Snacks

[LunaOreoPigz]

Hi, how often can i give my piggies treats, at the moment they hardly ever get them, but how much and at what time of day please as well

 

[PigglePuggle]

If you want to feed your piggies treats, as in extra snacks between meals, then if you stick to healthy options such as a stem of coriander/cilantro, or a small piece of cucumber, or a handful of fresh grass, or a handful of fancy hay, you can feed this daily.
Higher calorie treats such as a slice of carrot or corn or a small piece of fruit or a handful of porridge oats shouldnt be fed more than once or twice a week to healthy piggies.
Shop bought processed treats should really be avoided- hay cookies are ok made of compressed meadow hay and dried herbs only, and dried forage such as dried leaves and flowers can be a safe and healthy snack if you check they are formulated with piggies in mind- but many treats sold for guinea pigs are not at all suitable for them!

 

[LunaOreoPigz]

If you want to feed your piggies treats, as in extra snacks between meals, then if you stick to healthy options such as a stem of coriander/cilantro, or a small piece of cucumber, or a handful of fresh grass, or a handful of fancy hay, you can feed this daily.
Higher calorie treats such as a slice of carrot or corn or a small piece of fruit or a handful of porridge oats shouldnt be fed more than once or twice a week to healthy piggies.
Shop bought processed treats should really be avoided- hay cookies are ok made of compressed meadow hay and dried herbs only, and dried forage such as dried leaves and flowers can be a safe and healthy snack if you check they are formulated with piggies in mind- but many treats sold for guinea pigs are not at all suitable for them!

Thank you, where would bell pepper come in?

 

[PigglePuggle]

Bell pepper can also be fed daily

 

[Merab]

Piggies are not really bothered about treats.
Mine regard a chunk of cucumber as a real treat and they get that most days.
@PigglePuggle has given excellent guidance

 

[Posyrose]

Treats include a helping of quality hay. My lot are more excited by hay than anything else

 

[DMS260820]

Hay cookies are a good treat. They trick guine apigs into thinking it is a treat, but it just very compact cylinders of meadow or Timothy hay. They enjoy ripping them apart, gives some muscles a bit of a workout

Check wilko, or the range for them, or online somewhere

Edit - @PigglePuggle already covered this

 

[LunaOreoPigz]

Bell pepper can also be fed daily

Ok thank you very much