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chickiewawa

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good food?
« on: July 12, 2011, 05:01:11 PM »

Is this a good pellet diet?  Also he seems to eat more loose hay than pellets or hay cubes (he has both alfalfa and timothy cubes). Which are chins supposed to eat more of, timothy or alfalfa?

Ingredients:
Wheat Middlings, Dehydrated Alfalfa Meal, Soybean Meal, Feeding Oatmeal, Dried Whey, Corn, Linseed Meal, Vegetable Oil, Calcium Carbonate, Monocalcium Phosphate, Dicalcium Phosphate, Salt, Dl-Methionine, Ferrous Carbine, Ferrous Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Manganous Oxide, Manganese Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Zinc Sulfate, Cobalt Carbonate, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite, Vitamin A Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin E Supplement, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex, Menadione Dimethylpyrimidinol Bisulfite, Thiamin Mononitrate, Niacin Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Pyridoxine Hdyrochloride, Choline Chloride, Folic Acid, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement. Note: This Product Was Made In A Facility That Handles Peanuts.

Guaranteed Analysis: Crude Protein Min 20.00%, Crude Fat Min 4.00%, Crude Fiber Max 15.00%, Moisture Max 12.00%, Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C) Min 150 Mg/Lb.

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Re: good food?
« Reply #1 on: July 17, 2011, 04:06:48 PM »

Chinchillas do tend to eat more loose hay than pellets.  That is ok.  That is a high protein content and I'm not a fan of corn in chinchilla feed, but this looks similar to the Mazuri Chinchilla feed which I recommend to people looking to buy from pet stores.
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