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Beetroot is on offer at Aldi (not pickeled) can guinea pigs eat it @)
 
Yes, they can, but they might not like it.
 
Ours like the grated beetroot you sometimes get in salad bags, but they go mad for the Bunny Nature Crunchy Crackers with it in.
 
mine love beetroot! only the raw type with the skin on,(peeled) and the shredded bits in bagged salad. They look like zombie pigs afterwards though with their mouths stained red! :(|) :(|)
 
Just make sure you don't give them the leaves, if still attached, as these are apparently poisonous to guineas.
 
as long as its the raw beetroot!
I just chop off the leaves and cut it into quaters, most leave the skin though and it can make their droppings red
 
http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=33931&highlight=beetroot

Hi guys my heart just jumped into my mouth after seeing bits about the leaves as i gave me boys some little baby beetroot that i picked when thinning out my pot! but it has been discussed before the leaves are high in folic acid and can cause problems so should not be fed very often if at all but not instantly poisinous. link to the thread is above
 
Cgilchrist said:
http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=33931&highlight=beetroot

Hi guys my heart just jumped into my mouth after seeing bits about the leaves as i gave me boys some little baby beetroot that i picked when thinning out my pot! but it has been discussed before the leaves are high in folic acid and can cause problems so should not be fed very often if at all but not instantly poisinous. link to the thread is above
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Thanks very much for the clarification Cgilchrist, I didn't know that!

Not wanting to split hairs but I guess the term "posionous" still applies, in that the leaves contain a substance which can be harmful to some degree. I guess when you hear of something being "posionous" it might make you think of a small amount or one off dose triggering an instant medical emergency requiring urgent treatment to avoid serious or fatal illness, although this isn't necesarily the case. I guess there are degrees of toxicity and some harmful substances can hang around in the body and build up, causing a greater and greater effect in time and with prolonged use. It's very good to understand that some things deemed "safe" in small quantities could potentially cause big problems with regular use....like what you said really! :))
 
missy said:
Thanks very much for the clarification Cgilchrist, I didn't know that!

Not wanting to split hairs but I guess the term "posionous" still applies, in that the leaves contain a substance which can be harmful to some degree. I guess when you hear of something being "posionous" it might make you think of a small amount or one off dose triggering an instant medical emergency requiring urgent treatment to avoid serious or fatal illness, although this isn't necesarily the case. I guess there are degrees of toxicity and some harmful substances can hang around in the body and build up, causing a greater and greater effect in time and with prolonged use. It's very good to understand that some things deemed "safe" in small quantities could potentially cause big problems with regular use....like what you said really! :))
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I always think of poisonous as instantly fatal when I hear the word but that isn't always the case I had major panic I would go home and find I lost all my piggies! :( thats why i thought I'd make sure I was clear when I said 'not instantly poisonous' rather than not poisonous. maybe not instantly fatal would have been better but i hope everyone knows what I mean! mallethead
 
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p.s my post wasn;t aimed at you Missy. I just had such a panic I thought i'd better put that on there quick just in case anyone else had the same panic and were about to rush home from work to check on their piggies! :))
 
Cgilchrist said:
p.s my post wasn;t aimed at you Missy. I just had such a panic I thought i'd better put that on there quick just in case anyone else had the same panic and were about to rush home from work to check on their piggies! :))
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Oh no worries at all! I'm very glad you looked into it and posted it, for the sake of your piggies, my piggies and everyone else's piggies! I didn't mean to cause any panic...sorry! In my original post I purposely said the word "apparently" because I was relaying what I'd read online many times but wasn't necessarily 100% sure of the source and whether or not the information was actually true. (As is often the case, it's not always easy to be certain about what you read but it's sometimes all you have to go on.) I probably should've been more clear!

I guess it's the same as spotting your piggy munching a flower from the "poisonous list". It's hard to know just how poisonous something is and whether or not it's consumption requires emergency treatment. I noticed once that the tip of a couple of wilted daffodil leaves at the edge of my flower beds had accidently been covered by the edge of the run, hidden under some long grass. By the time I spotted them, the very ends of the leaves already had a few fresh nibbles in them. I know daffodils are poisonous to guineas but thankfully this tiny amount of foliage had no noticeable effect and I don't plan on letting them have any more in future!

We can only do our best to keep our precious pigs safe, based on our experience, the information we have available to us and hopefully a little bit of luck thrown in! :)
 
This mite be a silly question but where can i buy raw beetroot from....i looked at my local tesco but couldnt find any :)
 
KazBB said:
This mite be a silly question but where can i buy raw beetroot from....i looked at my local tesco but couldnt find any :)
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Tesco's normally do it near the carrots and sweede etc. Sainsburys definately do. or a local farm shop or fruit and veg shop. x
 
Just ried my pigs with some raw beetroot. One loved it and the others weren't interested (except for wanting the piece she had in her mouth, of course!)xoxo
 
hi
i tried my piggies on fresh beetroot from my mother in laws garden and the piggies would not eat it but the shredded beetroot in the salad bags they ate the lot Go figure lol
 
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