What type of Chinchilla food do you feed?

[KEGS]

We use Tradition and havn't had a problem yet.

 

[TinaM]

Oxbow pellets and hay. I've tried others and I have the least waste with these. Luckily, I can get big quantities anytime at my local feed store.

 

[threewingedfury]

I use Tradition at the moment, but I plan to switch to PANR before the end of February whenever my 50lb bag starts to run out and I'll have enough left for the switch. I'm hoping that I have better success with the PANR. I have a lot of the Tradition thrown on the floor the cage by some of my chins.

 

[Chinmama]

I can get PANR milled locally, and it just makes sense to me to buy as fresh as possible. The chins love it.

 

[AngelBaby]

I've heard about the soft poo problem with Mazuri but have never had a problem here and my boys love it!

 

[Carol~Anne]

I've heard about the soft poo problem with Mazuri but have never had a problem here and my boys love it!

I think Purina has put acidophiles in Mazuri pellets now and that has helped with the 'soft poo' issues. At least I think that's the case b/c I do recall reading about it a while back.

 

[Bekks]

I was feeding Mazuri for a while, but my smallest girl was weighing only 475g and losing or gaining a few grams here and there. It bothered me a bit and it seemed like she was digging through the bowl and spilling all the food out of it.
I switched to Tradition and everyone's gained at least 100g.

 

[SunshineChins]

I feed Kline to our pets and the rescues get Manna Pro Sho. I feed the Manna Pro Sho to the rescues as it is easier to get for people than Kline. Plus I send rescues home with a little over 2lbs of food.

I cannot find PANR here local yet, but I am still looking.

 

[Stackie]

I think Purina has put acidophiles in Mazuri pellets now and that has helped with the 'soft poo' issues. At least I think that's the case b/c I do recall reading about it a while back.

Actually, AFTER Purina put acidophilus in the feed is when my boys started getting loose poo.

 

[SunsetBeauty]

I just switched to PANR from Tradition about 6 months ago.

I used to drive 100 miles round trip to get Tradition for my chins, rabbits, and guinea pigs at the only feed store that carried it. Then in looking for a different cat food, I stumbled across a feed store that would only be 44 miles round trip. So I began the switch to over to PANR for the chins and rabbits.

I'm really happy with it, everyone is gaining weights and I swear their coats look much shiny and fuller too!

 

[menagerie]

I switched everyone to PANR last year. I was feeding Mazuri, I have no idea what crap people were feeding them before they came into the rescue. There were a couple of reasons for my switch: 1) After having a surgical staple removed from Lily's stomach, she wasn't interested in pellets at all, I tried a bunch of different kinds and the PANR was the only one she was interested in eating; 2) During the time that Lily was eating PANR I had a couple of pregnant chins come in and put them on PANR, they were really healthy and had some good sized babies; 3) the price of Mazuri jumped from 25lbs/$16 to $30; 4) with 25 rescues, it's easier to have everyone on the same food if I can.

 

[TAF]

Pen Pals (rabbit feed)

 

[Mystic]

I feed PANR.

 

[MonteCarloChick]

We feed our guys Oxbow

 

[Anne-Lise]

I used Mazuri for a long while but started selling Oxbow so it got cheaper for me, so now they're all 5 on Oxbow and I just love it.

 

[Midwest Exotics]

i had tried mazuri, then tradition, now im feeding manna pro show & have really like the results & availability around here.

 

[Meredith]

My two boys eat Mazuri. It's the only decent chinchilla food I can find in stores around here.

 

[Sandi]

My chins eat Mazuri but I've been thinking about switching to Oxbow. Does anyone from this forum sell Oxbow pellets?

 

[amsue0222]

Tradition, but thought about switching to PANR, since it is available closer to me.

 

[Bethany]

oxbow here