Cat Grass

[LaniB]

My dog Lucky is a grazer. He loves to eat grass, but I discourage it on our walks because it because of the chemicals that are sprayed on most lawns and also weeds that could be toxic.

So I grow cat grass for Lucky to graze on after our walks. He loves it, but I need to grow him a fresh batch.

I was looking on Amazon for bulk amounts of cat grass seeds - Is cat grass oat or wheat seeds? Or sweet barley? I see all described as cat grass. (???)

I'm not sure what the current kind is that he has. I got them at Walmart but got such a small amount of seeds for 99 cents each packet ... it feels like there has to be a better way.

Does anyone else plant cat grass? Do you get seeds in bulk? And if so, what kind?

[rawnhealthy]

when i used to have cats, i got the cat grass seeds which were a mixture of different cereal grasses such as oat, barley and wheat. some of my cats likes straight wheat grass whereas others turned up their cute little noses at it- they preferred to wait until the mixture of grasses was available to them:)
i'm sure you can buy them in bulk and mix them prior to growing. good luck

[Lady Green Jeans]

Ann Wigmore had written that her pets preferred barley grass. Wheat grass is what they sell at the pet stores here in sprouted little 4" or so packs. Can try that unless you find the ingredients on the packet you have been purchasing--maybe contacting the company for more info.

[LaniB]

Thank you both!!

I found the package ... they sure dont' make it easy!!!

The package says "Aevna Sativa"

Thank goodness for my good friend Google!!! It's OATS that I've been giving him that he seems to like so much:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oat

I guess if I get some oat seeds in bulk and we should be in good shape for a while. And next time I'll try the barley to see how he likes it.

[levamssg]

sproutpeople.com also have a catgrass mixture. My cats love it.

[MyRedPanda]

http://pandazen.com/wp-content/uploa...7/IMG_1090.jpg

Here is a pic of one of our meowers eating MY wheatgrass. Bad kitty! Well, its HER wheatgrass now, lol! This is just plain old organic hard winter wheat, AKA wheatgrass. This cat loves any grass though, oatgrass or chia is also a hit with her.