Avoid feeding hazelnuts. The high fat may trigger pancreatitis, and whole nuts create choking risk in smaller animals. If any taste is ever offered, use only a tiny plain chopped piece.
Hazelnuts are round tree nuts sold raw, roasted, chopped, or ground into pastes and spreads.
Common in trail mixes, pralines, chocolate bars, cookies, and nut butters. Whole nuts and fragments can be swallowed quickly from mixed snacks.
Flavored nuts may include salt, sugar, cocoa, or spice coatings. Nutella-style chocolate-hazelnut spreads add both theobromine and sugar. Sweet dessert fillings add more fat than plain nuts.
