Guinea Pig's favorite Food/treats/Veges

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What are you Guinea Pigs favorite Foods/Treats/Vege's?

I want to experiment with my bugaboo's. I want to see what kind of vege's they might like and I only have a rough idea as to what I can feed them.

They already eat Red Peppers, Parsley, Romaine Lettuce, Cucumbers and Carrots.

My grocery store isn't all that big but I'm going into the city next Saturday. Thanks!
 
Gilbert adores his Carrot and always goes for it first out of the vegetables.
Whereas Ludwig adores his cucumber. He likes to eat the skin off by spinning it with his teeth and then eats the middle.

Ludwig adores eating apple for a treat and you can't get away with eating an apple without him running to the edge of the cage begging for a bit.
 
Have a look in the food section and you'll see recommended shopping list :)
Remember tho when offering new foods only try one at a time, cause it upsets their tummy you'll know then which food it is :)

My girls love corn silks and husks, green beans, cauliflower, broccoli & the leaves, capsicum (red or green), cucumber, snow peas, carrot tops (not allowed carrots much cause one is diabetic), kale, silverbeet (chard), mixed lettuces (not iceberg that's a no no!) and a little parsley every now and then.
 
Favourite food!

Hi, my guinea pigs favourite snacks are tomato and carrot! It is so funny when you give them a juicy tomato and the drip it down their fur! Every pig is different so you just have to give everything a go! Good luck..:(|)
 
cucumber, apple, grass, dandelion leaves, carrot. sometimes i make my piggy a 'salad' with a lot of different veggies. he always eats the cucumber first, but all of it disappears fast!
 
guineagurl said:
Hi, my guinea pigs favourite snacks are tomato and carrot! It is so funny when you give them a juicy tomato and the drip it down their fur! Every pig is different so you just have to give everything a go! Good luck..:(|)
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You can give guinea pigs tomatoes?

BRILLIANT :))
 
Well last night I found out one food my guinea pigs DO NOT like...

Freddie literally ripped the sweet pepper out of my hands, threw it to one side and nudge my fingers as if to say "pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease tell me there's something else in there".

Then gave me his "yooooooooooooooooooooooou're such a baaaaaaaaaaaaaad owner" look.

The sweet pepper was still untouched this morning - oh well :(
 
My piggies loved cilantro. I didn't have them for long before I had to give them away but we had tried carrots and cucumbers and a few other veggies and cilantro was the only thing they'd eat.
 
I've tried SO many different things with my piggies, but they stick to the same old cucumber.

I introduced watered down bran into their diets and the LOVE it.

That's as adventurous as my piggies go!
 
xchocolatexmustardx said:
What are you Guinea Pigs favorite Foods/Treats/Vege's?

I want to experiment with my bugaboo's. I want to see what kind of vege's they might like and I only have a rough idea as to what I can feed them.

They already eat Red Peppers, Parsley, Romaine Lettuce, Cucumbers and Carrots.

My grocery store isn't all that big but I'm going into the city next Saturday. Thanks!
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I would try swapping the Parsley for Corriander. Parsley is very high in oxalates and calcium and so isn't ideal to feed too much as oxalates works with calcium to bind it and can create sludge/bladder stones. I found this out the hard way.

Green pepper in lower in sugar than red pepper also, so much better for pigs. Unless red is fed as a treat.

Round lettuce is lower in sugar than romaine also so might make a nice alternative, it also has a really good Ca:Ph ratio.
 
Coriander is my lots favourite, it's always the first thing that all 4 of them go for. They also like other herbs such as mint, oregano and dill. They love parsley but I very rarely give it to them because of the high calcium levels.

I also give them mixed lettuce, green peppers, cherry tomatoes (they love them but only if they are deseeded......not that I spoil my lot or anything :red ), celery chopped into inch long pieces, cucumber, baby corn, fine beans, peas in their pods, the occassional piece of carrot, corn husks, spring greens.... I've probably missed something out, but that's all I can think of at the moment. I just go to my local fruit shop and see what looks good.
 
Kringeldec said:
I was told not to feed my piggies lettuce as it can give them colic. Is this true?
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No it's not. Leafy greens, such as lettuce should really make up the bulk of the veggies you feed your piggies.

It's only iceberg lettuce that shouldn't be fed to them, the rest are fine.
 
I gave my piggie melon for the first time today. I noticed a few teeth marks in it. I don't think he knows how to eat certain foods. Just guessing.

He loves apples(took awhile), cucumbers (took awhile again) lettuce of course (has actually started to climb the bars for this now LOL) and carrots.

I treid him on kale and he didn't seem to care for it.

Just recently I gave him celery. Seems to think it's OK! LOL

My pig is just a too fussy.. :p
 
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