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Burgess Excel Chinchilla Nuggets
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A delicious, vet recommended complementary food for chinchillas that is high in fibre and rich in vitamins & nutrients to help keep them in tip top health. Naturally high in Beneficial Fibre (36%). Prevents selective feeding. Vitamin C for healthy skin, coat and gums. Vitamin A to maintain healthy eyesight. Vitamin E to maintain a health immune system. Suitable for: Chinchillas and Degus of all ages. Size 1.5 kg
Price : R228.00R205.00
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R23.00 (10.09% off)
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A delicious, complementary food for chinchillas and degus that is high in fibre and rich in vitamins & nutrients to help keep them in tip top health.
- Naturally high in Beneficial Fibre (36%)
- Prevents selective feeding
- Vitamin C for healthy skin, coat and gums
- Vitamin A to maintain healthy eyesight
- Vitamin E to maintain a healthy immune system
Suitable for: Chinchillas and degus of all ages
Important for: Maintaining good digestive health, preventing selective feeding
Available sizes: 1.5 kg
Feeding guide: Feed your fibrevore an egg cup full of Excel Tasty Nuggets every day as part of The Excel Feeding Plan.
Feeding Tips
Remember that good quality hay and/or grass should make up the majority of your chinchillas’ diet and should be available at all times. Chinchillas should also be fed a small amount of leafy greens each day. Please talk to your vet for further information. If you are currently feeding a muesli style food to your chinchillas you should gradually transfer your pets onto a hay and nugget based feeding plan over a period of between 14 and 28 days, by gradually reducing the amount of muesli and increasing the proportion of nuggets until they have completely replaced the mix. Always ensure you are monitoring your chinchillas’ weight to ensure a healthy weight. Always ensure fresh clean water is available for your chinchillas.
Nutritional Information
Analytical Constituents
Beneficial Fibre 31% • Crude Protein 17% • Crude Oils and Fats 4% • Crude Fibre 16% • Crude Ash 6.5%.
Composition
Wheat • Lucerne • Soyabean Hulls* • Oatfeed • Hipro Soya* • Peas • Wheat Feed • Brewers Yeast • Soya Oil* • Mint (1.25%) • Lingo-cellulose • Dicalcium Phosphate • Salt • Limestone • Monocalcium Phosphate • Short Chain Fructo-Oligosaccharides (0.2%). *May Contain GM Materials
Nutritional Additives
Vitamin A (retinyl acetate) 30,000 iu/kg • Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) 3,500 iu/kg • Vitamin E (dl Alpha tocopherol acetate) 140 mg/kg • Vitamin C (L-ascorbic acid monophosphate) 825 mg/kg • Copper Sulphate Pentahydrate 30 mg/kg • Iodine (Calcium lodate anhydrous) 1.17 mg/kg • Sodium Selenite 0.67 mg/kg • Ferrous Sulphate Monohydrate 200 mg/kg • Manganese Sulphate Monohydrate 187.5 mg/kg • Zinc Sulphate Monohydrate 257.1 mg/kg • DL- Methionine 1,240 mg/kg.
Technological Additives
Tocopherol Rich Extracts of Natural Origin (E306) 100mg/kg.
Sticking to The Excel Feeding Plan will ensure your chinchilla get the right amounts of fibre in their diet. The Excel Feeding Plan was developed by the world's leading small-animal vets, to provide a perfect daily balance of fibre and nutrition.
The Excel Feeding Plan is a simple five step guide to help pet owners understand the high levels of beneficial fibre required by chinchillas. It is the only complementary range that, when used together, delivers extremely high levels of the right kinds of fibre needed in chinchillas’ diets and effectively promotes and maintains the dental, digestive and emotional health and longevity of these pets.
Burgess Excel Chinchilla Nuggets is a great complementary feed that can be fed as part of the Excel Feeding Plan and alongside any of the Burgess Excel Feeding Hay range. We recommend that you feed the nuggets in small amounts in line with the feeding guide on pack in heavy bottomed ceramic dish (or one attached to the cage so it can't be tipped over).
Burgess Excel Mountain Meadow Herbs and Country Garden Herbs can be sprinkled through feeding hay to add interest and encourage foraging. These delicious, natural and healthy snacks are ideal for chinchillas as they promote emotional health, by preventing boredom.
Some dark, dried leafy greens can be fed to chinchillas, however it is important to be very cautious about introducing these as many chinchillas don't tolerate them. If you do introduce them do so in only very small amounts. Please seek advice from your vet before introducing any fresh greens into your chinchillas' diets.
A plentiful supply of fresh water should always be available. Change it daily in warm weather and ensure it hasn't frozen over during winter months.
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Amy Liu
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Tuesday, 12 September, 2017 10:26 AM
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A nice change from plain food. My chins really like Excel and finished nuggets in no time at all. A great chinchilla food that I'm happy to recommend.
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Ursula Bell
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Tuesday, 12 September, 2017 10:29 AM
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My chinnie is extremely fussy. This bag of food has lasted over a month and I still have half and he absolutely loves it. I mixed it with another brand and he picks all those pellets out and throws them on the floor around his bowl. He only leaves in the Burgess and then eats it. If I put the other brand in he makes sure he gets the bowl loose and throws all the food out. So.................I'm sold on Burgess!
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Quinten van der merwe
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Sunday, 17 September, 2017 5:31 PM
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This food is amazing and will definitely buy more once my sample bag is finished. My chin went totally crazy for this food. I tried to gradually put him onto the new food but he immediately picked the nuggets out of his usual food. Will definitely recommend this for anyone who has chinchillas. I prefer this food above other leading brands in our country. he cant pick out only the tasty bits and leave the rest which is always just a waste. Great food!! Great service!!
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Shaun Naude
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Thursday, 21 September, 2017 9:52 PM
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Fantastic food, I used to feed muesli type food and found myself throwing away half of the bag as they would just leave a lot of it. all my babies have been switched to this, now there is no waste. where before they were looking a bit less than perfect, now my babies are well rounded and playing happily. I would recommend this to anyone.
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Bronwyn Carr
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Sunday, 01 October, 2017 3:51 PM
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These nuggets are really great and my Chinchillas love it... along with great service i would recommend this product and range to all!
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Travis Jay Damstra
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Sunday, 01 October, 2017 3:54 PM
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My chinchillas Benjamin & Basil absolutely love these nuggets. The nuggets along with some Herbage Timothy Hay make for a great meal :)
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Ernst J F Seegers
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Monday, 02 October, 2017 9:35 PM
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In my opinion this is the best food that your money could buy for your Chinchillas, they just love it and they get everything they need.
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Leaza Van Wyk
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Friday, 17 April, 2020 1:26 PM
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My chinchillas love Burgess Excel Chinchilla Nuggets. They have been living on it, supplemented by garden herbs and feeding hay, for many healthy years. Combined with excellent service from the Pet Habitat team, this is a great product.
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Perryn Richardson
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Friday, 11 June, 2021 12:19 AM
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My chinchillas have been eating Burgess Excel Chinchilla Nuggets for a couple of years now and have had no problems. They are always excited about dinner and I have never had any diet-related problems using this brand and I find that it is better suited to chinchilla nutritional needs than some other pellet brands which have too high sugar and protein content.
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