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Post by nuttz on Oct 25, 2010 11:02:55 GMT
the kids picked some chestnuts, walnuts and pomegranates yesterday, i know walnuts are ok but what about the others??? are they safe of not?
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Post by deguconvert on Oct 25, 2010 17:19:21 GMT
I can't find anything that indicates that either the chestnuts or the pomegranates are safe for degus to consume. I would leave those alone, I think.
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Post by nuttz on Oct 26, 2010 8:12:17 GMT
thanks deguconvert..
i also looked over the net yesterday and like yourself, couldnt find any information about degus eating either pomegranates or chestnuts, i did however read that rabbits should never eat pomegranates as they are a citrus fruit (which i didnt know). so, i shant be trying these out, nor the chestnuts, better safe than sorry!
i just thought they might like the pomegranate seeds?........obviously a big NO, NO...so i shall steer away.
but they are aloud pumpkin seeds, right??? with Halloween on our door step i was kinda excited about trying something new, if they are aloud, do you dry them first or give them fresh?...lol
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Post by deguconvert on Oct 26, 2010 16:02:26 GMT
Yes they are, and most degus go crazy for them. (Pumpkin seeds that is, lol) I would dry them first I think, or shell them.
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Post by ilikedegus on Nov 2, 2010 14:11:36 GMT
Chesnuts are mostly starch, so I'd say not safe for an animal prone to diabetes.
They apparently don't have much food value other than the calories in the starch anyway - no good vitamins or minerals.
Pumkin seeds? Mine love them.
Leave them in their shells so the goos have to do some chewing; I feed from fresh but if you lay them out on a tray in a very dry / warm place to dry out they'll keep better.
High in fat so not too many.
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Post by Jaiye on Nov 2, 2010 14:24:36 GMT
"Leave them in their shells"  Either my degus are eating the shells or I'm missing something =S Did a pumpkin saturday night - Jack Skellington!!! - and gave the goos a seed each while doing it (after cleaning them off a bit) and they just munched the whole thing =S Didn't know they had shells! They have to split the sunflower seed shells for the seed though, is that what you meant? |
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Post by nuttz on Nov 3, 2010 9:16:46 GMT
lolololol jaiye, you made me laugh! mine eat it all aswell, i put the seeds in the oven for a little while so they dried and mine love them...acctually..i think they are quite nice too... but i spit the shell out, the goos woof the lot ;D hmm, now you got me thinking, is this ok??? hmmmmm OMG, just read what deguconvert said, she mentioned deshelling them first.......................*worried now* ilikedegus i shant be giving them any chestnuts, best to be safe than sorry i think. thanks for replying though xxx |
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Post by Jaiye on Nov 3, 2010 9:30:46 GMT
I'll post a picture of him tonight =P The pumpkin that is!!! Will be trying the seeds at the weekend (as I left them at nans! XP) so they'll be dried out by then and maybe they won't eat the shell this time =) See what happens!
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Post by nuttz on Nov 3, 2010 9:42:41 GMT
mine eat the shell and i dryed my seeds, well atleast i think they eat the shells.. gunna look in the cage for empty shells now...lol i think its best to take the shells off first  |
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Post by deguconvert on Nov 3, 2010 15:47:51 GMT
I think the shell parts are eatable, and I have eaten them whole when roasted myself, so I don't think it is bad for the degus. Having said that, I'm not without doubt. LOL! I think you give them in or out of shell, whatever you feel most confident in. I always give sunflower seeds in shell, and really wouldn't feel too worried about giving pumpkin seeds in shell either. There just happens to be a health food store not far from me that sells raw, shelled pumpkin seeds, so that is what I buy for them. LOL!
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Post by Jaiye on Nov 4, 2010 18:13:07 GMT
As promised =D  Sorry the picture quality is crap though.... My phone camera is going downhill =S |
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Post by deguconvert on Nov 5, 2010 5:39:16 GMT
WHOA!!! Spooky! What did you have inside that was so bright??
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Post by nuttz on Nov 5, 2010 8:12:52 GMT
thats a fab pumpkin jaiye... looks really effective, i might post a pic of ours but its noway as good as yours |
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Post by Jaiye on Nov 5, 2010 8:42:25 GMT
Its just a candle =) But we took the picture outside so it made it more spooky =D
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Post by nuttz on Nov 5, 2010 9:38:33 GMT
a couple of piccys of halloween.. 1st the pumpkin (not as spooky as yours jaiye!)  heres a pic of all the kids, i did all their face painting...lol my 3 kids are, the big one with the green face, he is my eldest boy.. my youngest boy is the one dressed as the green skeleton and the dracula thing with the hat with cobwebs on is my youngest daughter...lol  here is a pic of one of the games we played...marshmallows on strings, theyre not aloud to touch the string! mine are the blonde kids... plus one with the green face, he has darker hair! spot my eldest daughter wiping the marshmallow gunge from her chin...lol  |
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Post by amie on Nov 5, 2010 9:44:14 GMT
Haha... awesome Halloween pictures!  |
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Either my degus are eating the shells or I'm missing something =S Did a pumpkin saturday night - Jack Skellington!!! - and gave the goos a seed each while doing it (after cleaning them off a bit) and they just munched the whole thing =S Didn't know they had shells! They have to split the sunflower seed shells for the seed though, is that what you meant?
