Flour?

Merrypigs Sanctuary · Nov 16, 2017

I'm making some piggy treats with recipes from the 'Cooking for my cavy' book for the rescue fair on Saturday!

One calls for 'corn meal' - I haven't been able to find this in any shops, but it is basically flour made from corn.

Are piggies ok with plain wheat flour instead? I've looked online but can't find if it's ok for them or not!

Thanks

Julie M · Nov 17, 2017

Merrypigs Sanctuary said:
I'm making some piggy treats with recipes from the 'Cooking for my cavy' book for the rescue fair on Saturday!

One calls for 'corn meal' - I haven't been able to find this in any shops, but it is basically flour made from corn.

Are piggies ok with plain wheat flour instead? I've looked online but can't find if it's ok for them or not!

Thanks

Is cornmeal the same as we call cornflour? I don’t know if they can eat it though. I used wheat flour and beetroot powder to make a pet safe paint before. But they weren’t actually eating it. It’s a strange one.

Julie M · Nov 17, 2017

Merrypigs Sanctuary said:
I'm making some piggy treats with recipes from the 'Cooking for my cavy' book for the rescue fair on Saturday!

One calls for 'corn meal' - I haven't been able to find this in any shops, but it is basically flour made from corn.

Are piggies ok with plain wheat flour instead? I've looked online but can't find if it's ok for them or not!

Thanks

I’ve looked it up on line and as far as I can see it looks a yellow colour so it’s probably not like cornflour. It says it’s a common Indian ingredient so maybe it’s available at the world foods but in the supermarkets. Good luck hope you find a suitable flour.

Pawz · Nov 17, 2017

Courtesy of Wikipedia

Cornmeal is a meal (coarse flour) ground from dried maize (corn). It is a common staple food, and is ground to fine, medium, and coarse consistencies, but not as fine as wheat flour.[1] In the United States, very finely ground cornmeal is also referred to as corn flour.[1] When fine cornmeal is made from maize that has been soaked in an alkaline solution, e.g., limewater (a process known as nixtamalization), it is called masa, which is used for making tamales and tortillas. Boiled cornmeal is called polenta in Italy.

Guineapigfeet · Nov 17, 2017

Most pig food has wheat as a main ingredient so I’d image it would be ok to use ?

Julie M · Nov 17, 2017

Probably. Or you could whizz up some oats in a blender and use that?

Cavy Kung-Fu · Nov 17, 2017

I think corn flour would be better, I guess it depends what kind of diet they're on too. If they have Burgess excel for example it won't make much difference as it contains a lot of wheat already, but if you're on grain free it might be an idea to avoid it. I personally wouldn't use wheat ingredients for animal food/treats but that's just me!

Hensa · Nov 17, 2017

Near me you can get corn flour in the world foods section of Sainsburys

Hensa · Nov 17, 2017

It may be called maize meal rather than cornflour on the packet/bag.

Merrypigs Sanctuary · Nov 17, 2017

Thanks all for your help! As usual, I left it a bit late so had to make do with what we have at home! We have some oats so I went with @Julie M 's suggestion and it seems to have worked :luv:

Julie M · Nov 17, 2017

Merrypigs Sanctuary said:
Thanks all for your help! As usual, I left it a bit late so had to make do with what we have at home! We have some oats so I went with @Julie M 's suggestion and it seems to have worked

Hope the piggies enjoy them. You will need to let us know.

Cavy Kung-Fu · Nov 18, 2017

And show us pics! I've never made anything for the pigs, I worry about giving myself food poisoning so I don't know if it would be a good idea to cook for them too :lol!: