whole wheat pasta

[mishellyshel]

I picked up a box of whole wheat rotini pasta. I know a few give their chins pasta as a rare treat. Was wondering if this was the right kind & Do u give them a whole piece?

 

[Ippo456]

Actually, my chins don't like short pastas, they prefer long ones, like spaghetti. He can eat the entire piece of spaghetti if I let him, but I normally only give him a third of the spaghetti.
I think 1 rotini should be fine.

 

[mishellyshel]

ok thanks........maybe i will try it and just cook up the rest for me. next time i will get the spaghetti. just trying to mix it up a bit!

 

[lauralynne]

I don't know, Michelle. I'd be leary of adding things that we KNOW they don't need. There are a lot of treats that are safe, which I know you know all of those. Adding additional stuff just makes me ask, "What benefit would this give the chin?" or "Is this for my benefit or theirs"? Ya know?

 

[mishellyshel]

yeah.......that is true. maybe i will just stick with their nightly 1/2 a shredded wheat and herb mix............can't go wrong with something 9 chins sit at the front of their cage and beg for like cute little doggies!!

 

[lauralynne]

Very true! Plus, the more variety in their diet, the more you're asking yourself, "Could it have been_____?" if one of them were to have digestive problems.

 

[kendra]

After seeing a few people on here giving whole wheat spaghetti I tried giving it to my boys, probably about a quarter each. One loved it, the other just looked at it, then at me like what the heck are you trying to give me?! I've only given it a few times but it sounds ok as a treat for those rare occasions.

 

[Laurie]

Shel, I give pasta as a treat. Usually we break spaghetti and give them a small piece. Sometimes when Stewart gives it to them he'll give rotini, but he breaks it in half. Mine love it, but this is something they get like once a month as opposed to daily with a dried rose rip or apple sticks.

 

[alli713]

I give mine spaghetti and they all love it. Mine get half a piece.

 

[ChinchillaSteve]

I give my girls half a spaghetti.
Never had problems.

 

[MelodyR]

Uncooked or cooked?

 

[alli713]

Hard and uncooked

 

[Olallie]

They don't choke on it? I guess they grind it down, but still.. that's what I'm afraid of.