Amount of Veggies+Pellets

[GuineaPigLover7891]

Hi. I have two boars (Patches and Carmal.) On this forum, they say 1 cup of veggies per pig. Does that mean if you have a pair you give them 2 cups. Same with pellets. Instead of 1/8 would you feed 1/4. Or if it was 1/4 would you feed 1/2? Also do you feed 1/8 pellets per pig or 1/4. Do they need separate bowls? Two bowls for pellets and two for veggies. Btw I won’t start the veggie amount right away because they have soft poop.


Thanks in advance!

 

[Siikibam]

If they have soft poops then don’t give them veggies at all until they’re back to normal. It’s a cup EACH and a tablespoon of pellets EACH. I’d say have two of everything - bowl, bottle, hay pile. You can then put each portion in a bowl. I have boys and they each have a bowl. They get pellets in the afternoon and will eat from separate bowls, sometimes swapping round.

The link below has a pic of a good ‘serving size’.

Long Term Balanced General And Special Needs Guinea Pig Diets

 

[SqueakersNYC]

Oops I have been giving my pigs way too much yummy veg if that pic is the benchmark for one pig per day!

 

[GuineaPigLover7891]

If they have soft poops then don’t give them veggies at all until they’re back to normal. It’s a cup EACH and a tablespoon of pellets EACH. I’d say have two of everything - bowl, bottle, hay pile. You can then put each portion in a bowl. I have boys and they each have a bowl. They get pellets in the afternoon and will eat from separate bowls, sometimes swapping round.

The link below has a pic of a good ‘serving size’.

Long Term Balanced General And Special Needs Guinea Pig Diets

So it’s a tablespoon of pellets each not 1/8.

 

[Siikibam]

So it’s a tablespoon of pellets each not 1/8.

Yes that’s the measure I use. I don’t know if 1/8 equates to that.