Selective grain free

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What are the benefits of grain free nuggets? I feed these simply because i hear they are better for my pigs, but i dont actually know why.
 
To my knowledge it’s that grainless pellets ingredients provide better all round nutrition as the grains in other pellets are just added in to be fillers and those fillers provide no nutritional value. They also have the benefit of being lower in calcium.
 
Grain free diets can help pigs prone to obesity, bladder issues and problems with diabetes.
 
Lower calcium, lower calorie, and I think easier to digest as they are mostly hay- and Wiebke suggested we keep bloaty Puggle grain free, so I am definitely going to stick with that!
 
PigglePuggle said:
Lower calcium, lower calorie, and I think easier to digest as they are mostly hay- and Wiebke suggested we keep bloaty Puggle grain free, so I am definitely going to stick with that!
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yea I'm sticking with it too now. I have had my 7 month old guinea pig on it since i had him
 
Do you mean the muesli type food? I know with this there is mostly ‘junk food’ in it which they tend to eat and leave the small amount of nutritious stuff. Wagg is terrible for this...
 
G&C said:
Do you mean the muesli type food? I know with this there is mostly ‘junk food’ in it which they tend to eat and leave the small amount of nutritious stuff. Wagg is terrible for this...
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No i would never feed them muesli. Ive heard its a very old food used to fatten guinea pigs up ready to be sold to eat.
 
Cavies wouldn’t naturally eat cereals- pellets were first invented to fatten pigs for the guinea meat trade. When you think about it if they have hay, veg, fresh grass pellets are not really essential. I feed them though as when we go away for a night or two I know they’re getting their vitamin C.
 
Beemz said:
Cavies wouldn’t naturally eat cereals- pellets were first invented to fatten pigs for the guinea meat trade. When you think about it if they have hay, veg, fresh grass pellets are not really essential. I feed them though as when we go away for a night or two I know they’re getting their vitamin C.
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What about vit d for indoor guinea pigs
 
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