Finally ordered the nuggets I've narrowed down to be the best

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Sorry my brain has just had an explosion and pieced everything together lol
 
Piggies&buns said:
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Definitely isn’t scaring anyone - it’s a very interesting topic of discussion and nobody has the answer so sharing experiences is valuable. I’m finding the topic of whether soya being in ss grain free and if it’s cause for concern interesting too.
I originally fed burgess but the alfalfa and grain content in them made me switch to ss grain free. Now seeing the discussion of ss grain free etc. I’m going to give haybox a go.
It’s interesting because on the thread @PigglePuggle referred to it was mentioned that burgess seems to have a better distribution of nutrients. My rabbits have been fed burgess forever so why doesnt that concern me like it does for the piggies?!
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I have read that soy is linked to stone issues. Can't remember where though
 
OMG just out of interest I got a few of the Natures grain free pellets out of the cupboard and cut them in half ..... guess what Bobby and Geoff goggled them down 😂 Guess i know how to feed them the pellets !
thanks for the idea of cutting them in half !
 
Roselina said:
OMG just out of interest I got a few of the Natures grain free pellets out of the cupboard and cut them in half ..... guess what Bobby and Geoff goggled them down 😂 Guess i know how to feed them the pellets !
thanks for the idea of cutting them in half !
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Are these the rosewood ones?
 
This is a good thing for me to know, il try them whole and if they won't eat them il do the same👍
 
SkyPipDotBernie said:
This is a good thing for me to know, il try them whole and if they won't eat them il do the same👍
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They are very easy to cut in half - I’m wondering if it’s the fact the pellets are longer and have a ridge pattern .
 
The rosewood pellets on the left - pets at home on the right & a 1p coin for perspective 😊
 

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I got mine from home and roost but they don’t seem to have them listed now but amazon have them
 
Rosewood pellets ingredients here.

  • Meadow grasses and herbs 70.5% (including timothy grass
  • foxtail grass
  • oatgrass
  • orchard grass
  • downy alpine oatgrass
  • smooth meadow grass
  • red clover
  • sweet vernal grass
  • velvet grass
  • golden oatgrass
  • common vetch
  • black medic
  • dandelion
  • ribwort
  • cowslip
  • marguerite
  • daisy
  • great burnet-saxifrage
  • hedge bedstraw
  • parsnip
  • sorrel
  • germander speedwell
  • common mouse-ear
  • perennial ryegrass
  • soft brome
  • tufted vetch
  • bush vetch
  • three-toothed orchid
  • wild beaked parsley)
  • parsley 5.6%
  • carrot cubes 5.1%
  • pea flakes 4.1%
  • broad bean flakes 3%
  • parsnip cubes 2.4%
  • linseed 2.4%
  • black cumin 1%
  • fennel seed 0.8%
  • nettle leaves 0.7%
  • melissa 0.6%
  • rape seed oil 0.6%
  • dandelion 0.6%
  • rosemary 0.5%
  • yucca 0.5%
  • apple 0.4%
  • peppermint 0.4%
  • chamomile blossoms 0.3%
  • lovage 0.3%
  • beetroot 0.2%.

    Nutritional additives: vitamin A 13
  • 780 IU
  • vitamin C 689 mg
  • vitamin D3 954 IU
  • vitamin E 84.8 mg
 
I’ve been following this thread with interest as I have a sow who has suffered with stones in the past and I wanted to reduce the amount of ‘rubbish’ in their feed, but they love their pellets! I do restrict them to a tablespoon per day (ss grain free) and they are hoovered up fairly quickly. So I ordered some of the Rosewood pellets and they arrived this morning. I gave them all half a pellet each to see if they liked them and they scoffed them down! So they won’t be a waste of money and possibly their full time pellets once the s grain free are gone! Thanks for sussing them out @SkyPipDotBernie!
 
SkyPipDotBernie said:
All very well said above 👍.

There's another interesting

Wow! 4 x as much as spinach. I have never looked at it like that. That's crazy, atleast spinach has moisture, which is another thing, pellets being dry, then again though, so is hay, but that brings me to another thought. Hay is just fed because as pets, Guinea pigs can't graze on fresh grass 24/7. So this all leads back to a too dry diet. Which is why I like the idea of a wet leafy green diet, and lots of fresh grass when possible. This is what my vet has been telling me to do (Simon)
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I read through all this with interest, if somewhat bemused! But you have hit the nail on the head there! I've had many generations of guineas back when I was able to keep them in a much more normal way, who lived to a ripe old age, having rarely eaten hay in their lives! Even now, when, as you say, I am sadly forced to feed it, I try to keep the ration of dried to natural forage so that the dried is as low as possible. On the subject of pellets, I only have a small number of guineas now, but every single one of them has completely different likes when it comes to pellets! So I can't imagine I would ever be able to feed them all happily on the same sort - though since I'm afraid they get what they are given, there are always a few happy ones and a few with untouched bowls whatever they get!
 
KathT said:
I’ve been following this thread with interest as I have a sow who has suffered with stones in the past and I wanted to reduce the amount of ‘rubbish’ in their feed, but they love their pellets! I do restrict them to a tablespoon per day (ss grain free) and they are hoovered up fairly quickly. So I ordered some of the Rosewood pellets and they arrived this morning. I gave them all half a pellet each to see if they liked them and they scoffed them down! So they won’t be a waste of money and possibly their full time pellets once the s grain free are gone! Thanks for sussing them out @SkyPipDotBernie!
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No problem. If my pigs like the rosewoods I'm going to have them on them permanently. Not many at all per day. Just enough to have some vit d in the diet. My pigs are indoor and do not get direct sunlight at all. Through a window doesn't count either (I researched it a lot) glad I've been of some help to someone 👍.

I must note that sun dried hay has vit d in. But I'm not sure how reliable of a source this is. I take it fresh grass probably has more, but in winter this will becomes problem to feed regularly. So then il just up the wet leafy lettuces.

I've learnt what I know from furryfriends teas, my vet, and bits on the forum as well
 
Bluebell said:
I read through all this with interest, if somewhat bemused! But you have hit the nail on the head there! I've had many generations of guineas back when I was able to keep them in a much more normal way, who lived to a ripe old age, having rarely eaten hay in their lives! Even now, when, as you say, I am sadly forced to feed it, I try to keep the ration of dried to natural forage so that the dried is as low as possible. On the subject of pellets, I only have a small number of guineas now, but every single one of them has completely different likes when it comes to pellets! So I can't imagine I would ever be able to feed them all happily on the same sort - though since I'm afraid they get what they are given, there are always a few happy ones and a few with untouched bowls whatever they get!
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Thanks. I've a feeling I do some people's heads in with my replies. But I'm the type of person that will dig deep to try find out a solution if it interests me
 
My pigs are both on a pretty basic veg diet now, but get fairly good sized portions twice daily.

I feed red and green bell pepper
Mixed leaf tesco lettuce
Cucumber.

Odd days il feed coriander and celery.

I feed a big pile of freshly picked grass between veg meals.

So il do first veg at about 7am
Grass around 5 pm
Then veg again at around 9pm, this gives a nice gap as well for the pigs to look forward to each time of the day. Inbetween these times they will graze on plenty of Timothy and meadow hay, and meadow hay cookies
 
Dots wolfing them down

Bernie is eating them like his mother is forcing him to, else he won't get sweeties after and an hour on the xbox.

There isn't a food dot won't eat that is edible to Guinea pigs. Amazing
 
SkyPipDotBernie said:
@Piggies&buns . Have your pellets arrived yet?
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Not yet, my subscription order is due to go through on Friday (although I might have to bring it forward anyway judging by the way my lot are going through hay at the moment!) but I should have them next week. I’m rather excited to see what the piggy verdict is!
 
Piggies&buns said:
Not yet, my subscription order is due to go through on Friday (although I might have to bring it forward anyway judging by the way my lot are going through hay at the moment!) but I should have them next week. I’m rather excited to see what the piggy verdict is!
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I liked the look of them when I checked them out, only reason I didn't order is because I wanted the rosewoods that I have seen I also buy in a shop, just can't remember which shop dam it
 
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