🎄 Basil & Carrot Christmas Kitchen Topper

Carrot Tops • Basil

Appetite • Digestion • Antioxidant • Enrichment

Approx. 35G | 1 Cup 

A fragrant little Christmas topper combining leafy carrot tops with aromatic basil for an easy way to add extra scent, flavour and botanical variety to forage time.

Basil & Carrot Christmas Kitchen Topper is deliberately simple.

Carrot tops form the leafy base, while basil brings that unmistakable fresh herbal aroma that can make hay, forage trays and feeding areas much more interesting to investigate.

No sugary carrot pieces.

No overloaded ingredient list.

Just two leafy ingredients with enough aroma to make the forage tray smell like a tiny Christmas kitchen. 🎄🌿

🌿 Ingredients

🥕 Carrot Tops – 60%

🌿 Basil – 40%

100% Botanical Topper

• No carrot root

• No fruit

• No grains

• No added sugars

• No artificial colours or flavours

• No unnecessary fillers

🌿 What's Inside?

🥕 Carrot Tops – 60%

The leafy green part of the carrot plant — not the sweeter orange root.

Carrot tops provide:

• Leafy forage variety

• Natural fibre

• A softer texture

• Natural food interest

• Vitamins and plant nutrients

They make a useful base for a topper without turning it into a sugary treat.

🌿 Basil – 40%

The aromatic ingredient that gives the topper its character.

• Strong natural scent

• Adds antioxidant plant compounds

• Provides digestive-focused botanical variety

• Encourages sniffing and food exploration

• Adds a completely different flavour from everyday hay

Because dried basil is naturally aromatic, this topper is designed to be used in small amounts rather than by the handful.

❤️ Why Christmas Kitchen?

✔ Only two ingredients

✔ Strong natural basil aroma

✔ No sugary carrot root

✔ Easy to sprinkle through hay

✔ Adds flavour and texture without replacing normal forage

✔ Encourages food exploration

✔ Perfect for forage trays

✔ Small 1-cup topper format

✔ Naturally festive without artificial Christmas treats

🌿 GGT Specialised Categories

Primary

✔ Appetite

✔ Digestion

Additional

✔ Antioxidant

Plus plenty of natural enrichment and sensory variety.

This topper is intended to make forage more interesting and varied rather than to treat digestive illness or loss of appetite.

🐾 Species-Specific Feeding Guide

✅ Suitable As Supplied

• 🐰 Rabbits: 1–2 tsp, 2–3× weekly

• 🐹 Guinea Pigs: 1–2 tsp, 2–3× weekly

• 🐭 Chinchillas: Small pinch around 1× weekly

• 🐹 Degus: Small pinch around 1× weekly

• 🐹 Hamsters: ¼–½ tsp, 1–2× weekly

• 🐭 Gerbils: Small pinch 1–2× weekly

• 🐀 Rats: ½–1 tsp, 1–2× weekly

• 🐁 Mice: Tiny pinch 1–2× weekly

For chinchillas and degus, remember that this contains carrot TOPS, not sugary carrot root. Keep portions small because it is still a concentrated dried herb topper rather than a staple forage.

🐦 Birds

Parakeets & Small Parrots

Basil and carrot tops can both be offered as part of a varied plant-based enrichment rotation.

• 🐦 Parakeets / Small Parrots: Tiny pinch occasionally

Basil is highly aromatic, so keep portions small rather than filling a food bowl with dried herbs.

🐔 Chickens

Can be offered as a little herbal enrichment alongside a complete poultry diet.

• 🐔 Chickens: Light sprinkle over feed or through an enrichment area occasionally

This topper should remain an extra rather than replacing balanced poultry feed.

⚠️ Herbivorous Tortoises

Both ingredients can be eaten, but this is an occasional-use topper only.

Carrot tops are relatively high in oxalates and other nutrients that make them unsuitable as a major part of a tortoise diet, while basil is best offered in moderation.

• 🐢 Herbivorous Tortoises: Tiny sprinkle amongst a varied weed-based diet occasionally only

Do not use as a regular staple.

❓ Not Currently Labelled For

This topper is not currently specifically labelled for:

• Green iguanas

• Giant African land snails

• Hedgehogs

• Chipmunks

• Other species not listed above

That doesn't automatically mean every ingredient is unsafe for them — simply that I don't have strong enough species-specific guidance for the complete dried basil + carrot-top combination to recommend it commercially.

🥄 How To Use

Sprinkle over:

🌾 Hay

🌿 Another suitable forage

🍃 Forage trays

🐾 Scatter-feeding areas

Because basil is strongly aromatic, a little goes a long way.

Introduce unfamiliar botanicals gradually.

For hay-dependent animals, unlimited suitable hay or grass should remain available at all times.

🎄 The Spirit of Christmas Kitchen

Fresh basil.

Leafy carrot tops.

And that unmistakable smell of herbs when you open the bag. 🌿

Basil & Carrot Christmas Kitchen Topper isn't trying to be a giant forage mix.

It's a little something to sprinkle.

Something aromatic.

Something different.

A simple botanical topper bringing a bit of Christmas-kitchen fragrance to forage time. 🎄🥕🌿

Handmade at Heart, Rooted in Rescue.

📦 Pack Size

Approx. 1 Cup

Natural dried leaves vary in size and density, so volume may vary slightly between batches.

📦 Storage

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

Keep dry and discard if the product becomes damp, musty or mouldy. Follow the best-before date shown on the packaging.