I think Guinea Gurl means she has 5 guinea pigs?
What do you mean by scraps btw?
I think I have been definitely killing mine with kindness
lol
It' close but in all honesty, unlimited pellets it too many pellets. An eggcup of pellets per day is enough for any piggies.
Pellets are the least necessary and least natural part of a piggy's diet. They're there to supplement the hay and veg and provide a balanced diet. However, the vitamin C they contain will degrade very rapidly once you open the bag and they become just empty calories if you feed your piggies too much of them.
This is why we use SS Selective pellets. The bag is resealable, the blance is better and we can feed just a small amount per piggy per day.
Pellets must never exceed 10% of a piggy's diet. The same goes for fresh veg. A piggy should eat at least 80% hay
Hi Guineagurl,
It's hard to say but let's just say it's like a loose handful. If they're large pellets or nuggets (SS Selective), we're talking maybe 20 pellets or so. For the smaller Burgess pellets, I'd say twice as many.
It will seem like very little when you first do it but they will get used to it and that should be enough.
You can of course then increase this amount if necessary if you have a piggy recovering from illness who has lost weight or you've taken in a malnourished piggy who needs to put on weight.
If you are decreasing the amount because of this thread, your piggy may lose some weight but, hopefully, shouldn't lose any at all because they should then eat more hay. Any significant weight loss should be looked into.
Any problems, let me know. Best of luck
Hi Guineagurl,
It's hard to say but let's just say it's like a loose handful. If they're large pellets or nuggets (SS Selective), we're talking maybe 20 pellets or so. For the smaller Burgess pellets, I'd say twice as many.
It will seem like very little when you first do it but they will get used to it and that should be enough.
You can of course then increase this amount if necessary if you have a piggy recovering from illness who has lost weight or you've taken in a malnourished piggy who needs to put on weight.
If you are decreasing the amount because of this thread, your piggy may lose some weight but, hopefully, shouldn't lose any at all because they should then eat more hay. Any significant weight loss should be looked into.
Any problems, let me know. Best of luck
From what I have learnt and what I already know you don't need a set diet plan. I have quoted two others that have supplied some good infomation.(I could not quote them all). I think that would help you.