Help needed

[Gven]

Hi everyone,

I am a (fairly) new chinchilla owner and I would like to get the best pellet-based food available in my region. My problem is that I live in Finland and here are not many choices for quality chinchilla food. I have been feeding Versele-Laga Chinchilla Complete, but I would like to know if it's good for my chin's health or not.

Here are the nutrition facts of the pellet I mentioned above:


Protein 16%
fats of vegetable origin 3.5%
20% of the fiber
ash content of 8%
calcium, 0.9%
phosphorus, 0.6%

Ingredients: Preparations of vegetables, cereals, vegetables (min. 10%), vegetable protein extracts, seeds, minerals, prebiotics FOS and MOS, lecithin (0.2 /%), yucca extract, marigold

Is it good for my chinchillas?

Thanks for the answers

 

[Khammy]

I use Oxbow myself but I think the other favorite is Mazuri... here's their info on that for comparison to yours.

Oxbox:
Ingredients

Alfalfa Meal, Soybean Hulls, Wheat Middlings, Soybean Meal, Soybean Oil, Salt, Lignin Sulfonate, Cane Molasses, L-Ascorbyl-2-Monophosphate (Vitamin C), Limestone, Yeast Culture (dehydrated), Vitamin E Supplement, Choline Chloride, Zinc Proteinate, Zinc Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Niacin, Copper Sulfate, Selenium Yeast, Vitamin A Supplement, Folic Acid, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Copper Proteinate, Riboflavin Supplement, Manganese Proteinate, Biotin, Manganous Oxide, Thiamine Mononitrate, Magnesium Sulfate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Sodium Selenite, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Cobalt Carbonate, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Calcium Iodate
Guarenteed Analysis

Crude Protein (min) 18.00%
Crude Fat (min) 2.50%
Crude Fiber (min) 18.00%, max 23.00%
Moisture (max) 10.00%
Calcium (min) 0.60%, (max) 1.10%
Phosphorus (min) 0.25%
Salt (min) 0.50%, (max) 1.00%
Vitamin A (min) IU/kg 19,000
Vitamin D (min) IU/kg 900
Vitamin E (min) IU/kg 190
Copper (min) 30 ppm


Mazuri
Crude protein not less than 20.0%
Crude fat not less than 3.0%
Crude fiber not more than 18.0%
Ash not more than 9.0%
Added minerals not more than 1.5%

Ingredients:
Alfalfa meal, soybean meal, wheat middlings, ground oats, ground soybean hulls, wheat germ meal, ground beet pulp, cane molasses, soybean oil, dicalcium phosphate, ground yellow corn, dried whey, salt, calcium carbonate, cyanocobalamin (source of vitamin B-12), riboflavin, calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, DL-methionine, folic acid, vitamin A acetate, nicotinic acid, cholecalciferol (source of vitamin D-3), dl-alpha tocopheryl acetate (source of vitamin E), choline chloride, sodium selenite, magnesium oxide, manganous oxide, ferrous carbonate, calcium iodate, copper sulfate, cobalt carbonate, zinc sulfate, zinc oxide.

 

[Gven]

Thank you for the answer and I see that the Versele-Laga Chinchilla Complete is not as well nutritionally balanced as the Mazuri or Oxbow but unfortunately where is live I can't purchase either of them. That's why I would need to know if the pellet I chose is good enough for my chins to maintain a healthy diet.

 

[tunes]

If it's all you can get, it won't make much difference really. You aren't offering two choices and saying which is better. You're saying this is what you can get. No, it's not a great feed, but what else can you do?

Oxbow ships pretty much to anywhere in the world depending on where you buy it from. there are people on here who will ship anywhere in the world as well. You might want to consider checking with them. If you only have a couple chinchillas, 15 pounds of feed will last you a good bit, especially if you give them good quality hay along with it.