Favourite Foods
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It says beet greens only once or twice a month.
It says beet greens only once or twice a month.
My two practically inhale spring mix, happily chomp parsley (they prefer the leafier 'Italian parsley') they like an occasional carrot, and apple chunk.
They also like their assorted lettuces - we started growing our own! Spring mix is an actual plant, all the different ones were growing together. I don't know if it's some sort of hybrid or what, but it was kind of cool and 1.25 at the market. We are also growing celery, but it seems that it'll be another month or so before it's ready.
They also like their assorted lettuces - we started growing our own! Spring mix is an actual plant, all the different ones were growing together. I don't know if it's some sort of hybrid or what, but it was kind of cool and 1.25 at the market. We are also growing celery, but it seems that it'll be another month or so before it's ready.
I have only had Penny a week, but so far she loves green leaf lettuce, baby carrots, blueberries, and she loooves banana (which I have since learned to give her sparingly). I have offered her cucumber and red pepper, but she didn't eat them. I'm going to try the grape/cherry tomatoes and cilantro and see what she thinks.
My piggy moka is picky. He does not like Carrots, rasberries and bell peppers. The only fruits and veggies he does like so far are apples, strawberries and kale.
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Here's a thread I wrote for another forum on how to teach your pig to eat vegetables: https://www.guineapigcages.com/forum/th ... vegetables
He NEEDS bell peppers for the vitamin C. He does NOT need fruit on a regular basis. Guinea pigs weren't engineered to process sugar very well, and should only have fruit as a treat occasionally.
Kale is too high in calcium and oxalic acid to be fed regularly, and can contribute to painful, expensive bladder stones. Red or green leaf lettuce is a much better choice.
See www.guinealynx.info/.html for some other suggestions.
He NEEDS bell peppers for the vitamin C. He does NOT need fruit on a regular basis. Guinea pigs weren't engineered to process sugar very well, and should only have fruit as a treat occasionally.
Kale is too high in calcium and oxalic acid to be fed regularly, and can contribute to painful, expensive bladder stones. Red or green leaf lettuce is a much better choice.
See www.guinealynx.info/.html for some other suggestions.