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Post by Kins on May 10, 2013 8:18:13 GMT
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Post by ntg on May 10, 2013 8:36:06 GMT
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Post by Kins on May 23, 2013 8:44:06 GMT
So I've recently switched my boys over to JRF Chin Mix and Versele Laga Crispy. They all seem to be going down well...except...this is Dave's food bowl at the end of 2 bowl fulls (over a few days)...  moletteuk Will your girls not eat these nugget things either..? |
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Post by moletteuk on May 23, 2013 9:46:59 GMT
Yeah, those are the pieces my lot look at with scorn. It's really a bummer because I think those are the grass pellets.
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Post by Kins on May 23, 2013 9:51:00 GMT
Is there something we can try and substitute them with? Or would hay be good enough, Dave really enjoys hay and will sometimes eat that over 'proper' food. Stan & Nige seem happy enough to eat them. They do tend to leave them until last, but they do get eaten...if I starve them long enough  |
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Post by moletteuk on May 23, 2013 10:47:47 GMT
Oh, that's more encouraging if Stan & Nige will eat them  Yes, hay and fresh and dried plants make them less important. |
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Post by saddlers on May 24, 2013 10:42:07 GMT
I thought I would drop an image up of the JR Farm Food Degu Adult for others to see. Mine arrived a couple of days ago, and I am very impressed, it is a bit on the pricey side, but it smells fresh and my goos have certainly taken a liking to it. It appears low in seeds so I will do my usual and add in a bit of seed mix now and again. My experience with other foods is that the nuggets always seem to get left until the end, but the degus are going for them first every time and even our fussy degu Alfie is chomping them down..you can see the light brown ones in the photo and there are also some green donut shaped ones. From the noise they are making when eating them I also think they may be good teeth grinding material!!  |
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Post by moletteuk on May 24, 2013 18:57:53 GMT
Oh, that looks more appetising than I was anticipating. Have you seen the info on it in the new commercial food chart though? It has a Ca:P ratio of less than one, which is terrible. I wouldn't feed it without supplementing calcium. It's so low I think you would need to add an artificial calcium supplement powder to make enough impression on the levels, rather than just throwing in high calcium seeds or alfalfa.
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Post by ntg on May 24, 2013 19:49:33 GMT
Molette, did you manage to look at the grainless feed I'd shown you and gather any thoughts on it?
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Post by saddlers on May 24, 2013 20:24:22 GMT
Oh, that looks more appetising than I was anticipating. Have you seen the info on it in the new commercial food chart though? It has a Ca:P ratio of less than one, which is terrible. I wouldn't feed it without supplementing calcium. It's so low I think you would need to add an artificial calcium supplement powder to make enough impression on the levels, rather than just throwing in high calcium seeds or alfalfa. I did not realise that, I made the assumption that as a pre-made food it would be reasonably balanced.....  ...at that price you would expect it to have everything!!!  |
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Post by moletteuk on May 26, 2013 17:17:56 GMT
Molette, did you manage to look at the grainless feed I'd shown you and gather any thoughts on it? Sorry Ntg, I kept forgetting about this. Yes, it looks OK in theory, v similar to the chin one but no rosehips and better calcium. I've always been wary of rabbit food because it can have coccidiostats in, which can be bad for degus according to degutopia. Not sure how likely it is to be in there, you could always contact them to ask, but it did take them a couple of weeks to get back to me. |
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Post by ntg on May 26, 2013 18:30:17 GMT
I'll give them an email then, as it would be easier than sorting the chin mix out! I'm guessing the email will be on their website?
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Post by moletteuk on May 26, 2013 18:45:30 GMT
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Post by ntg on May 26, 2013 18:50:31 GMT
Ahh was your enquiry in English or German? As I know less German than I do Latin |
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Post by moletteuk on May 26, 2013 22:27:33 GMT
I just wrote in English.
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Post by ntg on Jul 4, 2013 11:45:35 GMT
So I've recently switched my boys over to JRF Chin Mix and Versele Laga Crispy. They all seem to be going down well...except...this is Dave's food bowl at the end of 2 bowl fulls (over a few days)... moletteuk Will your girls not eat these nugget things either..? Just to say, my lot eat these cobs more willingly than they do the others in the mix! I have a group of weirdos apparently |
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Post by saddlers on Jul 4, 2013 13:45:30 GMT
I have found that whilst ours may not eat all of these at the first time of asking, if held back they seem to prefer them on occasion as treats...I think that makes my group of weirdos stranger than your group of weirdos!! |
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Post by animalmadchloe on Oct 8, 2013 21:41:52 GMT
So my 10kg bag of jr degu adult food is nearly all gone and again I've been scouring through all the different
Foods trying to decide what to buy but I can't decide :s any suggestions on what you think is good at the moment ??
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Post by moletteuk on Oct 9, 2013 10:52:14 GMT
A mix of Versele Laga Crispy, JRF grainless Chin (with the apple & some rosehips removed and check they eat the grass pellets before you buy a big bag) and Pre Alpin would be my suggestion. You could still add in some Degu Adult to the mix for the variety of ingredients, but I wouldn't choose to feed that on its own.
I need to add a pic of the Pre Alpin to this thread, will try to do that soon.
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Post by animalmadchloe on Oct 9, 2013 19:34:17 GMT
So get a couple different feeds and mix
together ?
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Yes, hay and fresh and dried plants make them less important.
...at that price you would expect it to have everything!!! 
