Quaker Multi Grain

[mishellyshel]

I picked this up the other day and thought it might be a good alternative to the regular oats. there is nothing added to it, the ingredients just say:
rye, barley, oats, wheat. they look like the regular oats just more "grainy"
i attached a picture of the container. let me know if you think it is okay for an alternate treat.

 

[eroomlorac]

The heck with the chins, I want to eat some of that. It sounds delicious. I think a flake or two of that would be okay for the chins but I'm not sure about the rye.

 

[Randy-Chin]

I use those items in my two organic and natural supplement that I feed all my chins.

 

[Claire D]

It is worth bearing in mind that cereals are carbohydrate high. They are also high in phosphorus and are low in calcium ......

http://www.azure-chinchillas.co.uk/pages/supplimentary_feeding.php

 

[mishellyshel]

these are just like the rolled oats but made with rye, barley, oats, wheat instead of just wheat.
i actually bought it for myself but when i saw that there were no other additives i thought maybe it could be used instead of the "pinch" of oats i give my boys as a treat.

maybe i will mix it with the herbs i bought and give them a pinch of the mixture so they would only get 4 or 5 "oats"

i guess us humans consider anything that is marketed to us as "whole grain" as being better than the alternative. I swear they could market "whole grain crack" and we might consider it because it is whole grain. lol

 

[moon]

I use a mixture similar to this in my supplement. Chinnies LOVE it, and I've had great success with them!

AND, it's absolutely delicious as a hot cereal as well!

 

[Riven]

I don't see a problem with it, if it's just grains and not a lot of additives. I haven't read the ingredients.

One thing you do need to watch on food products is things like "wheat bread"... all bread is made from wheat, that's where flour comes from. Usually if it doesn't say "whole wheat" the main ingredients are just the same as white bread, and you're really not getting anything extra over white bread.

 

[tunes]

AND, it's absolutely delicious as a hot cereal as well!

Eeeeeyuck! Moon - I bet you like oatmeal too, doncha? <barfs on floor>

 

[Essentia]

Mmmmm...oatmeal is amazing.

 

[yummychinchillatoys.com]

I like oatmeal but I'm more of a cream of wheat person when it comes to hot cereal...

 

[Jenn]

I like oatmeal as long as it is flavored...

 

[tunes]

Nooo - Gotta be cocoa wheats.

 

[Jenn]

Peggy, I have never heard of cocoa wheats...is it a wheat cereal covered in cocoa??? Sounds fishy to me I'll have to check out the cereal isle more closely!

 

[moon]

Cocoa wheats sounds DISGUSTING.
YES, I like oatmeal! You pagan, you.

Riven if this is the same stuff I'm talking about it's 5 whole grain cereal or something like that, and is really fantastic.

 

[tunes]

Watch it Moon. Don't be dissin' my CWs.

It's the best of both worlds. It's hot cereal and it's CHOCOLATE. Nom, Nom. I usually just add sugar, but a lot of people mix in peanut butter so it tastes like a Reese cup (to them, not me).

http://i.walmartimages.com/i/p/00/01/11/26/00/0001112600328_215X215.jpg

 

[moon]

wow. must be a midwest thing. . .

 

[menagerie]

Watch it Moon. Don't be dissin' my CWs.

It's the best of both worlds. It's hot cereal and it's CHOCOLATE. Nom, Nom. I usually just add sugar, but a lot of people mix in peanut butter so it tastes like a Reese cup (to them, not me).

http://i.walmartimages.com/i/p/00/01/11/26/00/0001112600328_215X215.jpg

Sounds disgusting. :vomit:

 

[mercynursie]

Well my daughter and nephew love the "puppy chow" I make it with Crispix,peante butter,peanuts and powdered sugar. It does taste like Reese cups ,but it looks just like the Purina Puppy Chow that we used to feed our puppies a really long time ago.

 

[eroomlorac]

When we were kids my brother would eat Coco Wheats every morning. I never liked hot cereal until I got older.

 

[Cola89]

I don't see a problem with it, if it's just grains and not a lot of additives. I haven't read the ingredients.

One thing you do need to watch on food products is things like "wheat bread"... all bread is made from wheat, that's where flour comes from. Usually if it doesn't say "whole wheat" the main ingredients are just the same as white bread, and you're really not getting anything extra over white bread.

So chins can eat bread?