Nugget Comparison Chart
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Erford12
Junior Guinea Pig
Can they eat beets?
Do you mean beetroot? If so they can eat a little bit raw. But be warned it can turn their urine pink and cause sudden worry on the part of owners!
tatiana123
New Born Pup
Thanks for sharing - super helpful!So after looking at the different foods available and finding that the information is spread all over the place I have started to compile a spreadsheet of the nuggets available here in the UK (and most in other countries). I am still gathering information but I have put the basics into a spreadsheet so that they can all be compared together.
If there is anything else you think I could add to the spread sheet, please let me know, or if you have any info about the blank spaces I'd be grateful too! Here it is so far.
NorthernMonkey
New Born Pup
Hi.
Can I just ask if this chart up to date, as I can see the last edit on the original post is 2018?
Thanks!
Can I just ask if this chart up to date, as I can see the last edit on the original post is 2018?
Thanks!
Pantalaimon
Junior Guinea Pig
I see no one has responded to this yet.
No the chart is not 100% up to date. You can still use it as a starting point then find the up to date nutrient contents of each food online.
CuteAlexa26
New Born Pup
how's the burgess excel adult guinea pig nuggets with oregano ?
TheWheekingPiglets
New Born Pup
Hi everyone, I have just made an updated version of this chart as I've recently been looking into the variation of each brand.
This is based on brands I have found in the UK and online.
If anyone has any other brands that I've missed don't hesitate to comment and ill update and add.
*not all are filled as not every brand adds every detail*
This is based on brands I have found in the UK and online.
If anyone has any other brands that I've missed don't hesitate to comment and ill update and add.
*not all are filled as not every brand adds every detail*
4harmony2
Junior Guinea Pig
KK327
Junior Guinea Pig
Piggie Pellets
My pigs LOVE these - they have the joint and urinary support ones. I can highly recommend.
My pigs LOVE these - they have the joint and urinary support ones. I can highly recommend.
fluffysal
Forum Donator 2024/25
I also recommend piggy parcels pellets. Their forage is also well received by my boys.
piggieminder
Forum Buddy
Mine won't eat Piggie Parcels (I wish they would!) but they love Verselle Laga Cavia Complete.
piggieminder
Forum Buddy
I don't have a bag to get the details off at the moment, I empty them into a large tin for easier storage. I don't think anything has changed since the last chart update.
They are often difficult to get here since Brexit so I mix them with Science Selective and/or Burgess Indoor so it will be a while until I order more.
Hi
You can find the most common internationally available brands in our first chart.
If you could do the whole check and update of the brands listed there, we would be extremely grateful so we can then start an updated pellet brand comparison guide that would be credited to you.
It's finding somebody who is willing to take on all the work that is not easy but we are always grateful for any members who does! We are all doing this for free in our own free time, so finding that extra time and somebody who is willing to do the footwork and check the data yearly is not easy.
Versele Laga is a European brand; we have members from other European countries.
Oxbow Cavy Cuisine and Sherwood are US based brands. Oxbow is the brand that is the most available internationally.
If you can colour all the grass/timothy based pellets and all the 'no's in the chart in mid-green and bold that helps members when looking for specifics, like cereal and alfalfa content to find more quickly what they are looking for.
@Guineautopia may be able to help you with her own pellet brand, with is quite popular with forum members.
Harringtons sadly seem to have stopped their production now. Their 10 kg bags used to be popular with UK forum members with a larger number of guinea pigs. Their pellets were sunflower extract based so I assume that the Ukraine war is to blame for that since the Ukraine is the largest producer of sunflower based products.
Would you be willing to do this?
Engel
Adult Guinea Pig
If @TheWheekingPiglets is not able to, I will happily do an updated list.
Whoever is willing to do so and keep it updated once a year will have my undying gratitude!
Engel
Adult Guinea Pig
It's the least I can do after everything this forum has done for me.
TheWheekingPiglets
New Born Pup
I will add these as soon as. thank you for the suggestion
TheWheekingPiglets
New Born Pup
Hi all. I did not expect to get this much interest but will definably keep it updated. I have tried to use the old chart as a start off but a lot of them are blurry so I cannot read them to see what they are.
The oxbow cavy cuisine is already on there however a couple of people have mentioned others so I will update sometime today.
I have also worked out the calcium to phosphorus ratio in which I believe from my own research the recommended ratio for guinea pigs is 1.2:1-1.6:1= I would check with my vet on this however it is a Sunday, I'm sure someone will correct me if that is incorrect.
Something I am also going to add at the top is the amount of nuggets to feed as I know a lot of brands say between 30-90g however from my experience and research I am pretty sure that the guided amount is 1tbsp/per pig/per day for 6months+ and 2tbsp/per pig/per day for piggies younger, both with unlimited hay and water. : could someone also confirm this for me as do not want to be adding incorrect information.
As @Wiebke has guided I will colour coordinate certain categories for people to find what they are looking for quicker. #
Don't hesitate to pop your suggestions below and ill update as soon as I can.
*just to clarify not every section can be completed as not every brand adds every detail needed*
Thank you. Pellet reviews are always very popular but we need to find somebody new to take them on and update them regularly. It's been sitting on my rather long to do list.
Engel
Adult Guinea Pig
I made my own chart a while back with different brands. I'll see if I can find it, check it and send it over so you can incorporate it into the list if you like?
Guineautopia
Forum Donator 2024/25
I’m happy to help with any info for the Piggie parcels pellets (I run the business)I will add these as soon as. thank you for the suggestion
Also I wonder if we could make some changes to the sheet, at the moment it has a price per KG but it doesn’t show the cost per day based on the recommended feed amount. Also I think it might be helpful to add in the calcium:phosphorus ratio. I do have a lot of info on other pellets from all the research I’ve done, so I may also have some of rhe missing data. Please feel free to message me and I will help anyway I can
Engel
Adult Guinea Pig
I have (somewhere) a spreadsheet of safe veggies that I made a while back, is it worth posting if all info is still correct? If I remember right, i had it saying which are high calcium, high oxilate, high vit c, whether it's safe for daily feeding etc.
We have already got a list of edible veg here. The main problem with these kinds of lists and why they should be used with extreme caution is that they can all too easily lead to a very unbalanced diet when users only focus on one aspect.
We have also made the first hand experience that ca : ph diet recommendations between the US and the UK don't work well, mainly because of differing water quality and pellet brands - and you cannot just focus on the veg and leave all the other food groups out of the equation.
Some of my own spate of bladder stones around 2012 were because of experimentation in that area, an experience I share with several long term forum members.
If you could put your heads together between the three of you I am happy to credit all of you for an updated and clearer presentation in a new sticky thread.
Engel
Adult Guinea Pig
It's ok. Thought I'd offer as I'm starting the very long and painful process of clearing space on my laptop (and eventually memory sticks) and I know there's piggy stuff on there, so thought I'd ask before delete it.
Is there any other threads that need updating regarding food/housing or anything really? Just so I can keep an eye out as I'm sifting through.
Thank you, that is very kind.
- On the nutritional side, what we are lacking is an overview of commercially available dry forage products. It is currently the area that is seeing a real boom in combination with a reduced or no pellets diet trend but there is often not exactly a lot of detailed information around.
Look at nutritional values, pros and cons.
Are there products/plants that could be recommended in combination as a valid pellet replacement and which should be more regarded as a treat? A lot seems to be more geared towards the human eye than real nutrition at a glance but there is no guidance as to what can be fed how much/often and what should be avoided.
- A treat overview would also be something that would find a lot of interest. From the good (i.e. healthy in small quantities as part of a faily diet) to the bad (fine very occasionally) to the ugly (unsuitable and dangerous).
If you would be interested to those overviews with the help of @Guineautopia, who will have probably done quite a bit of research and who is probably the best source for nutritional values? @Engel
By the way, I have written a little thread about protein: pellets vs. pea flakes for the food section in the last few days.
But that would bring our Food section up to scratch and would be very helpful so we have practical information on all food groups again.
There are also several threads in the Housing section that could do with a review as they are pre-pandemic. Since I haven't been well for the last few years, I have struggled with the information maintenance; especially - and not surprisingly - the really boring bits!
I have worked my way through quite a few older information threads of mine in recent weeks and have overhauled/updated them.
- We could do with a review of C&C grid cage providers and perhaps also with a new Kavee feedback thread as they have come onto the market rather aggressively in recent years (tag me for stickying it). What are users' practical experiences (good and bad) with them and with their product. Would they buy Kavee again?
- Also a review/update of fleece cosies, tunnels, caves etc. providers. No idea who's still making them.