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Lady Kelly
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Museli encourages selective feeding so you can't guarantee that they are getting all the right nutrients. You would be much better off getting pellets
I will obviously stand by my previous comments as we discussed earlier. Avoid muesli type feeds.
As well as the selective feeding issue, the ingredients in this are not good - straw pellets, wheat, flaked peas, maize, and alfalfa. The Timothy hay content of it is so far down the ingredients list.
You ideally look to a plain pellet where Timothy hay or grass is the first ingredient on the list with none/or a very limited amount of grains included
As well as the selective feeding issue, the ingredients in this are not good - straw pellets, wheat, flaked peas, maize, and alfalfa. The Timothy hay content of it is so far down the ingredients list.
You ideally look to a plain pellet where Timothy hay or grass is the first ingredient on the list with none/or a very limited amount of grains included
joanne marie
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thank you i feel a bit annoyed at pets at home for selling it because i always tend to think of their products as high quality and good for your pets but i will definately be more cautious in future
Robin_
Junior Guinea Pig
Often times pet store employees are not trained in animal care; they’re trained to sell products, much like any other shop employee. They’re definitely not a reliable source for pet information. Even the little packets they hand out to new owners are decades behind the times (at least in US chain stores—never been to a p@h).
Researching from a reliable, science/experience-based source is your best bet for ethical information.
GuineaPigsPipPumpandJG
Junior Guinea Pig
Definitely get some good quality pellets for your pigs, avoid muesli mix. I only feed muesli mix to my pigs as a treat or hide a small amount in hay for them to 'find'.
There are much healthier things to hide in their hay for them to forage rather than muesli mixes
Siikibam
Senior Guinea Pig
I would say considering PAH’s stand on piggies I wouldn’t trust everything they say or sell. I don’t think they’ve updated their research with regards them else they wouldn’t be making the muesli at all now. And they also sell small cages that are labelled suitable for piggies. I think the better quality things are those that aren’t PAH branded. Just my opinion but it really put me off when I spoke to one of assistants in there about their piggies.
PS the only good things I’ve bought in there are the cardboard tubes and the beds. I did buy shavings but there were big pieces in there and also some plastic or something foreign.
PS the only good things I’ve bought in there are the cardboard tubes and the beds. I did buy shavings but there were big pieces in there and also some plastic or something foreign.
GuineaPigsPipPumpandJG
Junior Guinea Pig
I agree, I once bought a hamster from there and the assistant dropped her on the floor when handling her and we were sold a tiny cage and we eventually returned her
However, their toy range is quite good for the Guinea Pigs
Seven7
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My boy Finn and Lara get more than a cup and a half of veggies daily so sometimes, they don’t need pellets.
They get endless supply of Oxbow hay along with their veggies.
They get endless supply of Oxbow hay along with their veggies.