Last updated 21st August 2016. The food that degu’s eat is usually a dried mix or pellets.
They can also eat good-quality guinea pig food or a degu-specific feed as these contain all the vitamis, mineral and othe nutrients that degu’s need.
Degu food will contain ingredients such as;
- Timothy hay
- wheat
- soya hulls
- flaked peas
- soybean meal
- barley
- linseed
- calcium carbonate
- soya oil
- mono-calcium phosphate
- dried basil
- dried broccoli
- salt
- yeast extract. (source)
So can hamsters eat degu food at all?
There is no harm in them nibbling degu food, but it is not a food that should be purposely be purchased for them to eat.