Chuckyegg Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 Hi I'm v.new to all this having only had my girls for 3 weeks, but they dont seem to drink much water. The books all rekon that they need much more than mine seem to drink in a day!! Also they dont seem interested in pasta or rice (cooked) or the porridge I made them to warm them up......... only corn and grapes... but not raisins??!! Should I keep trying them ...I imagine that they didnt get many treats before I got them so maybe they just need to get used to them?? What do you think? sorry for all the questions........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 Snap, I've had mine 3 weeks too! I'm the same, my 3 don't drink nearly as much as I had read they would. I end up throwing away half a glug every morning (annoying as I put apple cider vinegar in it!) Maybe it's the time of year. Re treats, my girls will eat almost everything I've tried so far - corn, raisins, pasta, grapes, cucumber, strawberry tops, oatmeal, sweetcorn, tuna and especially mealworms (I get knocked down in the rush for them ). I keep any cooked pasta in water till I give it to them (then chop it small). I also add a spoonful of garlic powder to anything they get (seems to work - there's very little smell in the run or eglu). Sorry, this isn't really helping you. I suppose you should just persevere & keep trying new things till you find something they really like - try sprinkling mealworms on anything, that might work! BTW, I like your avatar! Haven't seen that one before! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 Wait until they start laying the will hoover all the food up and will definitely drink more. Keep persevering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 agree, mine didn't seem to eat or drink much until they began to lay - now they just hoover it up! They are probably not so bothered about treats because they are young and not eating so much - when they start eating more, I bet they will begin to appreciate the pasta and other things. Mine go mad for cooked potato peelings! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol U Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 Mine hardly seemed to eat or drink at all at first - I was seriously worried. They even refused corn. However, once they started to lay they turned into total pigs overnight and will eat almost anything now. Still don't like corn though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...