Oxbow Multi-Vitamin?

[Kriko24]

My sister came home with a container of Oxbow Multi-Vitamin supplements about a week ago. She asked me if there was any advantage in giving them to her chin. I wasn't really sure what to tell her because I've never seen them before. Does anyone have any information (pros and cons) about them and is this something I should start giving my chin? Thanks everyone!

 

[ticklechin]

I see no benefit from feeding it and the fat % is pretty high for something that is supposed to be healthy, if the chin is eating oxbow pellets I frankly wonder why oxbow thinks it needs a vitamin also.

 

[Tagna]

At the last trade show I was at they had a line of Oxbow supplements coming out and they were full of stuff I wouldn't give a chin.

 

[Kriko24]

My sister and I both feed Oxbow pellets and I've always been under the impression that Oxbow makes good quality products. I figured I would see what other people thought about the vitamins before I started/she continued feeding them to her chin.

 

[ticklechin]

Oxbow hay and pellets are fine, Oxbow IMO is lowering its standards to cater to pet people and their "need" to feed treats and the such, most of the oxbow treats are crud along with this vitamin and its 5% fat.

 

[Kriko24]

I had a feeling it maybe had something to do with Oxbow trying to make a product that people felt like they needed...glad I held off. Sorry to my sister who wasted $7 bucks.

 

[Sandi]

Oxbow hay and pellets are fine, Oxbow IMO is lowering its standards to cater to pet people and their "need" to feed treats and the such, most of the oxbow treats are crud along with this vitamin and its 5% fat.

I totally agree with this, in the aisle where I used to see all the chinchilla "junk" food, I now see a lot of products mixed in made by Oxbow .

 

[melbur10]

Are these the 'natural science' line of vitamins?

 

[Kriko24]

Are these the 'natural science' line of vitamins?

Yes that's what they're called.

 

[Magyk]

Umm, the multi vitamin is not designed to give anything that is recieving pellet, it say so right on the informational packets.

They are designed mostly for people with rabbits who are on a hay only diet and have a hard time getting the vitamins from a different source. They have proven to be very good for a number of our rescue buns who come in and are low weight and need a boost. It's simply for people who want to feed without pellets.

I would not call them poor quality, but I do not feed them to my chin either. All of my rabbits get the joint supplement (Which is great because we do agility with them) as well as two getting the urinary support, two getting the immune support and one on the digestive as he is prone to digestive upset.

I've found all of Oxbow's products to suit a purpose. Just because they don't work for a chinchilla do not make them "junk food". They're good for other animals, as most of Oxbow's products cater to rabbits and guinea pigs anyways, it makes sense for most of their products to be for them. I do not even believe it is harmful to the chins, if fed properly.

 

[AZChins]

Magyk, I've noticed that with the products that oxbow offers. It seems like their products really are just for rabbits and guinea pigs. Somehow they fit in the chins with it, but don't really take into account what the chins really need as opposed to what they can get people to buy because it might work for chinchillas.

The Oxbow guinea pig pellets work really well with my guinea pigs. The supplements and things offered by oxbow seem to work great with other species, that's for sure.

I'd just stick to pellets and hay and possibly supplements used by actual chinchilla people. Stay away from the treats and things offered by oxbow, they're expensive and not all that great for the chins.

 

[Kriko24]

Are the Oxbow hay mats, tubes, etc okay to give to your chin?

 

[melbur10]

The only thing I don't realy like about some of these oxbow supplement treats is the molasses ... But you find that in chin cookies too... At any rate none of my chins will touch these supplement tabs they must not be very appealing to my spoiled bratty babies

 

[Tagna]

Are the Oxbow hay mats, tubes, etc okay to give to your chin?

I use them for the chins that don't pee all over them.

 

[Kriko24]

The only thing I don't realy like about some of these oxbow supplement treats is the molasses ... But you find that in chin cookies too... At any rate none of my chins will touch these supplement tabs they must not be very appealing to my spoiled bratty babies

My sisters chin didn't seem too excited about the supplement 'treat' either, so they might not be very tasty in general!

I use them for the chins that don't pee all over them.

Hmm, I've never used them with my chin just because I wasn't sure about them. I'll have to try one out. Thanks! Hopefully he doesn't pee on it...

 

[Magyk]

The only thing I don't realy like about some of these oxbow supplement treats is the molasses ... But you find that in chin cookies too... At any rate none of my chins will touch these supplement tabs they must not be very appealing to my spoiled bratty babies

That seems odd, as my rabbits go absoloutly ballistic for the supplements. At night when they get their goodnight snack they get their veggies first, then pellets, water, hay and finally the supplements. They start going crazy when they hear the container, bounding back and forth and thumping their feet, they love them.

Magyk does not go crazy for much though... Besides her nightly apple stick.

 

[melbur10]

I think these realy were designed with bunnies in mind more so. I'm guessing chin taste and rabbit taste differ on these