- Like other herbivores, a chinchilla requires daily fibre to maintain a healthy digestive system
- When served with Oxbow loose grass hays, the farm-fresh alfalfa in Essentials – Chinchilla Food provides the necessary fibre, balanced with a specially formulated blend of stabilized nutrients to meet the distinctive needs of this small animal species
- Feed Oxbow Essentials – Chinchilla Food to chinchillas of all ages to maintain intestinal health and prevent digestive upset
- Sizes: 5 lb, 10 lb
Nutrition
Premium Ingredients
Alfalfa Hay = Beneficial Fibre and Protein
Soy Products = Fibre, Balanced Protein, Healthy Fat
Wheat = Ideal Carbohydrate and Energy Source
Ingredients
Alfalfa Meal, Soybean Hulls, Wheat Middlings, Soybean Meal, Soybean Oil, Salt, Lignin Sulfonate, Cane Molasses, L-Ascorbyl-2-Monophosphate (Vitamin C), Limestone, Yeast Culture (dehydrated), Vitamin E Supplement, Choline Chloride, Zinc Proteinate, Zinc Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Niacin, Copper Sulfate, Selenium Yeast, Vitamin A Supplement, Folic Acid, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Copper Proteinate, Riboflavin Supplement, Manganese Proteinate, Biotin, Manganous Oxide, Thiamine Mononitrate, Magnesium Sulfate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Sodium Selenite, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Cobalt Carbonate, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Calcium Iodate
Guaranteed Analysis
| Crude Protein (min) | 18.00% |
| Crude Fat (min) | 2.50% |
| Crude Fibre (min) 18.00% | max 23.00% |
| Moisture (max) | 10.00% |
| Calcium (min) 0.60%, | (max) 1.10% |
| Phosphorus (min) | 0.25% |
| Vitamin A (min) 19,000 IU/kg | |
| Vitamin D (min) 900 IU/kg | |
| Vitamin E (min) 190 IU/kg | |
| Copper (min) 30 mg/kg | |
Feeding
Feeding Directions
Young Animals: Feed Essentials – Chinchilla Food free-choice to chinchillas younger than one year of age. Supplement daily with a combination of free-choice grass hay and alfalfa.
Adult Animals: Chinchillas older than one year of age should be fed 1/8 – 1/4 cup Essentials – Chinchilla Food and free-choice grass hay. Alfalfa hay should only be fed as an occasional treat.
Dawn Wilson –
My chinchillas love this food.