Variation in the menu of your guinea pigs is essential for a good health. That’s why it’s so important to provide different sorts of foodstuffs on daily basis, eventually supplemented with dried variants. The phytonutrients are present only in smaller quantities, but their positive effects on your piggies’ health can be huge in many ways. Every substance has another function. That is the reason why it is so important to offer a varied menu, which offers a broad range of phytonutrients and prevents the risk of an overdose of specific substances. The more variation the better. (Oh…. Of course this also counts for the pet parents!)
Are you experiencing trouble to come up with something else than a piece of carrot, some bell peppers of a piece of lettuce? Then have a good look on this list with safe foodstuffs as an inspiration source. There are more ingredients that guinea pigs can eat and might not be mentioned. Do you doubt? Then don’t provide it, better safe than sorry!
Some remarks:
- Always provide raw food
- Vary within one meal, especially with cabbage sorts and vegetables that contain a lot of moisture
- Trying something new? Provide it in small quantities first to make their tummies used to it
- Are they not eating a new foodstuff? Keep on trying for a few times, sometimes they just need to get used to the taste!
- Don’t pick grass and herbs right next to the road or at places where lots of dogs have been
- Only give herbs in small quantities because of their strong qualities
Vegetables
Endive
Artichoke
Celery
Cauliflower
Kale
Carrots with foliage
Broccoli
Chinese cabbage
Iceberg lettuce
Celeriac
Cucumber
Lettuce
Maize
Corn leaves
Paksoi
Bell pepper
Parsnip
Pumpkin
Radishes
Beetroot
Red cabbage
Rucola
Savoy
Spinach
cabbage
Brussels sprouts
Bean sprouts
Tomato
Lamb’s lettuce
Fennel
Winter carrot
chicory
White cabbage
Fruit
Strawberry
Apricot
Pineapple
Apple
Banana
Cherries
Kiwi
Mango
Melon
Papaya
Pear
Plum
Rosehip
Watermelon
Herbs
Coriander
Dill
Grass
Clover
Daisy
Mint
Oregano
Dandelion
Parsley
Celery
Thyme
Plantain
Sorrel
Leaves
Strawberry leaf
Bamboo leaves
Birch leaves
Beech leaves
Grape leaf
Raspberry leaf
Hazelnut leaves
Cherry leaf
Reed leaves
Walnut leaves
Willow branches
Do not provide
Avocado
Beans
Garlic
Raw potato
Onion, leeks, etc.
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