- Water - Hay and grass - Veg and fresh herbs - Wild or garden forage - Pellets - Treats - Where to shop? - Saving up for emergency vet fees while you can
Money will be getting very tight for many of us; and that will also mean that a growing number of us need to think twice about how we feed our guinea pigs on a still good and long term health promoting diet that helps to keep our food bills and also any vet cost down.
This is our normally recommended general diet, which looks at diet...
- Sourcing hay - Veg alternatives
- Pellet alternatives
It can happen that you are suddenly ill and do not have family and friends close by to help out immediately.
Please see whether you can organise a supermarket delivery or find a neighbour/small neighbourhood shop or your local church to help you find somebody who is willing to shop for you and your pets - ideally before you fall ill. Make sure that you always have a little cash at home for an emergency if at all possible.
If money has become an issue, you will find this...
- How to provide the run - How to prepare guinea pigs for the lawn season - Beware!
Warmer spring weather is on the way - and that means the start of the lawn season!
How to provide the run
- Provide a shelter against wind and weather, as temperatures can drop quickly as soon as the sun has gone or a sudden shower crops up. Make sure that your piggies have access to hay to help balance the digestion and ideally a place slightly above the ground that is dry and warm, so...
1 Guinea pigs don't sweat 2 How to best keep the water supply cool 3 Watery veg and syringe feeding water - The role of fridge cooled veg and large cucumber chunks - Frozen veg - why not - Diarrhea and bloating as a result of overfeeding fruit and veg - More veg/fruit means less bottle drinking 4 Keeping the ambient temperature as cool as possible
1 Guinea pigs don't sweat
Humans...
Here is a collection of homemade treat recipes. We cannot vouch for the nutritional values.
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