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Saltines anyone?
« on: September 12, 2009, 09:41:40 AM »

I am a new chinchilla owner, and I don't know a lot about what they can or can't eat.  I was eating a saltine the other day, and he started begging for it, so I gave him a tiny corner (I was careful to scrape the salt off, because it seemed like it would be a lot of salt for such a tiny little creature).  He went WILD for it.  Whenever I eat a saltine in his vicinity he goes crazy and begs for it.  I only gave him the tiniest corners, so I doubt he's eaten even a whole cracker's worth yet.  He has not showed any adverse effects, but I don't want to make him sick.  Can anyone tell me whether saltines with the salt scraped off are an appropriate treat?
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Re: Saltines anyone?
« Reply #1 on: September 16, 2009, 04:44:29 AM »

 ::silly::  I often use the no-salt oyster crackers you normally put in soup ... they are the perfect size for them to hold and they do seem to love them.  I would often included these in the baggie of treats that was in my "going away" package when one of my little ones were adopted.

To this point in time, I have not seen anything in writting that would not allow you to give your little one a small piece of a regular cracker with no salt on it.

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Re: Saltines anyone?
« Reply #2 on: September 17, 2009, 07:14:14 AM »

Mine love them too,and many times I've run out of their cereal and would sub in a cracker.
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