I'm making the pellet changeover tomorrow

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SkyPipDotBernie said:
Pellets are mostly a lazy way to ensure animals have a balanced diet, am I right? Not with people on here and that are passionate about animals
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The thing is pellets don't offer a balanced diet for guinea pigs, it is not the same as feeding a dog or cat a balanced kibble diet which is 100% of what they eat. The most balanced diet for feeding guinea pigs is fresh grass which for most people isn't possible all year round and for some not really possible at any time, depending where they live. Feeding a hay based diet with vit C rich veg is the next best thing.
The whole thing of feeding rabbits and guinea pigs muesli and pellets came about because in the past rabbits were mostly kept to be eaten (because few people could afford to keep animals purely as pets) and were fed grain, etc so they would grow faster and fatten up quicker, the long term effect on their health was irrelevant because they weren't going to be around long term. And usually what was fed to rabbits was fed to guinea pigs.
 
Pound Shilling & Pig said:
The thing is pellets don't offer a balanced diet for guinea pigs, it is not the same as feeding a dog or cat a balanced kibble diet which is 100% of what they eat. The most balanced diet for feeding guinea pigs is fresh grass which for most people isn't possible all year round and for some not really possible at any time, depending where they live. Feeding a hay based diet with vit C rich veg is the next best thing.
The whole thing of feeding rabbits and guinea pigs muesli and pellets came about because in the past rabbits were mostly kept to be eaten (because few people could afford to keep animals purely as pets) and were fed grain, etc so they would grow faster and fatten up quicker, the long term effect on their health was irrelevant because they weren't going to be around long term. And usually what was fed to rabbits was fed to guinea pigs.
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Interesting stuff. I know that about the meusli, can't remember who told me before.

I have just bought my grass seed today ready for a brand new lawn outside my house. Planting it down tomorrow and going to let it grow out of control for nice long fresh grass, hopefully all year round 👍
 
SkyPipDotBernie said:
Me too, there is a bit of an ancient thread slating yucca in them though. But it's a tiny amount. And haven't found out why it's bad.

I think the main brands are possiblly partly full of ingredients to make the guinea pig tempted to eat them. After all it is a business, I wonder how they know the guinea pigs like them before they sell them? Do you think they send out samples to a certain amount of customers?

I think that with the more natural pellets and guinea pigs not liking them at first is probably a good sign. There's no rubbish to make them go yes I'm having that. It's like me with a bag of haribo
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We have a very large yucca in the back garden it’s around 10 foot high! I think this will be added to the fibre content, it’s very stringy and difficult to cut into the leaves
 
another good grainfree/soya free pellets is cavia complete.you can get those from Zooplus or The hay experts on line.all my 22 piggies will eat these.ive also got marriage nutri ,grainfree cold pressed pellets ,and they seem to love these ! so there is choice.the pets at home grainfree woodland pellets is good ingredience.
 
eileen said:
another good grainfree/soya free pellets is cavia complete.you can get those from Zooplus or The hay experts on line.all my 22 piggies will eat these.ive also got marriage nutri ,grainfree cold pressed pellets ,and they seem to love these ! so there is choice.the pets at home grainfree woodland pellets is good ingredience.
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Il check these out thanks. I have been literally looking now at the Woodlands ones and they use Alflfa hay as a main ingredient, but it doesn't state how much of it 🤔 but it is a thread dating back to 2017
 
SkyPipDotBernie said:
I honestly thought that I already knew every guinea pig pellet on the market, but by digging a little deeper I found 3 brands of more natural ones
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No offence Neil, but do you have too much time on your hands? 😂😂😂

When my husband injured his elbow a few years ago and was off work for 3 months, he restructured all our utility companies, bank accounts, the lot. Every day I came home from work he'd say look how much better this bank account is, look what we could save if we changed gas company...

It's the only time he's done it in 28 years, but hey who's counting? 🤭
 
Piggylove82 said:
No offence Neil, but do you have too much time on your hands? 😂😂😂

When my husband injured his elbow a few years ago and was off work for 3 months, he restructured all our utility companies, bank accounts, the lot. Every day I came home from work he'd say look how much better this bank account is, look what we could save if we changed gas company...

It's the only time he's done it in 28 years, but hey who's counting? 🤭
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Yea I think I need to shop for some new brain cells to be fair. Na really though, I think once I buy a more natural pellet, I'm done with all the diet worrying. Here I go again haha.
 
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