WILLOW AND APPLE STICKS
Guinea Gourmet Treats' Apple & Willow Stick Mix is a simple yet highly beneficial treat that provides both nutrition and natural enrichment for your small pets. This mix features a combination of apple sticks and willow sticks, offering a perfect balance of flavor and texture while promoting essential chewing behaviors that help maintain dental health. The natural wood fibers support healthy teeth and gums, while the tasty bark provides a satisfying and nutritious nibble. Perfect for rabbits, guinea pigs, chinchillas, gerbils, degus, rats, mice, tortoises, and parakeets.
Willow and Apple Sticks are a delightful and natural chew option, composed of 50% willow and 50% apple wood. This combination provides a variety of health benefits while keeping your pets engaged and satisfied:
- Nutritional Benefits: Willow wood is known for its natural calming properties and can help soothe anxiety in small animals. Apple wood offers a mildly sweet flavor that pets enjoy, and both woods are safe for chewing, promoting dental health by helping to wear down their continuously growing teeth.
Suitability:
- Guinea Pigs & Rabbits: Highly suitable; these sticks encourage natural chewing behavior, promoting dental health and providing enrichment.
- Chinchillas & Degus: Suitable; these animals can enjoy chewing on these sticks, but moderation is key to prevent excessive sugar intake from the apple wood.
- Gerbils, Hamsters, Rats & Mice: Suitable; can enjoy chewing on these sticks as a fun activity and for dental health.
- Tortoises: Suitable; can nibble on small pieces occasionally as part of a varied diet.
- Green Iguanas: Not suitable; their diet primarily consists of leafy greens and vegetables.
- Parakeets: Suitable; can peck at these sticks for enrichment, offering a natural and engaging chewing option.
Feeding Instructions:
- Guinea Pigs & Rabbits: Offer 1-2 sticks daily as a chew treat; ensure they have access to other fresh vegetables and forages.
- Chinchillas & Degus: 1 stick every few days; monitor intake to prevent excess sugar consumption.
- Gerbils, Hamsters, Rats & Mice: 1 stick weekly as a chew option or for enrichment.
- Tortoises: Small pieces occasionally; ensure a primarily leafy green diet.
- Green Iguanas: Not suitable.
- Parakeets: Occasional treat, no more than once a week; ensure they have other foraging options.
Quantity/Weight:
75g