Adding food to pellets

[Wynott86]

The more I research the more I am questioning what the previous owner of my chin told me about my little buds feeding menu. She had him for 3 years before me and added oatmeal oats and sunflower kernals to his pellets. I read that this can cause diet problems but My chin seems healthy and active with this diet. Any suggestions on others adding anything to their pellets?

 

[tunes]

You should never add extras in with the pellets. There is always the chance that the chin will eat the treats and ignore the pellets. I would also not give unlimited amounts of oats and I don't ever use sunflower kernals. It's far healthier, barring any medical conditions, to just give your chin a rose hip or some chin safe wood to chew.

 

[Woodrow724]

My boys get an herbal supplement from a vendor on here. When I give it to them I sprinkle it into a vine ball stuffed with their "treat" hay. It never goes straight into their pellets. They get one or two organic rolled oats as a treat once a week.

 

[summerdays]

i agree its best to just feed the feed and never put anything in with the pellets

 

[Wynott86]

Thats what most of what I read says so Im going to wane him off the junk because he usually does pick out all the extras then eats his pellets.. Sounds like im going to have a grouchy chin for awhile.

 

[lauralynne]

Thats what most of what I read says so Im going to wane him off the junk because he usually does pick out all the extras then eats his pellets.. Sounds like im going to have a grouchy chin for awhile.

If he's already on a junk feed w/ the extras in it, I would do a cold turkey switch to a good quality pellet.