List of Herbs
The herbs, houseplants and flowers are together with braches, hay and gras the main food for chinchillas. Dried as a mixture, they should daily be given. Fresh they should be offered as often as possible.
Feeding instruction:
- unproblematic: may be fed in larger quantities for each type of feeding
- selective: can be fed together or at the same time with several other, unproblematic and selective plants; reason: is unwholesome in quantities, unpopular or a medicinal plant that is only eaten when needed
- as feed and medicinal plant unsuitable
- toxic / very toxic
- Special features: only before flowering, only dried, can cause gastifikation, good starter plant and other interesting notes
| A |
| Alchemilla: unproblematic, regulate hormone balance |
| Alfalfa/ Lucerne: selective, may bloat, therefore only if you don't feed pellets |
| Alfalfa, sickle (also called Medicago falcata, yellow lucerne, yellow-flowered alfalfa, yellow alfalfa, sickle medick and yellow medick): selective, may bloat, therefore only if you don't feed pellets |
| Amaranth: unproblematic |
| Angelica archangelica (also called garden angelica, wild celery, and Norwegian angelica): selective, danger of confusion with other poisonous Apiaceae or Umbelliferae |
| Angelica sylvestris/ wild angelica: selective, danger of confusion with other poisonous Apiaceae or Umbelliferae |
| Artichoke herb: unproblematic |
| Asters: unproblematic, beware of Callistephus because of insecticides |
| B |
| Bamboo (baby bamboo, bamboo grass, garden bamboo - all kinds): unproblematic |
| Banana plant: unproblematic |
| Basil: selective |
| Bedstraw/ Galium: unproblematic |
| Bellflower/ Campanula: unproblematic |
| Bistort/ Bistorta officinalis: unproblematic |
| Bittercress (also called herb barbara, rocketcress, yellow rocketcress, winter rocket, and wound rocket): unproblematic |
| Borage/ starflower: selective |
| Buttercup (also called Ranunculus, spearworts, and water crowfoots): selective |
| C |
| Cabbage / wild cabbage: selective, may bloat, therefore only if you don't feed pellets |
| Cactus grandiflorus: unproblematic |
| Callisia repens/ Creeping inchplant and other Callisia/ roselings: unproblematic, good beginner plant |
| Caraway: selective |
| Centaurea (also called centaury, centory, starthistles, knapweeds, bluets, loggerheads, basketflowers or cornflowers), (all): unproblematic |
| Chamomile/ Anthemis: unproblematic |
| Chamomile/ Chamaemelum nobile: unproblematic |
| Chamomile/ Matricaria chamomilla: unproblematic |
| Chervil: unproblematic, danger of confusion with other poisonous Apiaceae or Umbelliferae |
| Chicory (common): unproblematic, good beginner plant |
| Chrysanthemums (also called mums or chrysanths): selective, especially the flowers are delicious |
| Clover, bur-/ medick: selective, may bloat, therefore only if you don't feed pellets |
| Clover, red: selective, may bloat, therefore only if you don't feed pellets |
| Clover, white: selective, may bloat, therefore only if you don't feed pellets |
| Coltsfoot/ Tussilago farfara: selective |
| Comfrey: selective |
| Coontails/ hornworts: unproblematic |
| Coriander: selective |
| Cornflower: unproblematic |
| Cress (all): selective |
| D |
| Dahlia: unproblematic, especially the flowers are delicious |
| Daisy (common), (also called Bellis perennis, lawn daisy or English daisy): unproblematic, good beginner plant |
| Dandelion: unproblematic, good beginner plant |
| Dandelion salad / Catalogna: unproblematic, good beginner plant |
| Dandelion, fall/ autumn hawkbit: unproblematic |
| Dinkel herb, green: selective with ears, otherwise unproblematic |
| Dill: selective |
| Dracaena: unproblematic |
| E |
| Echinacea/ coneflowers: unproblematic |
| Elecampane: selective |
| Endive/ escarole: unproblematic |
| Eupatorium cannabinum (also called hemp-agrimony or holy rope): selective |
| Evening primrose (also called Oenothera, suncups or sundrops): selective |
| F |
| Fennel herb: unproblematic |
| Field pennycress/ Thlaspi arvense: unproblematic |
| Flax/ Linum: unproblematic |
| Flores graminis: unproblematic |
| Forked catchfly: selective |
| G |
| Galinsoga: unproblematic |
| Glechoma hederacea (also called ground-ivy, gill-over-the-ground, creeping charlie, alehoof, tunhoof, catsfoot, field balm, run-away-robin or creeping jenny): selective |
| Goatsbeard/ salsify: unproblematic |
| Goosefoot, white (also called Chenopodium album, lamb's quarters, melde, fat-hen or pigweed): unproblematic |
| Grass/ Poaceae (all): unproblematic |
| Ground elder (also called herb gerard, bishop's weed, goutweed, gout wort, snow-in-the-mountain, English masterwort or wild masterwort): unproblematic |
| H |
| Heather, common (also called Calluna vulgaris or ling): selective |
| Hibiscus/ rose mallow: unproblematic |
| Hogweed (also called common hogweed, cow parsnip or eltrot): unproblematic, good beginner plant |
| Hop (common)/ Humulus lupulus: selective |
| Horseweed (also called Canadian fleabane, coltstail, marestail, and butterweed): unproblematic, good beginner plant |
| Hypochaeris radicata (also called catsear, flatweed, cat's-ear, hairy cat's ear or false dandelion): unproblematic |
| I |
| J |
| K |
| Knotgrass (common): unproblematic |
| L |
| Lavender: selective |
| Lovage: unproblematic |
| Lupine: selective, may bloat, therefore only if you don't feed pellets |
| Lucerne/Alfalfa: selective, may bloat, therefore only if you don't feed pellets |
| M |
| Mayweed/ Tripleurospermum: unproblematic |
| Meum athamanticum (also named Baldmoney, Spignel and Meu): selective |
| Millet (the herb, not the seeds): unproblematic |
| Mouse-ear hawkweed/ Hieracium pilosella: unproblematic |
| Mugwort (also called riverside wormwood, felon herb, chrysanthemum weed, wild wormwood, old Uncle Henry, sailor's tobacco, naughty man, old man or St. John's plant): selective |
| Mullein/ Verbascum: selective |
| N |
| O |
| Oats/ Avena: with ears selective, without ears unproblematic |
| Onobrychis/ sainfoins: selective, only without pellet feeding |
| Opuntia/ Prickly pear: unproblematic |
| P |
| Perforate St John's-wort/ Hypericum perforatum: selective |
| Pimpinella: unproblematic |
| Pineappleweed/ Matricaria discoidea: unproblematic |
| Potentilla (also called cinquefoils, tormentils or barren strawberries), (all): unproblematic |
| Prickly lettuce/ Lactuca serriola: unproblematic |
| Q |
| Queen of the night/ Selenicereus grandiflorus: unproblematic |
| R |
| Rumex (all): selective |
| S |
| Salad burnet/ Sanguisorba minor: unproblematic |
| Savory: selective |
| Shepherd's purse/ Capsella: unproblematic |
| Spider plant/ Chlorophytum comosum: unproblematic |
| Strawberry herb: unproblematic |
| T |
| Tarragon/ estragon: selective |
| Thistle (all): unproblematic, should be dried and only fed without spines because of the risk of injury |
| Tormentil (common) (also called septfoil or erect cinquefoil): selective |
| U |
| V |
| Valeriana/ valerians: selective |
| Veronica (also called speedwell, bird's eye, and gypsyweed): unproblematic, good beginner plant |
| W |
| Wild buckwheat/ Fallopia convolvulus: unproblematic |
| X |
| Y |
| Z |