Is This Okay?

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PotatoPigs

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Hi, this is what my six guins eat in a day. I hope this is okay as I haven't done much research on it.
Their daily food:
Morning 7:00 - 7:30am :
Hay and 4 half filled bowls of pellets
Daytime:
Hay and fresh water when needed
Evening 9:00 - 10:00pm :
1 average size bowl of veggies ~ 2 carrots, 1-2 handfuls of kale, 2-4 romaine lettuce leaves, A full apple: 2-3 times per week, An orange/ clementine once a week.
Also 4 half filled bowls of pellets to go with there veggies
 
It sounds okay, but I have a few suggestions. How much is 4 half-filled bowls of pellets? In case you aren’t already doing so, feed 1/8 cup of pellets per pig every day. Increase or decrease this amount depending on how skinny/fat your pigs are. Most Pigs love apples, but they are unhealthy for guinea pigs if fed too much. I think you should change your apple feedings to once a week at the most. One pig should get one cup of veggies a day. Again, increase or decrease this amount depending on how skinny/fat your pigs are. Try not to feed kale too much. To see healthy veggies, go to https://www.guineapigcages.com/food/Veggie-and-Fruit-Charts.pdf.
I’m not an expert, but those are my ideas.
 
Also make sure to remove the seeds on an apple, they are a chocking hazard and contain cyanide which can be harmful. My boys also love cucumber,celery leaves, corn husk and cilantro (coriander)
 
My five love peppers NOT chillies just nomal bell pepper (seeds taken out) and banana skin goes down well as a treat too. Have you tried broccoli? Mine prefer the stalk to the actual flowery bit at the top and cauliflower leaves. Mine are fussy and leave the hard stalk but eat the leafy bits and for some strange reason they like sprouts!:vom:
 
Dog Cow said:
It sounds okay, but I have a few suggestions. How much is 4 half-filled bowls of pellets? In case you aren’t already doing so, feed 1/8 cup of pellets per pig every day. Increase or decrease this amount depending on how skinny/fat your pigs are. Most Pigs love apples, but they are unhealthy for guinea pigs if fed too much. I think you should change your apple feedings to once a week at the most. One pig should get one cup of veggies a day. Again, increase or decrease this amount depending on how skinny/fat your pigs are. Try not to feed kale too much. To see healthy veggies, go to https://www.guineapigcages.com/food/Veggie-and-Fruit-Charts.pdf.
I’m not an expert, but those are my ideas.
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It's actually more like 4 quarter filled bowls. So on average they have 2 full bowls of pellets per day. Their bowls are just standard ceramic guinea pig/rabbit bowls.
 
How much hay do they have? Hay should be available 24/7 and should be 80% of a piggies diet.
 
Betsy said:
My five love peppers NOT chillies just nomal bell pepper (seeds taken out) and banana skin goes down well as a treat too. Have you tried broccoli? Mine prefer the stalk to the actual flowery bit at the top and cauliflower leaves. Mine are fussy and leave the hard stalk but eat the leafy bits and for some strange reason they like sprouts!:vom:
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I do sometimes buy them bell peppers, I do, of course, take the seeds out :)). Hmm, haven't tried banana skin, I'll have to try that one soon :yahoo:. They don't really like broccoli and I'm giving them some left over Brussel sprouts today :vom:
 
Mine left the banana skin when I first gave it to them but after they'd had it a few times they nom'd it down!
 
I have started giving them romaine lettuce or spring greens every other week instead of kale :nod:
 
My 5 get 5 small handfuls of pellets every morning. They don't eat all of them all the time they prefer to eat hay!
 
PotatoPigs said:
Hi, this is what my six guins eat in a day. I hope this is okay as I haven't done much research on it.
Their daily food:
Morning 7:00 - 7:30am :
Hay and 4 half filled bowls of pellets
Daytime:
Hay and fresh water when needed
Evening 9:00 - 10:00pm :
1 average size bowl of veggies ~ 2 carrots, 1-2 handfuls of kale, 2-4 romaine lettuce leaves, A full apple: 2-3 times per week, An orange/ clementine once a week.
Also 4 half filled bowls of pellets to go with there veggies
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Unfortunately carrots have a lot of sugar, & if possible watch the calcium in the greens, if you give them to much calcium, they could develop stones. Lettuce should be romaine or Gem. Pellets should be about 40g a day per piggy.
My piggies would kill me if I only gave mine veggies once a day, lol
Read that fruit & veg list should give you some ideas, it can be a nightmare giving them variety, low calcium, & fruit. To be quite honest I've put the list on my fridge, I've got a memory like a sieve.
Have you got some photos & names for your herd we love photos. How long have you had your piggies .
Welcome to our friendly forum.
 
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