Corn on the cob?

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Hi

Does anyone's piggies like corn on the cob and do you feed it raw or cooked and cooled.

I've put one in my boys bowl today and they looked at me as if to say "What do you expect us to do with that!"
 
You must never give guinea pigs cooked food. They can eat corn on the cob and seem to love the stalks.
 
A lot of piggies on here love them. Rodney loved them, but I gave one to Charlie recently and he nibbled it a bit but then just left it...he didnt even want the silks:(
 
Thank you

I put a raw one in but they haven't touched it rolleyes (could have had it for my tea :)))

Do you know the reason behind not giving cooked food, just out of interest?
 
claire8234 said:
Thank you

I put a raw one in but they haven't touched it rolleyes (could have had it for my tea :)))

Do you know the reason behind not giving cooked food, just out of interest?
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I assume generally because you cant be sure of the core temperature or incase any critters get burned, either way I used to give Skittle cooked sweetcorn/green peas and broccoli all last winter once they had cooled down and were barely tepid (as tested by my OH). Sometimes the only way to get Skit to eat certain veggies was if i cooked and cooled them weirdly.
 
our love corn- leaves an all, i think you can make up a kind of " mash" with cooked veg,but cooled of course,i am sure i have read this some where, i have personally never done this, it would not be a good idea to salt the veg, while cooking tho, i am sure this would nt be good for them.
 
Well wont be giving them corn on the cob again - not been touched, just got lots of hay stuck to it!
 
claire8234 said:
Well wont be giving them corn on the cob again - not been touched, just got lots of hay stuck to it!
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Peel a little of the green husk back a bit so they can smell the corn, I guarantee by the morning the whole lot will have gone rolleyes :))
 
I tried mine with sweetcorn last year, I sliced off a chunk, and they rejected it outright, but this year after giving it to them whole they have gone from just stripping off all the leaves and leaving the rest, to eating the corn, so with guinea pigs you have to keep trying and after a break or depending on their mood they will suddenly like something they didn't previously. Mine have never liked tomato but this week I put a tiny sliver in their hutch and it was gone next day!
Mine love broccoli but stopped eating it last week, so it's like they just want a break.
 
I gave them a whole corn on the cob without the outer leaves as these had already been stripped off. Never mind it can go in the compost :))

They also loathe parsnip as well!
 
claire8234 said:
I gave them a whole corn on the cob without the outer leaves as these had already been stripped off. Never mind it can go in the compost :))

They also loathe parsnip as well!
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I'd leave it in for another day they may just get a bit brave and nibble at it, every guinea pig I've ever had that's never seen sweetcorn gave me the look of "What are you expecting me todo with THIS?!" But after a few bites they're hooked!

It's a bit scary watching them rip into it though! :))
 
2 out of my 3 piggies loath corn on cob but one absolutely loves it, Ive never been able to find it with the leaves on, just ready prepared and just needs cooking.

However have you tried giving them kale all 3 go mad for it, its like you haven't fed them for days when you give it them
 
Shaz said:
I'd leave it in for another day they may just get a bit brave and nibble at it, every guinea pig I've ever had that's never seen sweetcorn gave me the look of "What are you expecting me todo with THIS?!" But after a few bites they're hooked!

It's a bit scary watching them rip into it though! :))
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They proved me wrong and demolished it the next day rolleyes
 
Aw I wish I knew piggies can like corn. I was recently up my boyfriends mums and there's a field full of corn and so me and my boyfriend stole a couple for tea :)) Could have brought some home for the guinea
 
mine arent that keen on it but my bunny loves it he doesnt bother with the leaves so the guineas eat the leaves lol xx
 
Dindy loves the stuff................

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DizzyDinosaur said:
However have you tried giving them kale all 3 go mad for it, its like you haven't fed them for days when you give it them
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Oh yes they adore kale, they seem to go through stages of liking certain foods more than others, at the minute its parsley! I have tried them on loads of different types of fruit but only really like apple and pear, they definitely like their veggies more :)
 
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