Burgess Excel Tasty Nuggets Changed?

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Has anybody got these and realized they've changed from the big chunky nuggets to smaller sized nuggets? :S Just asking in case I got a bad batch or something was confusing but seem to be the same flavour and stuff anybody got any idea why they've changed? xD
 
They have made them smaller I think. These and the Blackcurrant and Oregano are small in my experience. Where as the mint are larger and kidney shaped. May be wrong though. Can you post a picture?
 
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Here you go the normal size one from batch I had last week and one I give this week :S and here is the bag exactly same flavouring and stuff I just use the plain ones they don't like the blackcurrent and oregano ones :/
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Whats bad about this now I've just noticed one of my pigs has broken almost a whole top tooth! Vet trip tomorrow just great I hope it's not because of the change in size ¬.¬
 
Squeaky_Ewok said:
Let me know if it's any different :S Why do they have to change things xD
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Me not know, it's certainly not in the interest of the guinea pigs. They may lose a few customers...
My girls love their nuggets, hope I'm not going to have the change them.
 
Oh dear, I just bought a bag of the mint as a change from the blackcurrant for my boys (to Badgers displeasure) but I haven't opened it yet. Will have a look now and report back also
 
I am on my last bag ( weaning them onto bunny ) BUT they are def the bigger size NOT the smaller one. If that was me I would not use them and return in case it is a bad batch. Just rang my sister and she has confirmed her new bag is not small like that either x
 
Squeaky_Ewok said:
Same here these are the only nuggets I know my pigs love :/
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I have just checked my bag, yes, they are that funny tiny banana shape...My girls will not be impressed when I start giving them these. Cheapening down the pig food, I hope they haven't edited the ingredients too.
 
Mine are still the old shape, it may be possible I have an older bag (not the really new batch) or that a faulty batch went out, best to check just in case I would say
 
Ahh dear :/ what a dilemma, they loved these nuggets ¬.¬ So cross with the company right now! Vet trip tomorrow anyways for his tooth they actually have them there so I might ask if she could take a look at one the bags but I doubt it. If not I might have to find a new food. This bag was quite new bought about weeks ago two weeks before that the old bag was bought from the same store :(
 
Ok this is very strange now. I bought a new large 10kg bag and I noticed they were a lot smaller as in the picture above. Today I noticed that my sanctuary boy Hornpipe has too broken a tooth. I was really worried but how can it be a coincidence that two piggies have broken their teeth with the same sized changed nugget?

I am absolutely speaking with them tomorrow. I am most upset.
 
lil said:
Ok this is very strange now. I bought a new large 10kg bag and I noticed they were a lot smaller as in the picture above. Today I noticed that my sanctuary boy Hornpipe has too broken a tooth. I was really worried but how can it be a coincidence that two piggies have broken their teeth with the same sized changed nugget?

I am absolutely speaking with them tomorrow. I am most upset.
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Oh dear :( I really think it is the food, nothing has changed from yesterday apart from the food and he had two perfectly fine teeth yesterday xD Keep us updated anyways I hope your piggy is fine!
 
Thanks, will do. I have emailed Burgess just now and I shall most definitely be ringing them tomorrow as well, they don't call me the Rottie as work for no reason!

Poor Hornpipe, his tooth has literally broken in half. Photo to follow.
 
That is worrying about the teeth, hope both pigs are ok.

When you speak to Burgess can you update here if the ingredients have changed as it will affect the sticky I am doing on pellets.
 
Thanks Helen, I will. It could be that their manufacturer has changed some processing equipment and subsequently altered the size...who knows but I will engage and find out...
 
This is interesting (and sad for the piggies with broken teeth). I bought some blackcurrant &oregano recently from vets.co.uk where it was really cheap £3.90 per 2kg bag. I bought it as changeover food for our new piggies who were eating it in their previous home. When I opened it I was surprised how much smaller the nuggets were than the "plain" burgess excel our other piggies eat but I just assumed it was because it was a different flavour.

I did think that the smaller pellets looked less good for teeth (less to chew on) and had already resolved not to get any more of the blackcurrant ones because I preferred the bigger nuggets.

Did either of you notice something which led you to check teeth or was it just a lucky spot @lil @Squeaky_Ewok ? Facing the prospect now of checking teeth of 8 piggies!
 
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