100% Dried Birch Leaves

Digestion • Kidney & Urinary • Liver • Anti-Inflammatory • Enrichment

Small Bag – Approx. 3 Cups / Est. 60g
Bulk Bag – 1kg

A simple, naturally fibrous browse forage made from 100% dried birch leaves, perfect for adding another leaf shape, texture and aroma to a varied forage rotation.

Birch leaves are light, crisp and easy to scatter through hay, forage trays and enrichment areas, encouraging animals to search, select and browse naturally.

Traditionally valued as a supportive botanical for urinary and liver function, birch also provides natural fibre and plant compounds while keeping feeding simple — one ingredient, nothing unnecessary added.

A useful everyday browse for animals that enjoy leafy forage and botanical variety. 🌿

🌿 GGT Categories

Primary

✔ Digestion

✔ Kidney & Urinary

Secondary

✔ Liver

✔ Anti-Inflammatory

Plus natural browsing and enrichment.

Birch is offered as botanical variety and rotational forage rather than as a treatment for urinary, liver or inflammatory conditions.

🌿 Ingredients

100% Dried Birch Leaves

Nothing else added.

• No fruit

• No grains

• No added sugars

• No artificial colours or flavours

• No fillers

🌿 Why Birch Leaves?

🍃 Naturally Fibrous Browse

Birch leaves provide a different leafy texture from hay and grasses, adding another source of natural plant fibre and chewing interest.

🌿 Botanical Variety

Different leaves bring different scents, shapes and textures to feeding time, helping create a more interesting forage rotation.

💧 Traditional Urinary Support

Birch leaf has traditionally been associated with normal urinary and liver function and is commonly used in specialist small-animal forage products for this reason.

🐾 Natural Enrichment

The light, crisp leaves are ideal for:

• Scatter feeding

• Mixing through hay

• Forage trays

• Hiding amongst enrichment

• Combining with other suitable botanicals

❤️ Benefits at a Glance

✔ 100% birch leaf

✔ Naturally fibre-rich

✔ Encourages browsing and chewing

✔ Adds leaf variety alongside hay

✔ Traditionally associated with urinary and liver support

✔ No fruit or added sugar

✔ Suitable for forage rotations

✔ Perfect for scatter feeding and enrichment

🐾 Suitable For

🐰 Rabbits

🐹 Guinea Pigs

🐭 Chinchillas

🐹 Degus

🐹 Hamsters

🐭 Gerbils

🐀 Rats

🐁 Mice

🐿️ Chipmunks

🐢 Herbivorous Tortoises – in moderation

Birch leaves are commonly sold as forage for rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, degus, chinchillas and other small rodents. Specialist rodent guidance also lists birch leaves for mice, hamsters, gerbils, rats and chinchillas.

🥄 Species-Specific Feeding Guide

Offer as complementary forage alongside the normal balanced diet and fresh drinking water.

• 🐰 Rabbits: Small handful 2–4× weekly

• 🐹 Guinea Pigs: 1–2 tsp or small handful, 2–4× weekly

• 🐭 Chinchillas: Small pinch 1–2× weekly

• 🐹 Degus: Small pinch 1–2× weekly

• 🐹 Hamsters: ½–1 tsp, 1–2× weekly

• 🐭 Gerbils: ½–1 tsp, 1–2× weekly

• 🐀 Rats: 1–2 tsp, 1–2× weekly

• 🐁 Mice: Small pinch 1–2× weekly

• 🐿️ Chipmunks: Approx. 1 tsp, 1–2× weekly

• 🐢 Herbivorous Tortoises: Light sprinkle amongst suitable weeds and greens occasionally

For tortoises, birch should remain a small part of a varied diet. The Tortoise Table recommends feeding birch in moderation because the leaves contain low levels of salicylates and other plant compounds.

Introduce unfamiliar forage gradually.

Rabbits and guinea pigs should continue to have unlimited suitable hay or grass available at all times.

🌿 Perfect For

• Mixing through hay

• Scatter feeding

• Forage trays

• Browse rotations

• Adding different leaf textures

• Combining with suitable grasses, leaves and flowers

• Natural enrichment

🌿 Carefully Selected by GGT

This birch forage is carefully sourced for GGT rather than harvested or dried here, allowing me to offer useful botanical ingredients alongside the products I make myself.

I select sourced products using the same principles as the rest of GGT:

✔ Species suitability
✔ Ingredient quality
✔ Natural forage value
✔ Sensible feeding
✔ A genuine reason for including it in the range

Carefully sourced. Personally selected for GGT.

📦 Pack Sizes

🌿 Small

Approx. 3 Cups

Estimated weight: around 60g

Because whole dried leaves vary considerably in size and how tightly they settle, the finished pack should be sold by its confirmed weight once measured.

📦 Bulk

1kg

Ideal for multi-pet households, rescues and customers who use birch regularly within forage rotations.

Natural leaf size, colour and fragmentation will vary between batches.

🌿 The Spirit of the Forage

Sometimes you don't need a complicated blend.

Just a good leaf.

Birch brings light, crisp texture and another type of natural browse into forage time — simple enough to use alone and versatile enough to mix with other suitable botanicals.

🍃 Natural browse

🌿 Simple botanical variety

🐾 Plenty to investigate

Carefully sourced. Personally selected for GGT.

Handmade at Heart, Rooted in Rescue.

📦 Storage

Store sealed in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight and moisture.

Dried leaves are naturally fragile and may break during packing and transport. Smaller pieces remain suitable for scattering through hay or forage trays.

Discard if the leaves become damp, musty or mouldy.