Feeding Your Guinea Pig

Guinea Pigs are basically grazing animals. They are vegetarians, their diet consisting of a mix containing seeds and cereals, hay and fresh fruit and vegetables. They need hay in their diet to help them with digesting other foods they have eaten. The guinea pig will also use hay as bedding. A good quality guinea pig mix will contain crushed oats, barley, wheat, bran, maize and alfalfa.

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When feeding fruit and vegetables remember to give it in small amounts as some will cause other problems. Lettuce, for example, can cause liver damage if fed in large amounts, however they do seem able to tolerate cauliflower fairly well. You can also feed almost all types of root vegetable, except potatoes, they particularly like carrots. Water must be supplied fresh on a daily basis. Unlike rabbits, guinea pigs require a high intake of vitamin C, this can be obtained from their greens. If these greens are in short supply a vitamin supplement may be necessary. This can be in the form of a powder or tablets which can be dissolved in the drinking water. You cannot give your guinea pig too much of this vitamin as any extra will be excreted in the urine.

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