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DeguGirl
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| Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 5:38 pm Post subject: Dog Biscuits? |
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I currently use dog biscuits with all my hamsters for them to gnaw on, they love them and it helps keep their teeth trimmed, and its also healthy for them! Is it okay for degus?
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amethystbelle
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I would say no due to the ingredients in dog biscuits, do you have a list of the ingredients?
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Wheat flour, wheat bran, beef meal, beef bone meal, milk, wheat germ, beef fat preserved with tocopherols, salt, dicalcium phosphate, natural flavor, calcium carbonate, brewers dried yeast, malted barley flour, vitamins (choline chloride, dl-alpha tocopheryl acetate {vitamin E}, vitamin A acetate, calcium pantothenate, riboflavin, vitamin B-12 suppliment, D-activated animal sterol {source of vitamin D-3}), sodium metabisulfite (dough conditioner), minerals (zinc sulfate, copper sulfate, ethylenediamine dihydriodide {source of iodine})
crude protein (min) 15%
crude fat (min) 5%
crude fiber (max) 3.5%
moisture (max) 12%
calcium (min) .8%
calcium (max) 1.5%
phosphorus (min) .8%
copper (min) 7.3mg
zinc (min) 120mg
iodine (min) 1.5mg
vitamin A (min) 5000 IU
vitamin D (min) 3000 IU
vitamin E (min) 50 IU
riboflavin (min) 2.2mg
pantothenic acid (min) 10mg
vitamin B12 (min) .022mg
choline (min) 1200mg
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Would have to be no then due to the meat extracts and fat thats in them 
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