Tesco Now Have Pellets

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So Tesco had a bag of guinea pig muesli which was just your standard bag of food. Exactly the same as in a pet shop. But I noticed that they now have a bag of pellets which I got and decided to try out. Has anyone else seen this and do you think that it will be a good meal for them. The ingrediants seem normal. It is also handy because it is much cheaper then Burgess.
 
haven't seen them but will have a look. I use asda pellets at the moment
 
We don't have an Asda here in Ireland. But I imagine the two brands are similar.
 
If l remember corectly , mine wer'nt fussy on the museli
 
Thanks for this... they only had the Muesli one last time I looked, so I'll look again next time I'm there.

Did your piggies like it?
 
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All my piggies love the asda pellets - will look out for the tesco ones
 
I was in Tesco earlier, they had both muesli and pellets for piggies and buns, the pellets were £2.60 for pig and rabbit. ;)
 
That's for a 2kg bag, I usually pay £42 for two 10kg bags of Burgess excel for the tribe, the same amount in Tesco is only going to cost me £26, so that's a substantial saving provided they will eat it. The buns will eat the pellets, that I do know as I recently took part in a trial for the pellets and the buns gobbled them down, in fact Rebel and Lola jumped into the food bowl too, :))
 
Can anyone tell me what the calcium content is in them - Bumble is supposed to have low calcium for his bladder problems but doesnt really like any of the current brands
 
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Can anyone tell me what the calcium content is in them - Bumble is supposed to have low calcium for his bladder problems but doesnt really like any of the current brands
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Sorry I'm not sure. I throw away the bag and put it in a cereal container but I can check the next time.
 
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Here are the ingredients and nutritional info.
Composition, Wheatfeed, Oatfeed, Sunflower Meal, Grass, Lucerne, Carob Bean Meal, Vegetable Oil, Minerals, Linseed (1%), Additives (Per Kg), Nutritional Additives: Vitamin A 15, 000 iu, Vitamin D3 1500 iu, Vitamin E 90 mg, Vitamin C 250 mg, Zinc Chelate of Amino Acid Hydrate 133 mg, Manganous Oxide 48 mg, Zinc Oxide 41 mg, Copper Sulphate Pentahydrate 25 mg, Calcium Iodate Anhydrous 2 mg, Antioxidant, Analytical Constituents, Protein 16%, Fat Content 4.5%, Crude Fibre 17%, Inorganic Matter 7.5%, Calcium 0.8%, Phosphorous 0.6%
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I happily head in and out in my cosy onesie! The only thing I don't like are the "slug mines" every step you take there is a chance of squashing at least one of about 100 slugs. Don't even get me started on the noise. The noise of 100 slugs...moving and eating... I have a massive issue with slugs.
 
The calcium on the vetcare multi-modal food Bumble has is 0.5 though him and his wives do just pick at it - it would be nice to see them all getting stuck in and really enjoying their nuggets - i wonder if the 0.3 difference in calcium would make that much difference - being that veg wise all their veg is low calcium - and he still suffers from sporadic sqeeky wees anyway - and probably always will.
 
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I happily head in and out in my cosy onesie! The only thing I don't like are the "slug mines" every step you take there is a chance of squashing at least one of about 100 slugs. Don't even get me started on the noise. The noise of 100 slugs...moving and eating... I have a massive issue with slugs.
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I know it's terrible. And the feeling!:eek:
I hate slugs. I also have a really cosy onsie which I am obsessed with especially in winter!:nod:
 
i doubt they are too healthy.. i dont feed them pellets tbh.. they get a small egg cup each in the winter but non in the summer. i dont think they need it if they have veg and hay x
 
Emma-Louise said:
i doubt they are too healthy.. i dont feed them pellets tbh.. they get a small egg cup each in the winter but non in the summer. i dont think they need it if they have veg and hay x
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Mine get an egg cup daily. Just to keep them busy really, it's basically just to supplement their natural diet of hay and fresh produce in my opinion.
 
if i give mine them in summer its in a treat ball so they have to work for it, or i hide it around the cage ect. i just dont feel they really need it :) x
 
Emma-Louise said:
if i give mine them in summer its in a treat ball so they have to work for it, or i hide it around the cage ect. i just dont feel they really need it :) x
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I used to use treat balls but had problems with the slugs going in them. :yikes:
 
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