Oats and Cherrios safe for babies?

[deanna_xo]

I'd like to start training my chins to come when I call them. I know you can't give treats till 4 months. Mine are 2 months old. Are oats safe at this age? Are cherrios?

THANKS!

 

[Stackie]

You actually want to wait until they are 6 months old to give any treats. You can give them their pellets. If you hand it to them they may think it's something special.

 

[BookWorm]

You can give them their pellets. If you hand it to them they may think it's something special.

This is exactly what I did with my chin when I got her. Pick longer pieces of food, though, so your chin can clearly see the food in your fingers. if not, you may run the risk of getting nibbles when you aren't holding a pellet. My girls also love the fluffy ends of the Timothy hay (I call them caterpillars) so when I find one, I hand it to the girls like a treat too.

 

[Riven]

Treats are what people think they are... what I'm saying is people get stuck in what they think a treat is. We think of a treat as something to eat. Chins dont.

I small twig is a treat, a piece of a different kind of hay is a treat...

I don't understand where the "no treats until 6 months" actually came from. My young and baby chins have always eaten what my big chins have, whether it be an occasional shredded wheat, supplement (with oats, barely, flax seed, etc) or what not. Ryerson's have been raising chins for longer than I've been alive and they feed a oat based supplement specifically to their young chins. I don't believe that any chin needs raisins, fruits, or veggies either though...

 

[Cuddlebug]

I believe the reasoning behind "no treats until 6 months" is that if they are eating a bunch of treats, they will eat less of the food they they need, like hay and pellets.

 

[ticklechin]

Mind you, I don't do kits but my ex mentor told me that kits should have nothing but hay and pellets since the gut bacteria was not fully populated with good bacteria and they are more easily prone to bloat.

 

[Cuddlebug]

Good point, Dawn.

 

[jessica.medina]

In my opinion apple twigs make the best treats. They are large enough to see and the chins go nuts!

 

[my3esses]

In my opinion apple twigs make the best treats. They are large enough to see and the chins go nuts!

where can you buy apple twigs??

 

[becky12883]

where can you buy apple twigs??

Check the classifieds section. I believe Chinnieshop listed some apple wood recently, and there are usually a few others.