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[1newChinmom1]

OK, newest thing to worry about  . I saw so many of those cute wooden knot balls in your chin pictures here, that I went out and bought one for each of our chins. They looked like so much fun!  It wasn't until our Little Mother started taking hers apart that I realized they come with a walnut in them  ! So my question is this, is it safe for them to eat the walnut  ? I know she will have it out by morning, she takes a willow wand bundle apart in about twenty minutes. So, can she have the "prize inside? or should I take it out? Either way is ok, I just want to know before I give it to her.


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[BambiLove]

walnut is just like a treat, like any other kind of nuts, which contains fatty things that are not good for chinchilla. I would say take it out =[ isn't your chinchilla too young for treat? (sorry i dont remember hehe) if she is, don't give it to her. And if she's big enough for treat, eating 1 walnut won't kill her, but i would say no treat for her for about a week if she eat that walnut. To save the trouble, i would recommend taking it out.

[1newChinmom1]

Sounds like a plan  . We aren't sure how old the Little Mother is (she came as a surprise), but the little Sir is three months old (he was born here)  .
 He won't take his apart, only her. They are really so very different! Thanks for the quick answer  !

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[jmdebb]

so they do have walnuts in them.. i have a few i bought i was gonna put on my site.. those little knot nibblers things... all different colors pegs stuck together from super pet??  ugh..

[1newChinmom1]

so they do have walnuts in them.. i have a few i bought i was gonna put on my site.. those little knot nibblers things... all different colors pegs stuck together from super pet??  ugh..

yeah, walnuts! Persephone started taking out the pins that hold it together almost immediately  , but Cerberus (Little Sir) has yet to dissemble his. Funny thing, they can't get a good hold onto the walnut! The harder they try to 'crack' iot, the quicker it slips out of their little mouths!  We have put Persephones into the bathroom for running play time = they chase it around like a golf ball!

[Gallardo_Puff]

I got Gallardo one of those and he demolished it, but then just left the walnuts alone. He didn't like them in his cage.