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I keep finding that people say chicks are high in fat or not a good source of food or whatever... and I have to wonder why sometimes... It's more than common knowledge that animals in the wild will almost always take advantage of young/baby prey...

Now, I'm not saying feed your tegus chicks everyday, I'm just wondering why this is...

I know that they're low in calcium seeing as they'd just hatched and are still developing but this is something that can easily be fixed with a calcium supplement or feeding something that's high in calcium along with a chick. (at least this is how it works when I'm feeding my dogs/ferrets raw food and whole prey)

Another reason I've heard is because they're high in fat...

But reading Rodent Pro's nutrient analysis page says otherwise... Unless I'm reading it wrong?

Adult Mouse 10g:
Crude Protein: 55.8%
Crude Fat: 23.6%
Calcium: 2.98%
Phosphorus: 1.72%

Day-old Chick:
Crude Protein: 64.9%
Crude Fat: 22.4%
Calcium: 1.69%
Phosphorus: 1.22%

Can someone elaborate?

<blockquote data-quote="Guest" data-source="post: 75612">I keep finding that people say chicks are high in fat or not a good source of food or whatever... and I have to wonder why sometimes... It's more than common knowledge that animals in the wild will almost always take advantage of young/baby prey...Now, I'm not saying feed your tegus chicks everyday, I'm just wondering why this is...I know that they're low in calcium seeing as they'd just hatched and are still developing but this is something that can easily be fixed with a calcium supplement or feeding something that's high in calcium along with a chick. (at least this is how it works when I'm feeding my dogs/ferrets raw food and whole prey)Another reason I've heard is because they're high in fat... But reading Rodent Pro's nutrient analysis page says otherwise... Unless I'm reading it wrong?Adult Mouse 10g:Crude Protein: 55.8%Crude Fat: 23.6%Calcium: 2.98%Phosphorus: 1.72%Day-old Chick:Crude Protein: 64.9%Crude Fat: 22.4%Calcium: 1.69%Phosphorus: 1.22%Can someone elaborate?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Guest, post: 75612"] I keep finding that people say chicks are high in fat or not a good source of food or whatever... and I have to wonder why sometimes... It's more than common knowledge that animals in the wild will almost always take advantage of young/baby prey... Now, I'm not saying feed your tegus chicks everyday, I'm just wondering why this is... I know that they're low in calcium seeing as they'd just hatched and are still developing but this is something that can easily be fixed with a calcium supplement or feeding something that's high in calcium along with a chick. (at least this is how it works when I'm feeding my dogs/ferrets raw food and whole prey) Another reason I've heard is because they're high in fat... But reading Rodent Pro's nutrient analysis page says otherwise... Unless I'm reading it wrong? Adult Mouse 10g: Crude Protein: 55.8% Crude Fat: 23.6% Calcium: 2.98% Phosphorus: 1.72% Day-old Chick: Crude Protein: 64.9% Crude Fat: 22.4% Calcium: 1.69% Phosphorus: 1.22% Can someone elaborate? [/QUOTE]

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