Woodlands Herbal Delight Forage Mix

[venusinflares]

We got some of this to give our two goos as a bit of a treat.

I was wondering if anyone else had given this to their goos because it sends ours completely mental. Whoever gets in the bowl first just growls and squeaks at the other and there have been instances of full on fights with Benson ending up on his back in the nest box! They just go for each other as the one in the bowl just refuses to share with the other. There hasn't been any blood drawn though (thankfully).

I'm quite new to goos and was wondering if they will settle down and start to share the new food or should I stop giving them it altogether? The seem to love it a bit too much! The rest of the time live together in perfect harmony. It is just the forage mix that causes upset.

[degus123]

With my pair I have 2 bowls, I use these all the time not just for treats. It cuts down on fights over food.

[nickymills30]

i sprinkle the woodland stuff, on the bottom of their cage, and find this helps with them not fighting x

[grumpy89]

i have a bowl for each Goo and i spread them about the cage for every meal, including treats. They all eat from every bowl depending on where they are in the cage and when they feel hungry. I feed them herbal mix as well and i put a little bit over all 3 bowls and then sprinkle a little bit over their hay and on the floor and all of them seem to get a bit!

[joodles]

our boys LOVE this and wibble at each other if they are sitting too close but usually they are too busy munching to worry! and if we want them to come to us we just shake the box we keep it in and suddenly you have a degu on your lap

[malteser60]

Mine go bonkers of the herbal delight to. I give it to them in lots of different ways, depending on the circumstance. I use the individual bits as training aid. Or I sprinkle it over the bedding so they have to forage for it. If I'm particularly short of time I'll put two lumps of it for them to eat, far apart though so they don't squabble. I also then have to place both of them next to their assigned lump otherwise, as you know, they will fight over it.

[venusinflares]

Thanks for the advice everyone.

I think we'll try putting some in the bowl and sprinkling some around, see how that goes!