Advice wanted on the care of my guinea pigs

[brownie25 10]

Just got two baby guinea pigs and want to know what fresh fruit and vegetables and herbs i can feed them

[Berkana 10]

Haha at a glance I thought that said "Wanted guinea pigs to eat":o

[terminator 10]

corn on the cob with or without outer leaves / seedless grapes / pear remove pips and core / apple remove pips and core / small amount orange remove pips and core no peal /parsley good /tomato remove seads green leaves on top can be poison / red green bell peppers Not ya normal hot peppers /Kale/carrot/lettuce but not iceberg /dandelion leaves /Grass but watch out were you get it from best grow some in a grow bag to be on safe side/cucumber not much good but they love it.

[brownie25 10]

can they eat any other herbs eg mint, thyme,rosemary i am trying to give them as much variety as possible with what they will enjoy they are lovely little things

[claire1976 10]

My guinea pig loves mint! I can't grow it quick enough!

[bogwoppit 10]

I don't think Rosemary is too good for them.

There's a few listed here

http://www.petwebsite.com/guinea_pigs/guinea_pig_fruit.htm

[terminator 10]

Think mints ok ish rosemary not and not sure about thyme dont forget though some of the items should only be given in small doses and 1 or 2 times a week only.

Just come across this

 

DANGEROUS FOODS

 

- Iceburg Lettuce (low nutrition, high water)

- Hot Peppers / Chiles / Paprikas

- Hot herbs and spices

- Pickled veggies (dills, capers, sour krauts)

- Garlic or pungent onions (will not poison pigs, )

- Tomato leaves & stalks (poisonous)

- Tomatillo leaves & stalks (poisonous)

- Rhubarb (poisonous)

- Seeds (choking hazard)

- Dry beans and peas

- Nuts (too high in fat)

- Avocado (too high in fat)

- Coconut (too high in fat)

- Horseradish (leaves probably ok, root too pungent)

- Mushrooms

- Potatos (poisonous if green or sprouted) - sweet patatos / yams are ok

- Taro (dangerous if eaten raw / unprepared)

- Jams, jellies and fruit preserves (too high in sugar)

- Fruit juices (sugar-free, or unsweetened juices are OK)

- Teas, coffee, colas

- Fried, cooked and otherwise prepared foods

- Peanut butter, cakes, cookies, baked goods

- Milk and milk products

- Wild grasses, plants and herbs that you are unsure of, or that look different from ones you know

- Flowers (commercially grown decorative plants contain preservatives & pesticides)

QUESTION foods:

(just don't know much about them, or unsure if ok for pigs to eat)

- Canned veggies

Asian Fruit and Vegetables: (I tried to include names in various languages when possible)

- Abiu / Caimo / Canistel / Dan Huang Guo

- Bamboo Shoots

- Banana Leaves

- Betel Leaves / La Lop

- Bitter Melon / Bitter Gourd / Balsam Pear / Balsam Pod (must remove seeds)

- Chinese Broccoli / Gai Lum / Kai Lan / Kairan

- Chinese Flowering Cabbage / Choy Sum / Sawi Manis / Saishin

- Chinese Cabbage / Wong Baak / Kubis Gna / Hakusai

- Pe-Tsai Cabbage

- Chinese Chard / Bok Choy / Pak Choy / Pak Tsoi / Pechay

- Baby Bok Choy

- Chinese Spinach / Amaranth / Een Choy / In Tsoi / Bayam / Santonsai

- Chinese Mustard / Gai Choy / Kaai Tsoi / Mustaa / Ha Karashina / Cai Xanh

- Chinese Keys / Khao Chae / Suo Shi / Temu Kunchi (like ginger)

- Chinese Long Beans / Yard-Long Beans / Asparagus Beans / Dau Gok

- Chocolate Fruit / Black Persimmon / Black Sapote / Kaki Noir

- Durian / Dourian / Lau Lin

- Ginger Root

- Hairy Melon / Moa Gua

- Jute / Jew's Mallow / Meloukhia / Meloukhiya Sheitaani

- Kaffir Lime Leaves

- Longan / Litchi Ponceau / Loon Ngan / Lengkleng (like Lychee)

- Lychee

- Mangosteen / Saan Jook / Manggis

- Sin Qua / Luffa - smooth and angled

- Soursop / Guanabana

- Star Apple

- Taro / Woo Tau / Dalo / Sato-Imo leaves (leaves ok? raw taro root poisonous )

- Water Spinach / Convolvulus / Ung Choy / Yeung Choy / Kang Kung

- White Radish / Daikon / Loh Baak / Mu

- White Sapote / Casimiroa

- Winter Melon / Wax Melon / Dong Gua

- Yam Bean / Jicama / Di Gwa / Sinkamas / Seng Kuang / Kuzuimo (root ok?, leaves & stems poisonous)

- Yam / Shuyu / Ubi / Yama Imo (this tuber is safe for guinea pigs to eat)

Other Fruit and Vegetables:

- Acerola- West Indian, Pitanga, Surinam, Sour, Sweet

- Babaco

- Borage

- Breadfruit

- Burdock

- Cardoon

- Cassava / Yucca Root

- Catus

- Chayota

- Cherimoya

- Custard apple

- Dock

- Eggplant

- Fern bracken - Fiddlehead Fern shoots

- Ginger

- Jujube (high vit C)

- Kailan

- Kiwano

- Komatsuna

- Kumquat

- Lemon Grass

- Longan

- Loquat

- Mizuna

- Okra

- Opuntia Cactus

- Oregano

- Plantain banana (needs cooking, high starch)

- Pomegranate

- Quince

- Rosemary

- Sage

- Sakata

- Salsify / Oyster plant

- Sapodilla

- Sorrel

- Soy beans and soy products (too high in protein?)

- Star fruit

- Sugar Cane (too high in sugar?)

- Tapioca (too high in starch & calories?)

- Yucca

Edited June 12, 2010 by terminator

[brownie25 10]

thank you for all the advice

[ally1972 10]

hi guinea pigs love broccoli, high in vit c, and mine love cucumber x

[occelifer 10]

Just got two baby guinea pigs and want to know what fresh fruit and vegetables and herbs i can feed them

 

hiya,they can have dandelions(favourite but don't collect from under trees as they may drop sap on to the dandelions,also watch for where dogs have been),cucumber,apple,carrot,lettuce in moderation,broccoli,grass(be careful where it is picked from). Hope they are the same sex.

[nikita 10]

While on the subject of guinee pigs ,is bliss bedding ok fo them?

[occelifer 10]

While on the subject of guinee pigs ,is bliss bedding ok fo them?

 

hello again. I use shavings and good quality meadow hay. They eat the hay but must have it for their digestion.Don't get straw as it's too spiky and has no goodness in it for them. I don't know what bliss bedding is. When winter comes make sure they have plenty hay to keep them warm(or are they inside),also ensure water bottle doesn't freeze up in winter. If they start to scratch a lot or begin to lose fur(apart from behind their ears where they don't have any),take them to a vet.They will need a special bath. As far as food goes,there is a saying for guinea pigs - if in doubt,leave it out.