🌾 Crunchy Barley Rings

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🌾 Crunchy Barley Rings
£2.99

Treats and Fruits • Enrichment • Appetite

A cereal-based, crunchy treat designed for occasional feeding and enrichment. Made primarily from barley, these rings provide a quick source of energy and a satisfying chew, ideal for reward-based feeding or boredom breaking.

Due to their high starch content, barley rings should always be fed in moderation alongside a fibre-rich, hay-based diet.

This is a treat product, not a daily feed.

🌱 Composition

Barley (primary ingredient)

🌿 Nutritional Highlights

Crude Protein: 11.5%
Crude Fibre: 4.5%
Crude Oils & Fats: 6.0%
Crude Ash: 5.0%
Starch: 44.0%
Sugar: 2.5%
Digestible Energy: 13.4 MJ/kg

High starch means high energy — portion control is essential.

🌿 What They Are Best Used For

Primary Categories
✔ Treats and Fruits
✔ Enrichment

Secondary
✔ Appetite stimulation

Best used for:

  • Training rewards

  • Hand-feeding

  • Enrichment scatter feeding

  • Encouraging shy or fussy animals

🐾 Suitable For & Why

Guinea Pigs

Best used for: Occasional enrichment reward
High starch means very limited use. Supports engagement but not daily feeding.

Rabbits

Best used for: Training or bonding treat
Provide small amounts only to avoid digestive imbalance.

Hamsters

Best used for: Energy-based treat
Small portion supports activity levels.

Gerbils

Best used for: Occasional reward
Monitor weight due to energy density.

Rats & Mice

Best used for: Training and enrichment
Break into small pieces.

Chipmunks

Best used for: Energy treat
Offer sparingly due to starch.

Parakeets

Very small pieces only as an occasional nibble.

🚫 Not Suitable For

Degus – High starch and sugar sensitivity
Chinchillas – High starch content
Tortoises – Not appropriate
Green Iguanas – Not appropriate
Giant African Snails – Not appropriate
Hedgehogs – Not appropriate

🥄 Feeding Guide

Feed as a treat only.

Guinea Pigs & Rabbits:
1 ring, 1–2 times per week

Hamsters, Gerbils, Rats & Mice:
½–1 ring, once or twice weekly

Chipmunks:
1 small piece, once weekly

Parakeets:
Very small piece, once weekly

Always adjust based on body condition and activity.

⚠️ Important Notes

  • High in starch

  • Not a replacement for forage or hay

  • Feed in moderation

  • Monitor weight and body condition