i shall post some pics tomorrow once i get home after school as some help would be much appreciated.

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Old 18-11-2009, 11:10 PM
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All I can think of is what you've already tried. Cutting it up really finely and mixing it with things they do like, increasing the amount of grass gradually, when they start eating it. Or, you could maybe try offering only grass, nothing else at all? If they're hungry, they will eat it, then they may be happier to eat it along with the weeds afterwards. They may well be eating some of it, but they prefer the weeds. This is why offering only grass for a while may help.

I've never had to do it though, someone else may give you better advice
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Old 18-11-2009, 11:25 PM
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Just stick with it, also plenty of winter panisies coming in garden centres etc now, and you culd get some opuntia aswel which they should have a chomp on
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