Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[Socrates399]

I am a new chinchilla owner, and I don't know a lot about what they can or can't eat.  I was eating a saltine the other day, and he started begging for it, so I gave him a tiny corner (I was careful to scrape the salt off, because it seemed like it would be a lot of salt for such a tiny little creature).  He went WILD for it.  Whenever I eat a saltine in his vicinity he goes crazy and begs for it.  I only gave him the tiniest corners, so I doubt he's eaten even a whole cracker's worth yet.  He has not showed any adverse effects, but I don't want to make him sick.  Can anyone tell me whether saltines with the salt scraped off are an appropriate treat?

[Jo Ann]

   I often use the no-salt oyster crackers you normally put in soup ... they are the perfect size for them to hold and they do seem to love them.  I would often included these in the baggie of treats that was in my "going away" package when one of my little ones were adopted.

To this point in time, I have not seen anything in writting that would not allow you to give your little one a small piece of a regular cracker with no salt on it.

   Jo Ann

[Debbie.nl.ca]

Mine love them too,and many times I've run out of their cereal and would sub in a cracker.