Gerty Guinea Pig - Members Reviews

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I fed this to my piggie for 5 years, and have recently changed them on pellets, due to one of my pigs having maloclussion i wanted something to work ther teeth a bit more than this did, most of pigs left a few bits out of the food, there are too many colourings for my liking..and i think there are better options out there than this, although in those 4 years my piggies never choked on the seeds or anything.

this product for me and my piggies scores a 7/10
 
mine had it at the petshop so i brought a pack of it for their first feed. they only ate the green bits so we brought Wagg instead and they eat the lot minus the seeds.
Gertys not as good as some of the other ones, and smells a bit cardboardy too. it's expensive for the small amount you get aswell.

* (1 stars)
 
My piggies arent too keen on Gerty Guinea pig food, they pick out the bits they like and leave most of it, also its more expensive. They dont eat any of the coloured bits, pellets or the seeds. I think dried peas have to be their favourite part!
 
i give it 1 star
mine ate probally half of it
they hated the biscuits in it
 
Oh no.... my pigs have decided they are bored of Supa Guinea, and as Tescos seems to have run out permanently of the purple bag stuff I got them some Gertie... honestly what with them and the rabbits we have 4 different diets going on! Will see how the piggies go on with Gertie.

Has anyone else noticed that the Tescos stuff has disappeared from the shelves or is it just my local store?
 
Often disappears. Also if you buy online you have to go into the small pet bit to find it - if you just type guinea pig food they only offer you the cheapo one.
 
I thought it was just me, but gerty guinea pig really does nothing for my piggies, they leave most of it so i chuck it away, ive only ever bought it when desparate for food and only had a supermarket open! A definate 0 stars from me!
 
Well I have just started using this one but now as many of you have said its bad will stop, My girls do kind of like it but not as much as the p@h museli **
 
Whoops, just bought some as it was all my local pet shop had.
Is WAGG OK? (Bought in Wilkinson's)They seem to like this,esp the flaky bits.
Suey
 
swsuey said:
Whoops, just bought some as it was all my local pet shop had.
Is WAGG OK? (Bought in Wilkinson's)They seem to like this,esp the flaky bits.
Suey
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Wagg is fine ;)
 
My Mollie loves it. After reading about the colouring etc I thought I'd try her with Tescos, but she wouldn't look at it. So Gerty gets 5 stars from Mollie!
 
I think this food is not the best, because even though my Guineas love the bits they pick out, they leave a lot, and it's always the same bits left in the food bowl!

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Sorry not a fan or Gerty! even tried mixing it with another food and still did not go down well!
 
ilovepiggies said:
I am feeding this now and mine seem to love it but after reading this I think I will change!!
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Hi How are your pigs? Which new food did you try?
Since reading about Gertie guinea I have also changed and wonder if past sudden unexplained weight loss and urine infections were related to the feeding.
 
My guineas have this, i buy the 15kg bag, they do seem to selective eat some bits and leave loads of seeds and so on at the bottom of their bowls which ends up being chucked :o waste of money that was, so after hearing all this and all the bad things about gerty i am going to change probably back to p@h musli or something else from a farm, is this ok as i can only get the big bags as i have 13 piggies and more on the way. :smitten:
 
P@H nuggets may be the best for you piggies as it means they cant selectively eat ;)

Remember to introduce the new food my mixing it with the old food and gradually take more of the old food out of the bowl everyday until they are just left with the new food :)
 
well ive done that before and i havent got any left untill i go and fetch some in the morning a different type of food that they havent tried as ive just remembered theyve already had p@h muesli and kept selective feeding, so i changed them to gerty and there doing the same so am going farm tommorrow to get a new 15kg bag to see if they like it or not. :)
 
I can't find any food that both of mine will eat without leaving half of it! have tried Excel, Burgess, Tescos, Gertie, Wagg - they leave half of it in the bowls.
Latest one is Wagg Optimum - will see if they will eat this. Naughty boys.
 
They arent supposed to eat it all! ? They arent like dogs! ;D They are supposed to eat all throughout the day :)
 
I wasn't sure about feeding this to mine as the reviews on this thread seem to be a bit mixed, but the rescue centre said we should...so we did! So far they seem to be picking out all the stuff they like, and leaving the rest! I can't help thinking this isn't too good for my little piggies, but they get plenty of fresh veg so i'm sure they'll get enough vit c!

I think I will begin to introduce a nugget style food in the next week or so though, just to see how they take to it!
 
I think i will be going back to gerty i got the tesco one to try but he seems to leave more of this and he does`nt like the hay pieces in it they were is favorite in gerty which worries me as hay is needed in their diet, i always have hay in his hay rack but he does`nt always eat that. :-\
 
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