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Post by melrohner on Jan 10, 2011 0:36:16 GMT
Okay, I really feel stupid on this one. My area is expecting extreme bad weather tonight. On my way to work this evening I was going to pick up food for the degus, since I'm almost out. I had a few other errands to run, and I just flat forgot. By the time I get through with work, the pet stores will be closed. Is there anything I can pick up at the grocery store or somewhere that will be open for my degus to eat? I have dog food at home, if they can eat that temporarily, and also hamster food which I'll feed them if worse comes to worst. And they have plenty of hay, but they don't eat it very well. I feel really dumb that I forgot, but they have to have something. Thanks for any help!
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Post by deguconvert on Jan 10, 2011 4:25:29 GMT
Small bit of dry pasta, porridge oats, celery, dried herbs like parsely, dill, oregano, and basil, tiny bit of unsweetened peanut butter. Lots to help get them through the day/night!
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Post by smux on Jan 10, 2011 10:34:32 GMT
DC covered most of the options, but didn't mention other vegetables...there's a whole bunch of veggies you could give, also don't forget they eat hay and it makes up a fair percentage of their diet. A night without food won't kill them or even make them slightly hungry, they'll forage for food around their cage and they'll eat almost anything you give them. You will probably have treats like peanuts/sunflower seeds, and these give them lots of energy as well as fat and these are both important to keep degus going. Hamster food is a no-no from memory, although guinea pig food (MIX only, not nuggets...if there's any chance you can get some from a friend or another shop) is okay. Generally, food for other animals is bad because it contains ingredients specifically for that animal that wouldn't be good for others (medicines too) but guinea pig mix doesn't as it's unprocessed, and even the processed bits are okay as guinea pigs and degus are closely related.
There's also the options of breakfast cereals like shredded wheat, puffed rice and cornflakes but in all cases they have to be 100% without any other ingredients...and of those, shredded wheat is probably the best option and cornflakes the worst. You also shouldn't give much shredded wheat, the bitesize ones are best and they can have a couple of those each.
Give them a mixture of these things so they have a little choice and lots of nutrients.
Face it, your mistake is their gain...they'll think it's Christmas again already :-)
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