Pat Shields
Adult Guinea Pig
- Joined
- Jun 27, 2011
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- Location
- USA MO, Ft. Leonard Wood area
Yesterday I cut down some of the brush and trees that were blocking my view of the pasture from my kitchen window. I cut off lots of tender branches from the mulberry tree there, and almost cut the whole tree down, but the leaves and branches are so perfect and beautiful I hated to see them go to waste. Red likes bean leaves so much that I thought he might like mulberry leaves. Now, I wouldn't feed him just any tree, I don't know what would be bad.
But I have figured correctly so far that if a deer can eat it and relish it, it will also be good for a guinea pig. I had a mulberry bush in my back yard when I first moved here, and one day when the dogs barked I looked out the back door, and a 12-point buck was eating it. It ended up no longer a bush but a collection of naked twigs growing out of the ground.
So last night I cut a tender section of twig that had several perfect leaves on it and gave it to Red. He showed great curiosity, sniffing everything and chewing on the stick a little, and finally tasting the leaves, and he then devoured them and chewed on the stick a little more. He was fine this morning, and I gave him some lovely, dew- covered mulberry leaves with his breakfast carrot, and they, too, disappeared.
Next spring the part of the tree that I left will sprout new branches covered with big, delicate, symmetrical green leaves. I think I might plant a bean garden right there so that bean leaves will be convenient also.
But I have figured correctly so far that if a deer can eat it and relish it, it will also be good for a guinea pig. I had a mulberry bush in my back yard when I first moved here, and one day when the dogs barked I looked out the back door, and a 12-point buck was eating it. It ended up no longer a bush but a collection of naked twigs growing out of the ground.
So last night I cut a tender section of twig that had several perfect leaves on it and gave it to Red. He showed great curiosity, sniffing everything and chewing on the stick a little, and finally tasting the leaves, and he then devoured them and chewed on the stick a little more. He was fine this morning, and I gave him some lovely, dew- covered mulberry leaves with his breakfast carrot, and they, too, disappeared.
Next spring the part of the tree that I left will sprout new branches covered with big, delicate, symmetrical green leaves. I think I might plant a bean garden right there so that bean leaves will be convenient also.
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