twiggy
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Hello, everyone. I'm new here. I just adopted my new chinchilla, Flicka, yesterday. I have questions concerning hay and her diet.
Her old owner fed her what I figure is junk food. It has little kibbles in it, pellets, sun flower seeds, and some other things. I noticed that Flicka tends to eat the choice things out and leave the pellets, and I guess I can't blame her. Who wants brussel sprouts when they can have creme brulee? Anyway, I started mixing Oxbow pellets in and she's had no qualms with eating those.
Her owner also gave her hay (Kaytee brand) and little hay cubes (also Kaytee brand). I already had Oxbow orchard grass hay for my guinea pigs, so I gave her some of that along with her old Kaytee. The thing is, she doesn't appear to touch her hay. I see her at her food bowl quite often, but the hay remains untouched. She chewed on a hay cube a little last night, but that was it. Heck, my dog got into the bag of hay cubes and chewed up the rest...right after I vacuumed. (Thanks, dog!)
So... my questions are:
1) Is there any way to get her to eat hay?
2) Should I give her more pellets than what the bag recommends since she won't eat the hay?
3) Are hay cubes necessary or is that just something to give them to spice things up a little?
4) Where does a person buy rosehips? (That one was kinda random, huh?)
Her old owner fed her what I figure is junk food. It has little kibbles in it, pellets, sun flower seeds, and some other things. I noticed that Flicka tends to eat the choice things out and leave the pellets, and I guess I can't blame her. Who wants brussel sprouts when they can have creme brulee? Anyway, I started mixing Oxbow pellets in and she's had no qualms with eating those.
Her owner also gave her hay (Kaytee brand) and little hay cubes (also Kaytee brand). I already had Oxbow orchard grass hay for my guinea pigs, so I gave her some of that along with her old Kaytee. The thing is, she doesn't appear to touch her hay. I see her at her food bowl quite often, but the hay remains untouched. She chewed on a hay cube a little last night, but that was it. Heck, my dog got into the bag of hay cubes and chewed up the rest...right after I vacuumed. (Thanks, dog!)
So... my questions are:
1) Is there any way to get her to eat hay?
2) Should I give her more pellets than what the bag recommends since she won't eat the hay?
3) Are hay cubes necessary or is that just something to give them to spice things up a little?
4) Where does a person buy rosehips? (That one was kinda random, huh?)