Burgess Excel Chinchilla Nuggets 1.5kg
Overview
Burgess Excel Chinchilla Nuggets are a complementary feed for adult chinchillas, designed to fit into a high-fibre, low-energy feeding plan alongside plenty of quality hay. The nugget format helps prevent selective feeding, so your chinchilla gets a more balanced mouthful with every serving.
Added mint gives the nuggets extra appeal, while prebiotics and beneficial fibre help support healthy digestion. The recipe is also made to support skin and coat condition and help maintain a healthy immune system with antioxidants, including vitamin E.
As a chinchilla daily diet, these nuggets are intended to be fed in small amounts rather than as the main part of the ration. Hay remains the foundation of the feeding plan, with fresh water always available.
Key Details
| Brand | Burgess |
| Product Line | Excel Chinchilla Nuggets |
| Product Type | Small animal food |
| Species | Chinchillas |
| Life Stage | Adult chinchillas |
| Feed Type | Complementary feed |
| Pack Size | 1.5kg |
| Format | Nuggets |
| Key Features | High in fibre, added mint, prebiotics, antioxidants |
| Diet Positioning | High-fibre, low-energy feeding plan |
| Pack Dimensions | H37 x W19.2 x D12cm |
Composition
Composition: Wholegrain wheat, lucerne, soya bean hulls, oatfeed, soya bean meal, peas, wheat feed, yeast, minerals, soya oil, dried mint, lignocellulose and prebiotic FOS.
- Includes added mint for extra taste.
- Contains prebiotic FOS as part of the recipe.
- Built around a nugget format to help discourage selective feeding.
Analytical Constituents
| Beneficial fibre | 31% |
| Crude protein | 17% |
| Crude oils and fats | 4% |
| Crude fibre | 16% |
| Crude ash | 6.5% |
| Moisture | 0% |
Additives
Vitamins: Vitamin A 30,000 iu/kg; Vitamin D3 3,500 iu/kg; Vitamin E 140 mg/kg; Vitamin C 825 mg/kg.
Trace elements and other additives: Copper 30 mg/kg; Iodine 1.17 mg/kg; Selenium 0.67 mg/kg; Iron 200 mg/kg; Manganese 187.5 mg/kg; Zinc 257.1 mg/kg; DL-methionine 1,240 mg/kg; tocopherol rich extracts of natural origin 100 mg/kg.
Feeding Guide
Feed in small amounts in line with the pack guide. A chinchilla’s main diet should be built around quality, dust-extracted feeding hay, with nuggets offered as part of the wider feeding plan.
| 500g chinchilla | 12g per day |
| 800g chinchilla | 20g per day |
- Offer in a heavy-bottomed ceramic dish or a dish fixed to the cage.
- Keep fresh water available in a sipping bottle and check it twice daily.
- Make hay available all the time.
- Foraging can be encouraged by sprinkling Burgess Excel Mountain Meadow Herbs or Country Garden Herbs through the hay.
Notes
- This is a complementary feed, not a complete food.
- Chinchillas are herbivores and do best on a high-fibre diet.
- Hay is important for dental wear because chinchilla teeth grow continuously.
- Some dark dried leafy greens may be tolerated by some chinchillas, but only in very small amounts.
- Fresh greens should only be introduced with veterinary advice.