acorns and chestnuts?

danih

Degus, interesting!

Always wanted a degu.

I have guinea pigs, which I believe are cousins. Pet mice too. Will look into this a bit further. Might have a non- human use for those acorns.

Elsewhere

There are beech nuts, too. They are tiny, but nice to snack on.

Toonie

I always understood acorns were toxic to degus (and any oak tree derivative) because of the tannins in them.

Westywoodpecker

I've never heard that that they were toxic for them.

We only gave them a couple each day & they loved them. It didn't seem to do them any harm They recently died of old age....honest.

Toonie

I love degus (currently pet-sitting my friends two). The first time I looked after them I thought I'd better find out a bit about them and found this website great as they have a list of things that are toxic.

http://www.degutopia.co.uk/

I've found these two will eat anything they can get hold of, they have a particular fascination with laces at present. Oh and my hair!