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| Health treats, snack & Supplements |
| WARNING! Most pet chinchillas recieve too many treats! Make sure that you are not killing your chin with kindness. Of the items suggested in the following list, only one item should be given each day. |
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| Supplements and Grain Mix - Chinchillas enjoy a bit of grain every week to 10 days. The extra oils in some of the seeds are also healthy. Best if you remove all the corn kernels. Hamster mix is fine, sans the corn... you can give oat grouts mixed with sweet horse feed (no corn), but dry plain oatmeal works well for most pet keepers. Vitamin C - 1/2 - 1 tab chewable natural source Vit C once a week. Those red pellets? - Calf Manna and Animax are two red pellets that are sold for a variety of animals. These pellets smell of licorice and most animals really seem to enjoy these pellets You can get as many opinions, some confusing, on these when it comes to feeding it to chins. My take it a small amount is not going to harm them, but I think some folks over feed this supplement in the later part of pregnancy Cuttle Bone - Offer in the cage for several days are a time. Adds calcium and trace minerals. |
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| Treats & Sweets: Raisins are probably the most widely fed chinchilla treat, while also possibly being the worst treat. These are almost all sugar and make the poop slick. People sometimes are treating their chins to what they think is a good thing, but maybe it is time to look at other alternatives: Use plain or unsweetened products only, Shredded wheat cereal is one of my chins favorites. A spoonsized square can be broken in to several bits for a training session. Some will accept cherrios, Whole grain toast, crisp and cut in to small squares, and dried papaya provides digestive enzymes. A raisin, a date piece, a craisin or something of that nature every few weeks is no harm, but only if health has been normal. A prune or a few raisins maybe in order if poos are small and irregular. |
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