Fruits and Veggies to feed your Guinea pigs
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- These are just some of the foods you can offer you pig. It is based on my own personal experience and research. By using these guidelines my own guinea pigs have never had mouth sores, diarrhoea, intestinal issues etc.
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Pellets are definitely NOT to be fed in an unlimited quantity! Read the directions on the side of the bag!! Hay is the most important part of their diet and is very critical to their gut health. The more pellets they eat the less hay they will eat. Hay should be given as an endless supply, and is their staple diet. Veg is very important too of course, but don't underestimate the importance of hay, they are hindgut fermenters, like horses, and require a lot of quality long stem hay! Fiber, fiber, fiber!
***** what about apples?
Hey is bad for them it killed one of my piggies w
I just filled my guineas bowl with pellets and always made sure it was full. He lived for 8 years so..
No, he was in good shape, we took him to a vet 1 a month to check up, he was very heathy and perfect weight -.-
Jason 4321 having had horses, I know that hay can become moldy. Timothy hay is what piggies should eat. Fresh from the feed store. I am sorry your little pig died. You should try again after reading about them and cleaning your cage
I guess me and my guinea pig can share a meal!
Maureen Sane331 i share my appel with him
Z net really? that's so cute lol x
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Awww! :3
if I even open the bag of carrots, my guinea pig Deko goes craaazy!
I just got a guinea pig on sunday 2/23/14. so thx so much for all these great fruits/veggies ideas/tips!
im getting a guinea pig on saturday and i really needed a video like this
this thread has been going for a while now with all the food questions. I used to have rabbits and I know that a bit of yogurt in the water plus blackberry leaves stopped diarrhea that they got from getting to go outside and eat grass.
With the Guinea pigs (5 of them) I give a salad every day in a cup sized bowl that consists of red leaf or green leaf lettuce and cilantro, with several pieces of two of the following celery, carrot, chopped snow peas, cucumber, apple, pear, strawberry, orange, kiwi, and melons (watermelon, cantaloupe or honeydew). I also feed one bowl of pellets in each cage (one has 3 girls and one cage has 2 boys) that holds about 2 cups , and I refill it when it is gone and wash the bowl. they get unlimited fresh hay from the Pacific NW where I live and buy it in half bales. Occasionally I give them a piece of corn on the cob to share and also occasionally i give them a half cup of old fashioned rolled oats in a small bowl next to the pellets. I have not had ANY health problems. Just sharing
It's kind of funny because my guinea pigs ignore baby carrots. All 3 of them. But they love the giant ones from the grocery store in a bag, and also those super skinny organic ones. I have to break them up for them to share and they eat them, but if it's a baby carrot, they will look so offended and not eat it lol. I have no idea why.
Absolutely love this video! ❤️ it is the most useful video on UA-cam!!!😄 TOTALY saved my guinea pig!!!
Why do all the good pet you tubers never make any more videos:(
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She is at college to be a pet care person. She has told you that in her video.
First time Figuring Out a Full Proof Diet for your piggies is more difficult than figuring out one for yourself😂 I remember when I was figuring out my diet for my piggies I literally had a panic attack because I wanted to do everything right and then I’d see something somewhere and be like ok I’ll do this for them and then see the total opposite somewhere else. For Example, I’d seen a few people feed Carrots everyday and that’s what I was doing and then I saw people saying no only feed a few times a week and I was so confused lol. Now I feed them carrots 3-4 times a week. There is so much contradiction everywhere, that really it’s up to one to decide after doing all the research what’s best and what works.
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PANIC! AT THE FANDOMS i had about two panic attacks yesterday when i bought my guinea pig. and now i’m sitting here, trying to figure healthy diet for my piggy, listening to twenty one pilots and trying to stop panic attack’s because i’m literally that nervous.
they can also eat green peppers
i love the noise they make!!!
I just got a guniea pig really helped thanks! Subscribed!!
"Baby carrots" that you buy at the megga mart are large carrots cut to look like baby carrots. If you cut carrot stix they would eat them.
I have been feeding mine grape tomatoes everyday for the past two years and no sores. He LOVES his tomatoes. Lol
this video was so helpful i am getting my piggies today they both are girls and so sweet and i was looking what to feed them along with alfaalfa hay or pellets and this has helped me alot
Thanks for the video! It really helped.
I eat a lot of fruit and veggies, so pretty much whenever I'm snacking I'll drop a couple of slices or something from my own fruit into their bowl for a treat. Unfortunately it's been a long time since I cared for guinea pigs, I'm definitely thinking of getting another pair. :3
Thanks my grandson has to pigs and he found it very helpful
The best way i have learned to cook guinea piggies is to spit roast them slowly but keep pouring a sauce of your choice over the meat until a delicious golden brown,i have a purpose made machine which can hold up to 6 piggies at once which is great if your having a few friends round.Some people prefer to eat them straight off the skewer like a kebab or corn on the cob but i prefer to remove the juicy meat and serve it on a bed of salad covered with lemon juice,mwah! Gorgeous!
ThankYou liked your guinea pigs xx
I'm getting a Guinea pig soon!!!! These was very helpful! Thanks :)
Awesome vid, very informative without being overbearing.
So i plan on getting 2 little piggies soon. And being the over planner i am, ive made a eating schedule for them. (i will change it to accommodate how much/ what they like to eat) So always keep hay out 24/7 along with a water bottle for them changed daily with fresh water. I will fill up their food bowl with normal food pellets (all the same, no choice eating/selective eating and no seeds) in the morning, with the recommended amount on the bag. Then at night ill give them a cup of veggies, and some fruit each. Good feeding schedule?
Chance Seems pretty good but keep in mind that you should NOT give guinea pigs fruit every day, I fed my guinea pigs fruit 2 times a week and it was fine for me, 3 times a week would probably be fine too but I'm not sure.
Omg same I did all the schedule and stuff
Lol
Cloudnado Just a tip. Only feed them fruit 2 times a week. The fruit has too much sugar and could cause health problems if given everyday
Cloudnado I'm getting 2 guineas too and I'm completely over planning hahahaha!
This has been very helpful thanks
This was so helpful! I am probably getting a guinea pig soon, and I've been wondering what to feed them. Thanks for posting! :)
YES! My pigs LOVE them as a treat every now and then. They are Cappy's favourite! :)
When I was in high school we had a piggy. We fed him almost entirely on discarded outer leaves of head lettuce that we got for free at the supermarket. He also got large carrots. We never gave him pellets, and he got all his water from the lettuce and carrots. He never had diarrhea, and lived to be six years old.
yeah outer leaves are better than the inside because they have more nutrition and less water.
Yes they can, so long as its a sweet pepper and not spicy :)
Thanks for the support I'm getting a baby guinea pig in two weeks!!!!!!!!!
I rarely give pellets, a good variety of veggies is enough to cover all needs. Pellets are usually imbalanced and can sometimes lead to kidney stones and other health issues. Also, when I give them pellets I don't give them using a bowl. I have wood shavings, and the guinea pigs have lots of fun digging around for the food :)
I've heard that baby carrots are treated with chlorine (correct me if I'm wrong) and that terrifies me so I haven't bought them since. I just buy big ol carrots and cut them up. I'm sure you can find baby carrots that aren't treated with chlorine but just to be on the safe side, check! :)
All salads and most of the vegetables are treated with chlorine is most popular method to remove pathogen and bacteria unfortunately
Try parsley (guinea pig crack). For dry food, Vitakraft Sun Salad seems irresistible to them, But limit the amount.
Vitakraft doesn't make a good Guinea pig food. It contains seeds which, the hull, is a choking hazards.
The leafy part of celery and cilantro stems are popular with our two girls.
They can eat raspberries. I wouldn't feed lemon as it is very acidic. I avoid feeding pomegranate because the seed could easily be a choking hazard.
You are so helpful!
you can feed cherry tomatoes everyday, but because of their acidity,if they're larger cherry tomatoes cut them in half but if there not too large you can just feed them 1 cherry tomato everyday
I just got my ginnea pig 3 or 4 hoard ago
Very helpful!
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I didnt know they can have strawberries and pineapples ... interesting i had 30 guineapigs over the years and im getting a new one ! Trying to learn as much as possible
Grapes are fine for guinea pigs, so long as they are fed in moderation (1 grape per pig every 2-4 weeks)
Thank you. I was looking for this for a long time. Thanks. :)
i've never fed my pigs grapes, i read somewhere it can cause bladder stones, and with parley i only give it as a treat because somebody said it isn't too good for them
Manly Guinea pigs eat hay.(%80 percent of there diet) %10 precent is pellets and last but not least the other %10 percent is fresh fruit and vegetables:) hope this helped you
+ Barry Hanson
HamsterGurl _Offical but only the manly ones. The others are wusses....
I'm sorry I had to.
No its 80% hay 5% pellets and 15% veg
+Sabrina O'Neill pet store also try sell u those tiny cages n say thats ok n clearly they r not big enough its sad also they tried tellin me id never b able put a new piggy with my two yr old male who never been with another pig (in which i adopted this way) n it worked perfect n i wouldnt have it any other way also a piggys diet should b 80% hay this is most important part of diet they have to have it everyday allday for digestive health and there teeth as well
This will really help when I get my guinea's
I like your videos
Mine only eat green leaf lettuce. They are really picky. Sometimes they have peeled celery and carrot. And they love baby spinach.
watermelon,pears and try something my pig likes also sweet cherrys and they love beets not only red in Poland we have fields of sugar beets(white) so they love them too...and when you give snow-thistle the pigs will be happy then ever ;)
My Boars are babies and have great pellets, they eat all of the colored pellets in their bowl, and they eat half of the regular timothy-based pellets. I feed them 2 containers of romaine lettuce, broccoli, red bell pepper, and carrots. they let me hand feed them and they always eat when i put the bowl on their ramp. Although, I do not recommend feeding your guinea pigs a variety of veg. maybe select 4 veggies to feed them and add additional hay and pellets
ur boy resembles a squirrel too cute
Thank you sooooo much I'm in love with guinea pigs I will be getting my very first guinea pig on July 20th I think I'm going to name her pairs and don't worry she will have two girl cage mates thanks again for this video I will like and subscribe ;-)
THANK YOU IT HELPED A LOT
Great vid!
I have heard of giving them pumpkin, so I do not think squash would be an issue. However I'd suggest first consulting with a small animal vet just to be sure! :)
Thank you for the tips this is going to help me alot
very good
Yes mine too! I'm the same. I have two guinea pigs and one of them is mad on veggies and the other one loves everything sweet! Even Chocolate and biscuits :) Lol that's very bad for them, I know
Great video! What NOT to feed would be pretty good too :)
Thank you for doing that video
I love guinea pigs
there so fluffy
Just food for thought, non organic baby carrots are very likely chlorinated to preserve them, so I would keep those away from my piggies, but organic baby carrots should be fine.
very helpful vid. thnx
I've heard that baby carrots contain more sugar so maybe that is why your piggies prefer them. Bigger carrots are technically better for that reason but I feed my Piggies carrots every other day because they are higher in sugar than other veggies anyway :)
Thank you this was very helpful ❤️
Thank you. I just got two guinea pigs and I wanted to know what to get them.
actually carrots include a lot of sugar so a healthy amount would be only one a day or maybe two if you dont feed them daily otherwise they arent to healthy if you feed to much more than that
I believe that coconut oil is quite fatty, I would not recommend feeding it (or any oils) to your pigs.
Absolutely true! :)
Hi! I love you guys! I spend hours watching Cappy, Pash, Winnie, Juno and Pippin, how many times do you feed a guinea pig? I am getting one soon :D and I have leared so much from your videos!
cool video
ok your so helpful! i adore u
Thanks for the information TheGuineaPigMeggi and TheWhiteWolf
I usually feed my pigs veg/fruit once a day, you can feed them anytime that they are up and active :)
They can choke on the seeds but also sometimes some seeds have poisonous acids in them
Thanks a lot!!
Hopefully I can get a guinea pig now!
Apple seeds contain some type of chemical, I forgot what it's called but yes it's true that they are poisonous
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Random Chan It's called syinide it was used by KGB agents to kill themslevles before interigation
Random Chan
yes 100% true! We had parrots growing up and that was one thing everyone always said to not feed them Apple seeds because there are small amounts of poison, not enough to harm us but small animals it can kill
Pesticides?
Cyanide
Yes. & okay, thank you.
My pig hates tomatoes and papers :D, he likes grapes , but not that much . He likes kiwi and parsley:3 . He does not like clementines or oranges :D . He's in love with cucumber . He loves lettuce and grass(a lot of grass :D). He's in love with dill . He loves basil especially the fresh one :3
Carrots are really high in calcium and sugar so you shouldn't feed them on a daily basis but you could feed them 4 to 5 times a week
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my food schedule is Monday salad just romain lettuce and carrots Tuesday carrots Wednesday every other Wednesday strawberrys and the other Wednesdays cucumbers and salad Thursday cucumber and special treat some times Friday Romain lettuce Saturdays and Sundays is whatever type days like sometimes cucumbers and carrots or just carrots
How do I introduce veggies and fruits in to their diet I'm about to get some piggies and I'm trying to get every little detail figured out
+Sachiko Shinozaki omg same
well first you want to hand feed them and then just start laying it in their cage most guinea pigs should already know what they are
thanks for doing this vidoes very helpful keepit up :P
It's 100% saturated fat, however, it's the same kind of beneficial fat that you'd find in avocadoes.
my piggy keeps knocking over his food bowl
Just wondering do you have a video on how to hold giney pigs if not can you make it? Thanks:)
They also love watermelon
That is helpful thanks :)
Can you give a Guinea Pig the twig of the apple to chew on since it is apple wood?
my piggies love pineapples but we hardly have pineapples but cuecumber is there fav
Mine also seem to like leek leaves, cauliflour, peach, tomatoes, peeled raw potatoes, parsnips, tinned sweetcorn, tinned peas, grated cheese, normal tomatoes and red cabbage. They only get these in small occasional quantities. Are they not suppose to eat any of these things??
Heyooo! I have a question. So I recently adopted two guinea pigs. One is a runt, the other is normal. They're both boys, but there is one thing pretty odd. When I put them in their cage after adopting them, the normal sized one was very calm to put in the cage. But the runt was squirmy. When I set them in, I decided to leave them alone in my room for 2 hours to adjust to their new enviornment. When I came back, the runt was acting normal all the sudden and it was eating hay from the carrier thing but the normal sized guinea was in the hide out. So basically what I'm asking is why did they all the sudden switch roles in braveness?
I'm a new Guinea pig owner and he loves Apples and Kale. How often can I give him Kale since it is a good source of Vitamin C.
my guineapig is 5 years old, and i kept him on alfalfa pellets the whole time and he is still very healthy. i tried timothy for a month and he looked frail and his fur looked like it was thinning.
oh! i better get both kinds,, switch it up once in awhile.
brett oflaherty the main issue with alfalfa pellets is the fact that it's very rich and CAN lead to health problems, obviously they are exceptions to every rule.
so my pig is the exception?
+brett oflaherty I used to feed my piggies those types of pellets. They were just fine! I only fed them 1/8 of a cup per day, so it wasn't much calcium. Mainly they get hay and veggies.
how often do you feed them in a day? if once when do you typically feed them?
I went to a guinea pig "specialist" and she didn't even know my guinea pig had scurvy... and he passed away because of that.
I am really sorry to hear that! Try again rather than be sad. Be sure to use pellets made for guinea pigs that have vitamin C added and not rabbit pellets. Also give timothy hay and a daily bowl of mixed fruits and veggies and it will work out fine. Sorry for your loss. (the fruits mine likes are apples, celery, carrot, cherry tomatoes, cilantro, cucumber, pears)
Carrots are actually fairly high in sugar
I've seen those sacs in other you tube videos. my local pet store doest sell them. where can I buy one?
i miss my guinea pig