Good pellets?

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Princess_Harriet

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Hi, I recently learned that the pellets I was using weren't healthy. I have a bag of Oxbow bounty adult guinea pig food coming soon. Is this food healthy? All the other foods I looked at contained alfalfa so this seemed like the best. If it is bad any recommendations for good food? Thanks!
 
I use really heathy pellets from Pet Barn. It's called "Cavy Origins."
Hope this helps.
 
Welcome to the hunt for the best pellets :)) We feed Versele Laga Cavia Complete at the moment. I never fed Oxbow pellets but only ever heard good things about the brand. I‘m usually looking for no alfalfa/lucerne as high in calcium, grain-free, and soy-free (we‘ve had some very strange bladder issues going on with SS grain free and I can only put it down to the soy).

Have a look at the nugget chart here, there‘s some really useful information as well!
 
I second the grain free and soy free. I have had a lot of bladder problems with my boars. I changed them to a grain free pellet that contained soy just before the problems started.
 
piggieminder said:
I second the grain free and soy free. I have had a lot of bladder problems with my boars. I changed them to a grain free pellet that contained soy just before the problems started.
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Hi, I noticed that you used the word, "boars". How are you able to keep more than one boar together? I've tried, but sadly it hasn't worked out.
 
Natalie Clancy said:
Hi, I noticed that you used the word, "boars". How are you able to keep more than one boar together? I've tried, but sadly it hasn't worked out.
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Boars can live in pairs. As with all bondings (sows included) they have to like each other. Your boar hasn’t found the ‘right friend’ yet but when he does you will see it’s indeed possible 🙂 I have a pair of boars who get on well. So do other people on here. Don’t give up hope yet, it can be done 😀
 
:lol: Thank you.
My boar seems to be a very feisty character and he doesn't like being with other males. To save much trouble, will a desexed boar and a sow just get along because they are a natural pairing, or is there always that slight chance that they won't accept each other?
 
They still have to get on for their bond to work. As said, it’s not about not liking other boars but finding the right boar friend for him. You’ll often find that pet shop piggies are put together with no mind paid to whether they like each other. Putting them in a trio makes things harder as even a bonded pair can fall out when a third one is put in the mix.
 
Ok, thank you. Your help is very appreciated! 😊 👍
I always wondered why a trio of males don't usually work out.
 
Natalie Clancy said:
:lol: Thank you.
My boar seems to be a very feisty character and he doesn't like being with other males. To save much trouble, will a desexed boar and a sow just get along because they are a natural pairing, or is there always that slight chance that they won't accept each other?
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i agree with siikibam. Two boars together is absolutely fine but they must be character compatible. Your boar will like being with another boar, but it about finding the right one and this is why bonding using a rescue centre‘s help is valuable. Unfortunately because he was put in with two others, not just one other character compatible piggy, then that is why you have had problems and why you see him as being feisty. Boars generally cannot get the character mix right as a trio as they are usually two who end up wanting to be dominant and those two will then fall out. You can only have one dominant piggy in any relationship.
I have two boars, theyve been together for three years and are well bonded.

With any bonding, including a bond between a neutered boar and a sow there is always a chance it won’t work. They must have character compatibility and they must like each other, so unfortunately you cannot just get a sow for a neutered boar and assume it’s going to be ok. its still a good idea to use a rescue centre for a neutered boar/sow bonding because we do see bonding failures between neutered boars and sows also.
 
Mine get oxbow cavy cuisine. It is a good hay based pellet and mushes down brilliantly if syringe feeding is ever needed.
 
Natalie Clancy said:
My boar seems to be a very feisty character and he doesn't like being with other males. To save much trouble, will a desexed boar and a sow just get along because they are a natural pairing, or is there always that slight chance that they won't accept each other?
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Zara deeply dislikes my gentle George - it's been the worst attempt at bonding we've ever had! They are OK as neighbours with their own cage-mates. George would love to live with Zara's friend Louise but has had to settle for Flora and everyone is happy enough. Using a traffic light system I can say Zara is definitely a 'red' and Louise would be a 'green' but Flora is 'amber' - companions, no fighting, but no romance.
I've heard that if a boar has lived with sows he's less keen to settle with another boar but I've no experience here and I'm assuming all boars have lived with at least one sow because they all had a mum after all! I don't know how it works.
Some forum members have had success pairing their boar with a baby boar - however there are apparently no guarantees when they reach the teenage years 😉
 
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