Mineral Licks?

[flibble]

Hi, I was just wondering whether anyone else gives their degus mineral licks ? I bought a big grape shaped one for them but I don't want to give it too them yet just incase they're not meant to have them

[darkangel]

Hi i recently brought a grape mineral lick for my degus as one of the baby degus has bad teeth and it will help to keep her teeth in shape it hasn't caused any problems so i would say give it to them it's done mine no harm

[Deleted]

just thought i should add my two pennth worth...
i have given my four boys a mineral stone (think they are simliar to the licks?!), also in the shape of a grape....For the first few days they didnt touch it. I think it was because they were settling in and also not used to such luxeries (all they had in their old home was a single tired cage, with one ledge and a cardboard tube)...
But i just noticed today that they have all taken a sudden likeling to it....almost half of it has gone, its a good thing they are fairly cheap, looks like my boys have taken a liking to them!.

[flibble]

Thanks for the replies, have put it in their cage and it's already covered in nibble marks, so they obviously like it!! ;D

[Aimeelou]

ive had the same sort of thing tied to my cage and it has two nibbles in and thats it!

[marumba7]

Yeah, I strung my from the roof of the cage. They liked to play with it more than they liked to... lick it.

[jrosler04]

where did you get it?? i need to figure out where to get goodies for my boys! only 1 of the 5 petstores near me have heard of them! it is hard to find stuff for them here!!

[flibble]

I got mine from a garden centre that has a pet section, they had quite a variety of shapes and only 99p!

[darkangel]

I got mine from wilko's cost me 69p i first brought the mum and babies one then i brought the two boys 1 and one of the boys totally destrody it within 5 mins and he turned pink as well

[jrosler04]

I found a package of 5 "flavored" mineral licks today...it was $4 or somethign like that!

The flavors are: apple, celery, carrot, and 2 others, but I can't remember!!

[tamina]

My girls, have a mineral block, they chewed on it like twice, then the decided that it made a better perch to sit on and pee on. Maybe it's because mine isn't flavoured? I 'll try to get some different ones so that they can wear down their teeth.

[thegrouchybeast]

Does it say on the packet what they're flavoured with? I've been a bit wary of flavoured wood/mineral chews for my girls, in case there's sugar in there to make them more attractive to eat.

[diet otaku]

well, there's mineral licks, and then there's mineral blocks. the licks are the brick-colored wheels that you put on a peg and the animals lick. the mineral blocks are mostly calcium supplement that are shaped and flavored a variety of ways. the most common one is the ice-cream cone. i used to give my boys the cones, but all they would do is turn it into a pile of shards and dust, without actually eating any of it, and the sound of them chewing it was really annoying. >_@

[may]

my degus have a mineral lick and a mineral block. they don't pay attention to either