Flower treats (Pets At Home)

barley · 01-15-2017, 02:42 PM

This is probably a silly question but I brought a packet of these - http://www.petsathome.com/webapp/wcs...mal-topper-14g - from Pets At Home before Christmas, they were on intro offer for £1 a little while ago.

I didn't think Joey would eat them or anything, but thought they'd be something different to scatter around the cage as a bit of enrichment etc.

I've been putting a pinch in his tank every week or so, they always disappear but I presumed he was just adding them to his nest (as he won't eat anything hay-like and always leaves the dry herbage stuff I add to his food). Anyway I've finished the pack now and was cleaning him out today.

I expected to find all the flowers in his nest but there was literally none anywhere! He has eaten the whole lot.

Is this really ok?

I'm a bit worried as that's alot of flowers for one Robo to eat in about 3/4 weeks! Obviously I wouldn't have kept giving them if I knew he was actually eating them all!

squeakylittlepaws · 01-15-2017, 04:22 PM

They're fine. Besides if he was going to get poorly from them he would have been poorly the day after he first ate some, I.e 3-4 wks ago xx

Drago · 01-15-2017, 04:46 PM

Both cornflower and sunflower petals are safe, and can sometimes be considered beneficial to hams. It's totally fine to give him this treat, hope he enjoys it!

cypher · 01-15-2017, 11:47 PM

They are totally fine & it sounds as though Joey really enjoyed them.
I don't know if you've ever looked at German foods barley but flowers often make up a fair proportion of the mix.

barley · 01-16-2017, 12:53 PM

Thanks guys, I was over-reacting as usual it seems!

Thanks cypher, I didn't know that, I'll have a look. Any recommendations?

cypher · 01-16-2017, 11:08 PM

Mixerama have some really nice mixes, I tried the MYPS dwarf mix while I was working on my own & it's really good but I think our hams are so used to a very different kind of mix it can be hard for them to switch over & it would need to be done gradually or given in combination with a more normal UK mix, they do have a great range of ingredients & smell amazing!
This is the robo mix which is similar but not the same as the dwarf mix.

flowerfairy · 01-17-2017, 03:52 AM

The robo link wont work for me ... sounds ineresting.

cypher · 01-17-2017, 04:20 AM

It looks like the whole site is down right now, they worked fine when I posted earlier so maybe check back another time.

Working again now.

barley · 01-18-2017, 01:58 PM

Thanks so much cypher, will look

Thin Lizzy · 01-19-2017, 05:09 AM

I think I'll get these flower treats for Harvey next time I'm in P@H.