How to Serve Broccoli to Guinea Pigs

[PigsLovesYas10]

Hello! I was curious as to what part of the fresh broccoli I should feed my boys. I know I feed it to them sparingly, but it has a lot more Vitamin C than pellets, hay, or carrots/leafy greens like I’ve been giving them (I honestly just wanted to be on the safe side with vitamins) daily. Do I cut off the head of the broccoli and just feed them the stalk? Vise versa?

Also: is it safe to feed them cauliflower? And is it given the same way?

Thank you!

 

[G&C]

Hi, I’ve found with my boars that they like broccoli and colli stalks, they don’t tend to touch the florettes. They get it once or twice a week but they don’t love it (ie it’s not the first thing they go for but they do eat it eventually). They can also eat colli leaves but these are a bit hit and miss too. A good source of vit c is kale, but again this should only be given a couple of times a week too. There aren’t any rules on which parts of broccoli should or shouldn’t be given just try them with a little bit of each and see which they like if any...

 

[Gpowner]

broccoli can be fed to guinea pigs--both parts same with cauliflower

 

[PigsLovesYas10]

Thank you for replying! I’ll have to get my hands on some kale, then, @G&C, thank you for the suggestion.

 

[Tangle]

If I remember right, red pepper is a good source of Vit C that is relatively low in Ca. Check it out (I think there's a table linked through the guides somewhere), but we go with a bit of pepper most days and brassicas occasionally to try and balance things.