Guinea pigs won’t have treats from the pet store.

MiloAndJake

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My guinea pigs are so fussy is it normal? They won’t have any treats from the pet store only thing they eat is hay pellets and fruit and veggies. I’ve wasted so much money on those seedy fruit sticks and carrot biscuits and things and they just turn their nose up. What treats do your piggies like?
 
guinea pigs really don’t need or like those pet shop treats, I’m afraid they are a waste of money. Treat’ them by providing a variety of hays. I stuff it into boxes and add dried dandelion leaves or other forage items for them to find. :nod:
 
Treat them to blueberries instead, our lot go nuts for them! :drool::D
 
My lot get a handful of 'treat' hays, usually oat, orchard, spelt or readigrass in the evening. Dried forages, nettle, plantain, yarrow, raspberry leaves, apple leaves, willow, cornflowers and dandelions are their favourite. Then they get grassy logs from Galens garden, stuffed with hay or grass or something. I use Fibafirst sticks as treats too sometimes, they quite like those. (not all on the same night, in case it read that way lol)

The most unhealthy treat my lot get are the pansy and apple hearts that Pets at Home sell, they go mad for those, although they only get 1/4 of a heart per pig, once a month or so because I assume they're not all that healthy.

Other than those, a small piece of fruit once a week makes a great treat, melon, berries, apple, or a slice of banana go down well here! A handful of fresh grass grown on a windowsill will also be very well received!
 
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My guinea pigs are so fussy is it normal? They won’t have any treats from the pet store only thing they eat is hay pellets and fruit and veggies. I’ve wasted so much money on those seedy fruit sticks and carrot biscuits and things and they just turn their nose up. What treats do your piggies like?
Best things to give them are hay, pellets, veggies and fruit...oh wait...that's what they want. I wish I only wanted to eat what's good for me. As the others have said, mix it up a bit with hay, veggies etc, and they think they're being spoiled. Mine think nuggets are a treat because I only give them by hand.
 
I have never tried treats from the store.
My Finn and Lara love herbs like cilantro, parsley, basil, catgrass and etc. I would invest in herbs before I buy treat from the store.
They get their daily romaine lettuce and baby spring veggies with pallets and hay. But their favorites are the herbs and they get different kinds of herbs daily.
They also love fruits but I only give them a couple of times a week due to high sugar content.
 
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