Little One Mini Corn Cobs - 130g

Little One Mini Corn Cobs - 130g is a 130g pack of whole mini corn cobs from Little One, given as a chew-and-forage treat.

Key Features

• Whole cobs: the animal has to work the kernels off the cob, which takes time and uses the teeth.
• Two ways to serve: Little One offers them whole, or popped in a microwave so the kernels open.
• Just corn: dried corn cobs with nothing added.
• 130g pack: a treat pack, not a staple food.

Popping Them

• Little One's own instruction is to microwave a cob briefly if you want the kernels popped.
• Let it cool completely before it goes anywhere near the cage. A cob straight out of a microwave holds a lot of heat.
• Popped or whole, it is the same amount of corn, so the portion does not change.

Good To Know

• Corn is starchy and sugary compared with hay, so this is an occasional treat rather than a daily one, and a small cob at a time.
• A chew is an extra rather than a meal. Keep all treats together to a small part of the day's food so they do not push out hay.
• Not one for an overweight animal, or for a dwarf hamster, where sweet and starchy food is the thing to keep out of the diet.
• Check it before you give it. Dried plant material should feel dry and smell clean; anything that has gone soft or musty in the humidity here goes in the bin rather than in the cage.
• Keep the pack closed and dry, away from heat.