amethystbelle
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| Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 3:16 pm Post subject: Degu's Favourite Treats |
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Treats are a great way to create a strong bond with your degu.
By giving a treat you create a positive emotional response and
your degu will soon see you as a friend not a foe and will come
whenever you go up to the cage to see if you come bearing gifts.
They should only ever be given as treats and never in large amounts
or on a regular basis. When I give treats I also tend to vary what they get
and rotate it so they never get the same thing twice and never in the same week.
I also always try to go for things that are free from preservatives and colourings.
For more information on treats see the sticky in Diet called the Degu Diet.
Below is a list of suitable treats that the boys of Degu Rock love.
Raisins*
Dried carrot
Dried peas
Dried corn
Dried rose hips
Dried Rose petals and buds
Dried Sunflower petals
A small cube of apple occasionally
Dried pasta
Alfalfa biscuits
Carrot biscuits
Hay cubes
Dandelions (fresh or dried)
Dried Nettle Leaves
Dried Hawthorn Leaves
Dried Strawberry Leaves
Dried Raspberry Leaves
Dried Plantain Leaves
Pampas Grass Plumes (nb not the leaves as they will rip a degus mouth)
Plain Porridge Oats
Puffed rice (wheat’s)
Shredded wheat’s
Cornflakes
Wholemeal toasted bread
Ryvita
Melba Toast
Cracker
Peanut
Sunflower Seed*
Pumpkin Seed*
Hazlenut*
Walnut*
Brazil Nut*
Occasionally you can give them the whole nut in the shell to help grind down their teeth. They go mad for peanuts in the shell, whole walnuts, whole brazil nuts and whole hazelnuts and will spend hours cracking them open 
N.B Please note items marked with * should only be fed occasionally.
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