Hi! Please stay off any shop bought treats that contain any form of fat, sugar/honey, dairy/yoghurt and seed. They are just fattening junk food that benefit only the shop's coffers!
A healthy, balanced diet should consist of:
- unlimited timothy or orchard (UK meadow) hay, should make up to 80% of the daily food intake to keep the guts healthy and grind down the crucial back teeth.
- 1 cupful/ca. 50g/2 oz of mixed veg per piggy per day that ideally includes one fresh herb or veg high in vitamin C like a slice of sweet pepper of any colour, a sprig of cilantro/coriander, parsley, dill, mint or basil, or a chunk or floret of broccoli - please vary. Tomato and any fruit should not be fed more than twice in a week, as too much, too often can cause painful sores to the lips and the mouth.
- pellets (not dry mix/muesli): unlimited until the initial weekly fast growth rate is slowing down, then very gradually resuced to the handful or half (i.e. 10-20g/1/2 oz) that mature guinea pigs need.
- fresh water daily, no additives please
Here is a list of foods you may find useful:
https://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk...veg-and-fruit-list-with-vitamin-c-grading.42/
If you want to give treats, rather give a small piece of his favourite veg or a bit of fresh grass (which you can grow in pots or windowsill boxes year round). You can use healthy treats to lure your boy across the run at roaming time. Pleace include any treats into his daily veg allowance! If he is on the fat side, I would not give any rich treats like a pinch readigrass until his weight has come down somewhat.
Weigh your piggies weekly at roughly the same time of the day; daily if you suspect illness.
Please do not put your piggy in water it cannot stand in; it will be in fear of its life!
