Thanks everyone for the responses! Sorry I am replying 8 months later, but all of these responses were very helpful to me as I got started. I went to all the websites and checked out all the products, so thanks! I'm still gluten, corn, and yeast free, but I've tweaked my diet a bit and am trying to find out if there is anything else I need to eliminate or can add back in. I've found that Soy and Gluten are the worst for me to come in contact with. Since January I've been forced to learn how to cook, which is really great, because now I actually eat fruits and vegetables and hardly ever eat anything processed. I've eliminated my anxiety, depression, and migraines by at least 80%. Last year at this time I was taking 5-7 different medications, had really debilitating anxiety and depression, and was having an average of 15 migraines a month. That's really no way to live! Now I am down to one medication, which I hope to wean off this next year. I have been having 1 or 2 migraines a month, which may seem like a lot, but for me it is an amazing difference.
Anyway I am back on here telling you guys this, because I wasn't aware that wheat and soy are in so many household products, so this has been my last source of elimination. Just yesterday I thought to check out the label on my chinchilla pellets, and wouldn't you know it, wheat, soy and corn are all in there! I guess that makes sense, but I had never really thought about it before. I give them Purina, and I'm just wondering if anyone knows if there are any chin foods out there that don't have these ingredients, especially Wheat. I'm sure these things are not necessary for chins, but are probably just in there as fillers because they are such cheap ingredients. I don't have Celiac so it's not absolutely vital that I find a wheat-free pellet for them, but I am interested to know if it exists.
