is beetroot ok to feed daily. Just discovered my girls love it but its makin there poo's red so don't know if it should be given as a treat or fine to feed often.
beetroot?
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just giving my thread a wee bump in the hope someone knows the answer. Thanks guys x
gizmo01
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if it helps my boys only get it as a treat 
Do you mean fresh beetroor or the squishy pickled stuff?
I think it makes hoomin wee change color as well though, lol! so no worries there..
Never thought to give my piggies beetroot, how do you prepare it for them?
I think it makes hoomin wee change color as well though, lol! so no worries there..
Never thought to give my piggies beetroot, how do you prepare it for them?
i had a bag of mixed beetroot salad with leaves and wee strands of beetroot through it and they picked all the beetroot out so i was going to buy them a fresh beetroot from the fruit n veg section. Wouldn't risk the pickled stuff. i'm not sure how i would prepare fresh beetroot cause i don't like it so i've never had it but i'd probably cut it into cubes for them x
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Yes beetroot is ok to feed them......... i used to ..........(can't now cause of Velvet being diabetic)......... but i used to only feed a very small amount twice a week at the most... i used to cut a thin slice off a whole beetroot bout 1/4" or smaller if it's a large beetroot, then peel off the skin and then dice or slice into pieces for them, they LOVED it
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I've not given mine much but sometimes do buy the salad bags with strands of beetroot in it. Mine tend to avoid it though.... but Ive not had any problems with it...
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I've grown some purple&white stripey beetroot! They look really cool, but they don't taste that great...So I gave some to my squigles lol
They love the leaves anyway, and 3 of mine really liked the beetroot, my other 4 had a few nibbles and ate some of it.
They love the leaves anyway, and 3 of mine really liked the beetroot, my other 4 had a few nibbles and ate some of it.
Guinea pig slave
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Mine love fresh beetroot and I just give them a couple of thin slices each 1-2 times per week. Buy a big bunch from the grocers near to work so waste a lot but only costs £1.29. The leaves are not that good for them in large amounts though so only give them a tiny piece.
Funnily enough, the mixed salad people have mentioned with the slithers in, they pick out too so expected them not to like beets :{ Think it's the Bistro one from Asda ?/
My little sow is pure white and looks as though she has savaged her mate when she's finished scoffing the stuff :...
Have tried them recently with Buttersquash too but no go mallethead
Funnily enough, the mixed salad people have mentioned with the slithers in, they pick out too so expected them not to like beets :{ Think it's the Bistro one from Asda ?/
My little sow is pure white and looks as though she has savaged her mate when she's finished scoffing the stuff :...
Have tried them recently with Buttersquash too but no go mallethead
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Yep, beetroot is great! My pigs love it, and because I'm won't let them die their hair, they use this to temporarily die themselves pink! LOL 
Don't worry, their wee and poo does go red, but isn't nothing. Don't forget to take the peel out if they don't eat it, to prevent rotting.
It can be given everyday if you like, as part of their fresh vegetables. But, I personally, give them different fruit and veggies every day, to keep them interested. x
Don't worry, their wee and poo does go red, but isn't nothing. Don't forget to take the peel out if they don't eat it, to prevent rotting.
It can be given everyday if you like, as part of their fresh vegetables. But, I personally, give them different fruit and veggies every day, to keep them interested.
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You're comment made my LOL so much - it totally reminded me of my girls. I have a long haired white, so the whole front of her chest is dyed pink by the time she finished, she makes me giggle so much! And when my little cream has had it, it looks like she has put on some blusher on her cheeks!
|)There's nothing more funny than watching an elegant, gracefull, pure white long haired regal looking piggie stuff their face with something incredibly messy and literally, make a pig of themselves!
I used to have a long haired white, and he had a *thing* for tinned mushy peas... OM NOM NOM NOM NOM *Green mush everywhere, all down his chin, on his paws, on his EARS...*
I used to have a long haired white, and he had a *thing* for tinned mushy peas... OM NOM NOM NOM NOM *Green mush everywhere, all down his chin, on his paws, on his EARS...*
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Make a pig of themselves.........Ha ha ha! |)
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so glad some one as posted info on fresh beetroot as i was thinking of giving my cavys some ive just started a veggie patch up one for my cavys and one for my family in the green house for the cavys ive got celery mint lettuce peppers not sure what else to put in and grow for them but as i would love to grow a lot more veg for them can cavys eat a bit of fennel if not no worrys as i can use that in salads for my family
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