What Is The Best Food For Your Guinea Pig?

Hello there. For today we have selected some interesting tips which are useful and they will help you to know what to feed your guinea pig. Guinea pigs are adorable little creatures full of fun and energy, ready to make your day beautiful. But, at first we must be sure that our guinea pig get all the right nutrients, vitamins and fibre are crucial to their overall well being. So don’t waste time and look at these tips below. Enjoy and feel free to vote for your favorite photo.

Poisonous to Guinea Pigs

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When setting up a run for your guinea pigs, you need to make sure there are no toxic plants in the run or close by it. Just like:

Bluebells,
Crocus,
Daffodil,
Dock,
Foxglove,
Hyacinth,
Laburnum,
Poppy,
Ragwort,
Tulip,
Yew.

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Avoid feeding any muesli-type mixtures because you will end up with lots of bits left over. Your pets will eat the tastier bits, usually the sweeter ones and leave anything they don't like, these are usually the healthy bits that are full of fibre.

Guinea pigs need to have constant access to fresh clean water. Water bottles with metal spouts are great but you need to make sure your guinea pigs know how to use them. The bottles need to be checked everyday and refilled with fresh, clean water. Guinea pigs drink around 100 to 200 ml of water per kg of bodyweight every day.

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Much like people, guinea pigs cannot make their own Vitamin C which means just like us, they need to get this from the food they eat. You can find in:

Salad peppers,
Tomatoes,
Spinach,
Asparagus,
Broccoli,
Leafy greens like parsley and kale.

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Your pets need constant access to good quality grass or hay and this means both day and night.
You need to offer about a teacup of fresh greens to each of your guinea pigs every day – so they get all the nutrients and vitamins out of them.
You need to feed your guinea pigs some good quality guinea pig nuggets.

Try to feed different greens to your pets every day but make sure they are suitable for guinea pigs to eat. Such greens can be:

Beetroot(not the leaves or the stalks),
Broccoli,
Cabbage,
Carrots,
Cauliflower,
Corn-on-the-cob(the whole cob),
Cucumber,
Kale,
Peas,
Spinach,
Sprout tops,
Sugar snaps,
Swede.

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Fruit should only be given in small quantities as a treat because it has too much sugar in it. The list below shows the type of fruit you can offer your pets but only in very small amounts as reward or occasional treat: