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08-25-2017, 11:31 AM
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#501
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Hamster Hugger
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: London
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Re: Quigley
Thanks Serendipity, great ideas! I do know that he likes sitting in mugs from when we had a heatwave and I gave him one cooled from the fridge. I wonder if he could work out a tissue box lol.
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08-25-2017, 12:12 PM
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#502
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GrannyHam
Join Date: May 2015
Location: London
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Re: Quigley
Cypher knew this but I think it is that the brown ones are the natural ones. Golden are either a different plant origin (from the USA) or have had some change. Can't recall so it made me get the pure brown bag rather than a bag of mixed seeds.
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08-25-2017, 12:18 PM
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#503
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Hamster Hugger
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: London
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Re: Quigley
Well, you learn something new every day! Lucky thing I got the brown ones then
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08-25-2017, 12:27 PM
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#504
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PM Fluffy for custom title
Join Date: Mar 2016
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Re: Quigley
It seems like the brown might be better in terms of higher levels of fatty acids,but I don't think they're exactly GMO if sourced properly.Either variety could be GMO if not specifically labelled non-GMO though,so all I'd do is just be sure the individual flax seed brands used are at least non-GMO(organic in the UK would be ideal as it is actually meaningful in the UK,while in the US just non-GMO is normally fine since organic in the US isn't too meaningful and can still be unhealthy or even unsafe).
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08-25-2017, 12:45 PM
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#505
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GrannyHam
Join Date: May 2015
Location: London
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Re: Quigley
Thank you Amity, very helpful.
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08-25-2017, 12:53 PM
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#506
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Hamster Hugger
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: London
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Re: Quigley
Yes, very interesting! Thanks Amity. I use the brown linseeds from Tesco. I don’t think they are GMO. Then again, I suppose any number of foods could be GMO without us knowing.
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08-25-2017, 09:35 PM
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#507
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Hamster Warrior
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Re: Quigley
Mites are a nightmare but you've done everything you can with cleaning and taking Quigley to the vet.
I remember Archie having a bad bout of them and he was given 3 injections over the space of a month at the vet. One of the reasons I don't have all wood in cages is because I ended up throwing out a lot of wooden stuff/toys when Archie had mites.
That's good to know that brown linseeds are better. Will be getting Harvey a bag next time I'm in the supermarket.
Quigley will get over the big clean, he'll no doubt be feeling a bit better with the injection and knows his mum has done all this for it to happen.
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08-25-2017, 10:53 PM
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#508
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Hamster Hugger
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: London
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Re: Quigley
Thanks ThinLizzy. I hope he knows it was all for the best! 3 injections in a month doesn’t sound fun - poor Archie. Fingers crossed Quigley won’t need another one.
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08-25-2017, 11:10 PM
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#509
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Dwarf whisperer
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Wales UK
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Re: Quigley
The brown flax seeds are slightly better than the golden but there isn't that much in it, as far as I know no flax has been genetically modified here yet (still possible they snuck that in somewhere though I guess!) the main difference tbh is for the farmer as the golden produces a higher yield.
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08-27-2017, 12:59 AM
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#510
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Hamster Hugger
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: London
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Re: Quigley
Cypher that's intereresting about the golden producing a larger yield. And it's good to know we don't have any GMO flax here yet. To be honest, I don't think there's much GMO stuff in the UK compared to the US. And, I might be wrong, but I thought there is a rule that in the UK GMO goods have to clearly marked as such.
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