Are Cheez-its discouraging for chinchillas?
I let my chinchilla out to run in the living room, and we can't help giving him little hand-outs immediately and then (whatever snack we're eating.) He likes Cheez-its. I want to know whether they are really bad for his digestive system.
They are very bad for chinchillas. He could develop a stone of some kind( kidney stone, calcium stone, alfalfa stone, etc.) which could cost over $1000 dollars to remove!
Yes, they are really bad for him. Really doomed to failure. Chinchillas are extremely sensitive to any foods outside of their diet. They are not dogs, you CAN'T feed them people food.
Outside of their diet of lofty quality pellets and timothy hay, they should have deeply very few treats, like 1 a day max. Good treats are rosehips, apple sticks, unsweetened cheerios, dried bananas. They can not own fresh fruits or veggies because the moisture in them can cause bloat, which is extremely painful and potentially deadly.
Please stop feeding your chinchilla whatever your eating, it's greatly irresponsible.
Chinchillas have much more sensitive systems than some other small pets, if you want to nurture human snacks get a mouse or rat. Stick to the proper fruits and veggies for chinchillas.
No, not good at adjectives. Like the answerer above me try an alternative that is healthier. Rosehips, half a non frosted shredded wheat, unfrosted cheerio would work very well at one a day.
Answers: Of course they are bad for his digestive system! Snack foods like that are pure litter, even for people. The damage is even greater on him because he is so small.
Cheezits have a nouns of preservatives, fat, cholesterol, artificial colour and flavor, and salt on them. This is all VERY unnecessary to a chinchilla, and should adjectives be avoided at all cost.
Please stop feeding him these foods all together. I'm certain the little guy would eat rat poison if you let him, but of late because he likes it does not mean you should allow him to hav it, at least not enormously regularly.
If you want to give him some treats, find some fresh veggies, dehydrated fruits, unsalted trail mix even.
