Can you feed guinea pigs veg daily?

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Can you feed guinea pigs veg daily?

Just want to make sure that you can, I do give my guinea pigs cabbage and coriander everyday with the odd tiny piece of paper and cucumber.
 
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Can you feed guinea pigs veg daily?

Just want to make sure that you can, I do give my guinea pigs cabbage and coriander everyday with the odd tiny piece of paper and cucumber.
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Hi!

You can feed veg daily as long as you keep it to a small but nutritionally balanced portion. Please do not feed paper - your piggy is getting plenty of better fibre by eating unlimited hay (which should make about 80% of the daily food intake)!
Please also do not overfeed on pellets, especially as your diet is rather high in calcium; they should only be 1 tablespoon per piggy per day.

Here is our diet guide, which takes you in detail through all food groups and how much and what you can feed:
Long Term Balanced General And Special Needs Guinea Pig Diets
 
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Thank you, this has been helpful, they only have a teaspoon of pellets each, they also have unlimited hay and a bit of veg and unlimited, clean, fresh water. Overall, they are on a good diet and I have also read through the cage.

Also, I apologise for putting it in the wrong section.
 
Sorry I made a sentence not make sense:

* I’ve also read through the guide.
 
Cal said:
Thank you, this has been helpful, they only have a teaspoon of pellets each, they also have unlimited hay and a bit of veg and unlimited, clean, fresh water. Overall, they are on a good diet and I have also read through the cage.

Also, I apologise for putting it in the wrong section.
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No need to apologise. But since we all do this for free in our own free time, it helps our experienced members if they don't have to trawl through the whole forum but can keep a much easier eye on the sections where they can really contribute their vast knowledge by the way of alerts - which is ultimately also to your own benefit. ;)
 
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Thank you for the help, I appreciate it.
 
We have a 5pm alarm for our lots veggies, he's called Gonzo. Your pigs will become very accustomed to daily veg. This is one of the times that the label slave comes to mind.
 
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We have a 5pm alarm for our lots veggies, he's called Gonzo. Your pigs will become very accustomed to daily veg. This is one of the times that the label slave comes to mind.
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Lucky its 5pm, I have a 5am alarm called skinny pig Tallulah! But 5am is not feeding time so we always leave plenty hay and safe things to chew on in her cage. So now we have a 5am "isnt my carrot cottage loud and crunchy" alarm instead that carries on (alternating with water bottle rattles and very loud wheeks) until it is actually time for breakfast veggies!
 
Cal said:
Can you feed guinea pigs veg daily?

Just want to make sure that you can, I do give my guinea pigs cabbage and coriander everyday with the odd tiny piece of paper and cucumber.
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Yes you definitely can feed pigs veg daily. Be careful with the cabbage - it can cause health issues sometimes. I would recommend the YouTube channel Little Adventures. She makes a lot of videos on guinea pig diets.
 
As well as the helpful guides that @Wiebke has linked there is an interesting thread called ‘Feeding the Piggies at TEAS’.
Sorry I can’t link it for you.

I feed mine veggies spread through the day.
They get a lettuce leaf each morning with the pellets and hay, a handful of coriander or dill in the middle of the day if one of us is around and the rest late afternoon which is a mix of leaves, cucumber, pepper and other goodies.
Fruit is a birthday treat, so only 4 times a year, carrots and sweet corn about once a month.
 
Merab's Slave said:
As well as the helpful guides that @Wiebke has linked there is an interesting thread called ‘Feeding the Piggies at TEAS’.
Sorry I can’t link it for you.

I feed mine veggies spread through the day.
They get a lettuce leaf each morning with the pellets and hay, a handful of coriander or dill in the middle of the day if one of us is around and the rest late afternoon which is a mix of leaves, cucumber, pepper and other goodies.
Fruit is a birthday treat, so only 4 times a year, carrots and sweet corn about once a month.
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Here is the link to how we feed the piggies at TEAS
Feeding the guinea pigs at TEAS
 
Thank you for the help means a lot!
 
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