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Has anyone seen this? I had to go into P@H today to get some Colin food (he's kind of decided to start eating again, so I had to get him something to tide him over until my online order comes through!) and I had a look at the pig food to see if P@H were stocking the new Fibafirst food (they aren't!)

Anyway, I was looking in the pig section and saw that they seemed to have two different excel nugget packages (in addition to the blackcurrant and oregano) - the usual orange one, and a slightly more yellowy-orange bag - it took me a while to work out why they had a different colour, thinking maybe they had changed the design of the bag, but this one looks more like the previous bag design....anyway....it turns out that it's "Excel tasty nuggets with mint (for digestive health)"

Has anyone tried it? My pigs are funny with mint as a herb, so I decided not to splash out on buying a 2kg bag to find they won't eat it, so I'm just about to email Burgess to try and blag me a free sample!

I am however, slightly confused at the fact that it's not even showing on their product list on their website?
 
Hey Amanda, I went into just for pets, thats the only place by me that doesn't sell animals and does sell excel lol and I got this, its the same from what I can gather, just different packaging, the details are all the same and the nuggets look the same so in effect, I think its the same lol! :(|)
Just with added mint? I couldnt smell anything minty about it though!

Edited to add my pigs dont like mint either but they're nomming it all the same....
 
I got some for the boys because they are eating their favorite bits of the museli and leaving the rest....have to say they dont seem that excited about it.

There seems to be a lot left in the bowl of a morning, so I am supplementing again with the museli mallethead

Its also a large shaped nugget....I did wonder if it was that they were too big for them to eat. Theyre not shaped like the normal nuggets, these are like half moons and are quite big.

I could send you some in a bag for you to try your guys on before you splash out on a bag?
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first_time_piggie_mum said:
I got some for the boys because they are eating their favorite bits of the museli and leaving the rest....have to say they dont seem that excited about it.

There seems to be a lot left in the bowl of a morning, so I am supplementing again with the museli mallethead

Its also a large shaped nugget....I did wonder if it was that they were too big for them to eat. Theyre not shaped like the normal nuggets, these are like half moons and are quite big.

I could send you some in a bag for you to try your guys on before you splash out on a bag?
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Thanks for the offer :) I've just emailed burgess - they are normally quite generous with their free samples, not that I've done this before or anything :x I'll see what they say!

I don't have the bag for the "regular" nuggets, as I empty them into a food bin, so I can't compare the package or ingredients, but this one definately said "with mint for digestive health" in the top right corner of the bag. Does anyone have a regular bag to check this against?

As for the boys eating less, I think they will eat less pellets compared to museli, because it's got everything they need in it. As long as they ARE eating it, eating less probably isn't a problem. It's like dried dog food compared to wet - you feed less as it's more concentrated.
 
Its definitely a different bag...the one i have is a pale orange colour and the standard one is a bright orange.

The pale one that I have contains the mint x
 
first_time_piggie_mum said:
Its definitely a different bag...the one i have is a pale orange colour and the standard one is a bright orange.

The pale one that I have contains the mint x
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Yep, that's exactly the one I came across earlier! I just googled a photo of the regular bag, as I know it says something in the top right corner, but it just says "for digestive health", no mention of mint, so therefore, until I get a reply from burgess to say otherwise, I conclude that there is a new product :))
 
yup the above is right, I think the nuggets look the same tho? The ones I had before in the bright orange bag were half moon too, I've only been buying it since october tho, after they started selectively feeding from Wagg, they weren't keen at first but now it's not a problem.
I'll have to let you know tomorrow morning what the bowls are like, if they're empty then its either the same or they like it regardless, if the bowls are pretty full then they have definately changed it! I'll lay off the veg tonight, they won't have a choice then and that's when they're most likely to clear the bowls...
 
gogoguineas said:
yup the above is right, I think the nuggets look the same tho? The ones I had before in the bright orange bag were half moon too, I've only been buying it since october tho, after they started selectively feeding from Wagg, they weren't keen at first but now it's not a problem.
I'll have to let you know tomorrow morning what the bowls are like, if they're empty then its either the same or they like it regardless, if the bowls are pretty full then they have definately changed it! I'll lay off the veg tonight, they won't have a choice then and that's when they're most likely to clear the bowls...
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I had a feel of the nuggets through the bag and they felt half-moon shape too, which confused me, as the oregano ones are a different shape!

Maybe I should just get a hobby or something? :x
 
first_time_piggie_mum said:
Oh are they the same shape? Which food is it then where the nuggets are like little dark brown pelletts?
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From what I've come across...

Excel regular are half moon shape, the oregano ones are like small cylindrical pellets

Science-supreme-selective-whatever-they're-called are like square shape (I want to say 4 leaf clover shape!)

Wagg optimum looks like all bran? dark brown like...strands?

P@H nuggets are almost square shaped.

Edit: I definitely need a hobby!
 
That's Wagg optimum or the oregano & black currant excel :)
You're in luck, I managed to get my old bag out the wheelie bin, just giving the camera a quick charge then I'll take a pic, just having a read and I can't see a lot different?
 
gogoguineas said:
That's Wagg optimum :)
You're in luck, I managed to get my old bag out the wheelie bin, just giving the camera a quick charge then I'll take a pic, just having a read and I can't see a lot different?
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It looks very similar - it almost looks like someone has left a regular orange bag outside for a month and it's colour has faded!
 
The 'original' burgess for guineas is moon shaped (which I found a little odd lol) and the oregano and black current variety are just small normal looking pellets that you would expect a pellet to look like. I haven't heard of this mint one though...it sounds interesting. I might pop to P@H to have a look. I need a tunnel for my rabbit anyway, my local has stopped selling the super sized ones rolleyes
 
Ok, geek alert! Here you go peeps:

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The pile of nuggets on the left is the new bag, the ones on the right are what was left in the old style bag (can you believe i just went in my wheelie bin for this for you guys?!)

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ahhhhhhh.....I see! rolleyes

Thanks for clearing that up over the shapes lol! :(|)

And the bag on the left is the one that I bought x
 
Can the blackcurrant and oregano burgess pellets be fed as unlimited are they a type of treat feed?

:)
 
last time I got a small bag of ordinary excel and a large bag of B and O. I emailed burgess and they said all their food is equally as good. Anyways he is almost out of his B and O so need to get some from somewhere. I have birds as well as Bertie and get their food from Hardingstone near us. But, why is it my pets dont all run out at the same time? I did find that Bertie didnt need so much of the excess as the muesli stuff. Just put a small handful in the bowl about every day. (I wish they did complete for gerbils. My 2 rescues have a whale of a time throwing out all the bits they dont like!)mallethead
 
*becks* said:
Can the blackcurrant and oregano burgess pellets be fed as unlimited are they a type of treat feed?

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no they arent treats. dry food is a sort of back up..... hay and veggies are most important...although when you have a piggie that was fed just on dry food from a baby it is difficult

sorry mods I should have merged those threads I am wasting paper.....
 
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Yes now I need some of the new ones! They look Yummy and most of the pigs I have heard living really long lives have been fed mint regularly.
 
Lisajazz said:
Yes now I need some of the new ones! They look Yummy and most of the pigs I have heard living really long lives have been fed mint regularly.
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if I try to give Bertie a mint leaf, or basil he recoils in horror! so I dont think I best get any mint ones. let us know how you get on with any samples. I might ask in my pet shop they usually have them hidden under the counter..
 
I had to get some rabbit food from there over Christmas... (only place open) and I picked up the rabbit food and when I got home and opened it up the mint hit me in the face it was that strong...!
But the bunnies love it... :))
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If it had of been anything other than mint i'd have certainly bought a bag to try - but the last time i came home with a bag of fresh mint all but one of my pigs ran away from me and wouldn't come near me (for the smell of it on my fingers) for several hours :))

Interesting though...

(Amanda you are naughty, i might just pop an email over to burgess ;) not that i take your advice or anything - i most certainly did(not) print off numerous copies of a certain coupon) rolleyes
 
I'm not getting a whiff of mint at all from this, obviously no idea if it tastes of mint!
 
*becks* said:
Can the blackcurrant and oregano burgess pellets be fed as unlimited are they a type of treat feed?

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They can be fed as normal pellets. Whether or not you feed pellets in an unlimited quantity is up to you and your pigs. Mine are fat little so and so's so have them rationed!
 
Sodapops said:
If it had of been anything other than mint i'd have certainly bought a bag to try - but the last time i came home with a bag of fresh mint all but one of my pigs ran away from me and wouldn't come near me (for the smell of it on my fingers) for several hours :))

Interesting though...

(Amanda you are naughty, i might just pop an email over to burgess ;) not that i take your advice or anything - i most certainly did(not) print off numerous copies of a certain coupon) rolleyes
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:)) I emailed them for a sample of the oregano ones when they came out, they sent me 2x 750g bags!
 
PS- Two of mine, Fuzzy & Tyler, have emptied their bowl! And these were the two i realllly struggled to get on to nuggets! rolleyes?/
 
gogoguineas said:
The pile of nuggets on the left is the new bag, the ones on the right are what was left in the old style bag (can you believe i just went in my wheelie bin for this for you guys?!)
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Now I feel bad I've got three bags of the normal one upstairs from stocking up before the vouchers expired :)). Things we do for the piggies though :(|).
 
Amanda: have you heard anything back from Burgess yet?

I had to go and buy some nuggets today and went in to my local pets at home - the only 2KG bags of Burgess nuggets they had were these 'new' ones with mint or the blackcurrant and oregano ones - i asked if they had any of the 'normal' burgess nuggets (in the bright orange bag) and after several minutes of them searching for some out the back, they came back with some interesting info:

According to the manager at pets bat home Burgess are phasing out the old nuggets and the 2kg, 4kg and 10kg bags will all eventually be replaced with these new ones (containing mint).

I have no idea whether this is true or not (and don't really trust my local pets at home to tell me the truth) - guess we'll have to see what burgess say.....
 
I think I might just email Burgess and tell them how fab i have heard their food is and can they send me a sample or 2.....rolleyes
 
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