Feeding your guinea pigs

Because we're older than 1 year we get treats of fresh vegetables every day (green peppers, lettuce, cabbage, cucumber etc.) and Timothy Hay based pellets.

We eat only Cavy Cuisine pellets because they're the best :-)

We also get, every day, half of a 100mg Vitamin C tablet (that's 50mg!) of Puritans Pride Acerola with Vitamin C.

Our older friends, or if we are sick, eat Critical Care to get a real boost.

Oxbow products can be bought from our local feedstore.

What we CAN eat daily is in this list here:

Carrot, Cabbage, Celery, Apple, Grapes, Melon, Peach, Pineapple, Plums, Lettuce, Cucumber, Meadow Hay, any Guinea Pig pellets with NO Additives or colouring, Russell Rabbit Carrot and Leek (in UK), Pear, Banana, Orange, Radish, Broccoli, Cauliflower Leaf, Peas, Parsnips, Green/Red/Yellow Peppers, Tomatoes, Cherries, Grass, Com, Oats, Wheat. NOTE: when using grass, make sure no insecticide or herbicide has been sprayed on the grass!

Things you must NOT feed your guinea pig

Spinach, Chicory, Alfalfa Hay, Guinea Pig Mix with seeds or dried fruit, Basil, Swiss Chard, Water Cress, Sweet Clover Hay, Beetroot TOPS, RAW Potato, Rhubarb, Buttercups, Moss, Bindweed, Leaf or Flowers from Bulbs, Evergreens, Ragwort, Ferns. Anything spicy hot. This is not an exhaustive list. If in doubt, leave it out!

Give your guinea pigs fresh, clean water daily (see our housing section for more information)