Grape nuts?

[Directorthiang]

Hey! What do you all think about giving a chinchilla grape nuts as an occasional treat? Tonight I was enjoying a bowl while sitting in the chin room during playtime, and the smell of them sent my chinnies on a crazed spin about the room. They then jumped all over me like a couple of begging moochers! They've never responded that way to any treats other than oats. I figure that Grape Nuts can't be horrible for them.... it's mostly bran and fiber...

Thoughts?

 

[EveningChin]

Ingredients
Organic Whole Wheat Flour, Organic Whole Grain Malted Barley Flour, Salt, Yeast, Mixed Tocopherols (to Help Protect Flavor)Vitamins and Minerals: Reduced Iron, Niacinamide, Vitamin A Acetate, Zinc Oxide (Source of Zinc)Vitamin B6, Riboflavin (Vitamin B2)Thiamin Mononitrate (Vitamin B1)Vitamin D, Folic Acid, Vitamin B12.


Your post got me thinking. What exactly is grape nuts... So I looked it up. I wouldn't feed it to my girl because of the salt and the tocopherols. I just don't know how their digestive tracts would react. I tend to aire on the side of caution because just not giving a treat is so much cheaper on my soul and wallet then the vet. I would bet the reason for your chinnies react is due to their sweet smell (I love their smell).

Those are my thoughts. I bet others have better info on them.

 

[Directorthiang]

So is salt bad? The chinchilla rescue I got these guys from had salt spools in their cages.... bad idea for chins?

 

[tunes]

If your chins are on a good quality pellet and good hay, that is a balanced diet. They don't need or benefit from extra salt.

I wouldn't use the Grape Nuts, but I'm not a huge treat giver anyway.