luckyandsammy
Teenage Guinea Pig
Hello,
So I’ve been looking into pellets as the brand I used to feed my guinea pigs, Versele- Laga Cavia Complete has recently revealed its ingredients, and it turns out it contains something called sepiolite.
I’ve looked it up and I’m not too sure if this should be consumed?
I’ve looked up other foods to compare and to be honest, most of them don’t say what the “technological” additives are. This makes me concerned as I don’t want to be giving the guinea pigs anything harmful. I’ve looked at small pet select nuggets and they contain sodium bentonite, which again, seems a bit questionable to me.
Am I being dramatic, or could these ingredients be harmful? As far as I’m aware, they don’t seem to be used in human food…
Please tell me what you think, and let me know if you know a good brand of food that doesn’t “hide” its ingredients.
The guinea pigs are currently on burgess excel but I’m very eager to change it as I’m not a fan of the ingredients, and the guinea pigs have put on a bunch of weight since they started eating it (each pair only gets a small scoop, egg cup sized to share every morning).
Thanks!
So I’ve been looking into pellets as the brand I used to feed my guinea pigs, Versele- Laga Cavia Complete has recently revealed its ingredients, and it turns out it contains something called sepiolite.
I’ve looked it up and I’m not too sure if this should be consumed?
I’ve looked up other foods to compare and to be honest, most of them don’t say what the “technological” additives are. This makes me concerned as I don’t want to be giving the guinea pigs anything harmful. I’ve looked at small pet select nuggets and they contain sodium bentonite, which again, seems a bit questionable to me.
Am I being dramatic, or could these ingredients be harmful? As far as I’m aware, they don’t seem to be used in human food…
Please tell me what you think, and let me know if you know a good brand of food that doesn’t “hide” its ingredients.
The guinea pigs are currently on burgess excel but I’m very eager to change it as I’m not a fan of the ingredients, and the guinea pigs have put on a bunch of weight since they started eating it (each pair only gets a small scoop, egg cup sized to share every morning).
Thanks!