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Post by katta94 on Feb 25, 2019 14:31:12 GMT
Can degu eat walnut in shell ?
- Not something i will would give them often if so.. maybe 1-2times a year ( they're pretty big)
Maybe i could find a way to remove the nut inside and only have small piece inside instead?
I let my degu play with them, but remove them once i see they have made a hole in it..
I haven't let them eat it..in fear of it being too much fat..considering the size of the nut compared to the degu.
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Post by ntg on Feb 25, 2019 14:35:44 GMT
They can have around 1 nut a month, but I tend to switch between walnuts, hazelnut, almonds and pecans in shell. I'm honestly surprised they allow you to take them away, one of my lads would kill me if I went anywhere near him when he has one, particularly a walnut  |
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Post by katta94 on Feb 25, 2019 14:44:13 GMT
I distract them with something they love more ( dried flower)..and then take the nut w/o they knowing
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Post by deguconvert on Feb 25, 2019 15:37:18 GMT
Do let them have the whole nut if you are giving them only very occasionally, like once a month as NTG says. They are a much loved treat, and they can certainly safely have and eat them on the monthly basis.
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Post by bouncy on Feb 25, 2019 21:17:57 GMT
Mine love a nut in a shell! Pecans and hazelnuts are favourites of mine. They either immediately go into a corner and demolish it straight away, or bury it in plain sight, and forget where they put it!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2019 9:49:03 GMT
I loooove the sound of a degu crunching through a nut shell!
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Post by deguconvert on Feb 26, 2019 16:44:22 GMT
I . . . mostly loved the sound of a degu crunching through a nut shell. However, there were a few occasions where the shell must have been a little harder than normal, because it would begin to sound like nails on a chalk board. SHIVVVER!!! Nails on chalk boards don't usually bother me, but there is an occasional tone achieved that would make my spine crawl . . . and our goos occasionally achieved that same tone. That's when the hammer would come out and the nut was swiftly "helped" to open. LOL
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2019 17:29:26 GMT
I . . . mostly loved the sound of a degu crunching through a nut shell. However, there were a few occasions where the shell must have been a little harder than normal, because it would begin to sound like nails on a chalk board. SHIVVVER!!! Nails on chalk boards don't usually bother me, but there is an occasional tone achieved that would make my spine crawl . . . and our goos occasionally achieved that same tone. That's when the hammer would come out and the nut was swiftly "helped" to open. LOL Oh yeah, when the cracking goes from cracking to scraping... yikes!!! My teeth clench lol |
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Post by goolover on Feb 27, 2019 10:50:57 GMT
Sounds like fun for them to, like a puzzle trying to break the shell open to devour the treat inside, might have to buy some for my lot.
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Post by skullblits on Mar 2, 2019 10:37:00 GMT
Would it be 1 nut per degu? Or just one nut between them?
I've 2 goos
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Post by deguconvert on Mar 2, 2019 18:36:09 GMT
One nut per degu. But use some thought about it as well. Some nuts in shells are very small, while others are very large. So . . . depending on the nuts you have, if it is small like a hazelnut or an almond . . . sure, one per degu. If they are all mammoth walnuts, pecans, or brazil nuts, then maybe break them in half.
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Post by moletteuk on Mar 2, 2019 22:08:26 GMT
Always fairly distributed or else you will have world war 3 on your hands.
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Post by bouncy on Mar 3, 2019 10:58:31 GMT
And have a look at the shell afterwards - I've found empty shells with such a small hole, I honestly can't figure out how they got the nut out of it!
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Post by deguconvert on Mar 3, 2019 17:45:13 GMT
I have many times found that with shells opened by our degus as well, Bouncy. I have even hung around to try and find out what/how they do it . . . but they wouldn't perform for me, LOL!
Must be a very high value degu secret!
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