Roasted Hazelnut Filberts - ok to feed?

[Sakura]

Hello everyone!

I've been reading this board for a long time and am delighted to be properly joining you all at last. I have learned so much here :)

I used to buy plain shelled hazelnut filberts from Costco as part of the diet of a a non-releasable who is unable to open shelled nuts himself.
I understood that they at least had a little calcium in them so were a good choice of nut (hope that's right!)

However, when I went to stock up at Costco yesterday, they've have dropped that brand and have replaced it with a different brand.

This new brand (Basse) is toasted and lacks the reddish-brown skin the filberts usually have.
The ingredients state 'dry roasted hazelnuts' and are not apparently seasoned or salted but the disclaimer on the front of the packet says 'may contain other tree nuts, peanuts, milk, soy, wheat, sesame and sulphites'.

Do you think these are safe to feed? Will roasting have diminished the nutrition? Should I source my hazelnuts elsewhere now?

[HappyLittleSquirrely]

I personally wouldn't give anything to my squirrel Roasted.If i couldn't find the raw hazel nuts you used to find,i would go to the bakery Isle where the mixes and flour,icing ect, of a grocery store, because they have those raw shelled Almonds in a bag with nothing added along with other nuts like walnuts crushed peacans ect,,. They're very cheap. however of course you need to make sure that squirrel gets his rodent blocks for his main source of food. Others may opinions about roasted nuts . I dunno.:)

[farrelli]

Btw, these are just for treats, right, not a diet staple? He gets blocks as the cornerstone? If you haven't seen the diet thread:

http://thesquirrelboard.com/forums/showthread.php?44440-Healthy-Diet-for-Pet-Squirrels

[grampyngramy]

We could not find unshelled nut this time of year, we ordered on line. Nuts.com. avoid the candies, they raste like the plastic bag. I wash the nuts off. And Kazee goes to to town.