Is Boredom Breaker Naturals Chinchilla's Special OK for piggies?

[PigTastic]

I randomly got a bag of this free with another piggie order I received recently. It looks too good to waste! But I don't know if it's safe for piggies.

It contains:

Thistle pellets (meadow hay, lady’s thistle), rose hips, carrots, nettle, rose petals

I know meadow hay (obviously!), carrots, nettle and rose petals are OK for guineas but tried googling lady's thistle and couldn't find anything. I also found something that said rosehips are fine too, but I'm paranoid and haven't dared to risk it yet!

Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

 

[Hermes]

Rosehips are okay but it's probably best to remove the seeds or just take the rosehips out the mix, they are a good source of vitamin C though. The rest of the mix is fine, lady's thistle is another name for milk thistle/sow thistle (Silybum marianum).

 

[PigTastic]

Thanks so much, I'll have a look at the rosehips and see if I can easily remove the seeds, are the seeds poisonous then, or is it a choking risk?

 

[Hermes]

They're not poisonous but they are covered in irritating hairs and in theory present a choking hazard, it probably wouldn't do any harm, I'm sure some people feed them whole but it's just a better safe than sorry thing.