Norah's Apple Slices – Small Animal Treat, 30g

Norah's Apple Slices – 30g

Dried apple and nothing else, in a 30g pack. No sugar coating, no cereal filler and no binder — the slices are simply apple with the water taken out, which concentrates both the fibre and the natural fruit sugar in equal measure.

They work better as a foraging job than as a hand-fed treat. Snapped up small and scattered through hay or hidden around a hutch, a 30g pack goes a long way and gives a rabbit or a guinea pig something to hunt for — which is worth considerably more to a caged animal than the calories are.

Performance & Benefits

• Composition is dried apple and nothing else at all.
• Crude fibre 11%, which is high for a fruit treat.
• Low in fat at 3% and low in protein at 2%.
• Can be fed whole by hand, snapped small, or scattered for foraging.
• 30g pack, small enough to use up before the slices lose their texture.

Suitable For

• Rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters and other rodents.
• Hand-taming and reward-based handling.
• Scatter feeding and hiding for enrichment.
• Occasional treating alongside a hay-based diet.
• Not a feed, and not a source of vitamin C for guinea pigs — a fortified guinea pig nugget is what covers that requirement.

Feeding

• Feed as a treat alongside unlimited hay, which should stay the bulk of the diet.
• Norah's publish no feeding guide for these slices, so no daily quantity is stated here.
• Break larger slices down for hamsters and smaller rodents.
• Fresh water available at all times.

Composition & Analysis

• Composition: dried apple. 30g.
• Crude protein 2%. Crude fats and oils 3%. Crude fibres 11%. Crude ash 2%.
• No moisture figure is published, so none is stated here.

Care & Caution

• Drying concentrates fruit sugar. Rabbits and guinea pigs are hindgut fermenters and a sudden sugary treat can upset the gut, so introduce a new treat in small amounts.
• Not suitable as a staple. Fed in quantity in place of hay, dried fruit contributes to obesity and to dental problems.