Primate
Enrichment Treats, Devices and Special Needs Diets

Monkey Chewies

Chewies are a wholesome, natural grain-based diet made with sweetened condensed milk and honey. The slightly sweet taste and semi-soft texture appeal to problem eaters. Chewies are a certified, nutritionally complete diet which offers another alternative to your environmental enrichment program. When an extra soft diet is needed, consider Banana or Cherry Softies.

Features and Advantages:
Naturally delicious. This mild sweet taste of honey will coax the most finicky eater

Can be fed as a nutritional treat or sole source diet for New and Old World Primates

Reliable vitamin C supplement. Each Chewie has 50 mg encapsulated vitamin C

Semi-Soft texture enables use for primates with chewing difficulties

Stuff inside a large Havaball to encourage primates to work for their Chewie Treat

Larger diameter is easily handled by chimps and baboons as well as rhesus, etc...Wafer shape minimizes loss through cage floors

Precise 10 gm weight eliminates guesswork and labor when measuring food intake

Nutritionally complete

Produced in a GMP environment assuring accurate and consistent diet composition

For medicated diets, see MD's section (Medicated Dosing System)

Size/Form:
10 gm each, wafer shape
1.25" diameter x .375" high

Certification:
The nutritional content on every lot of diet is analyzed by an independent laboratory prior to shipment. The results of analysis are available upon request.

Nutritional Assays:
Vitamin C, Protein, Fat, Fiber, Ash and Moisture

Typical Nutritional Content:

 Protein        24.3%  Fat                      5.9%
 Fiber              3.4%  Ash                     5.0%
 Moisture    <10.0%  Carbohydrate  52.5%

Encapsulated Vitamin C

5.0 gm/kg

Vitamin D3

1,550 IU/kg

Caloric Value

3,562 kcals/kg
 

Each 10 gram Chewie contains:

Encapsulated Vitamin C

50.0 mg/treat

Vitamin D3

15.5 IU/treat

Caloric Value

36.5 kcals/treat

Ingredients:
Ground Corn, Soybean Meal, Corn Gluten Meal, Ground Wheat, Fish Meal, Dehydrated Alfalfa Meal, Dried Whey, Sucrose, Beet Pulp, Soybean Oil, Animal Fat (preserved with BHA), Canola Oil, Gum, Honey, Corn Syrup, Molasses, Mineral Mix, Vitamin Mix, and Tablet Binders

For complete nutritional breakdown of amino acids, carbohydrates, fatty acids, mineral and vitamin profiles, etc. call Dr. Yisheng Bai at 908-996-2155 - ext. 117 or email: techserv@bio-serv.com

Shelf Life:
6 months in cool, dry storage

Packaging:
500 per box.

Pricing:
Monkey Chewies - Product # F0361

1-4 boxes

$ 99.80/box
5+ boxes $ 84.75/box

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