Is what I feed my guinea pigs okay?

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I had recently posted a post similar to this and found out that what I was feeding my pigs wasn’t great, so I changed it up. I have two pigs and I feed them veggies and about 1/8 cup of pellets once a day (obviously they also always have access to hay and water). Anyway daily I feed them 2-3 slices of cucumber, 2-4 slices of red, green, yellow, or orange bell peppers (I mix it up), a few shreds of red cabbage, and a little slice of two of cabbage. I also feed them carrots every few days. Is this good? Or should some things not be fed as often? I’ve also included a picture of what I usually feed them. Thanks.
 

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Mine get veggies three times a day with endless supply of hay, and some pellets.

I would add lettuce onto your list as I give mine lettuce daily. Also, I was just reading about cabbage, and it says to give them moderate amount of cabbage as too much is not good. Your picture shows veggie amount enough for just one piggy and not two per day. Mine get slightly more than your picture per piggy.

My Finn and Lara get lettuce, parsley, cilantro, carrot, cucumber, celery, grass, dandelion, kale, spinach, and etc. They get small amount of fruit as treats like apple, blueberry, watermelon, grape, and etc.
 
Below is approximate amount of veggies my Finn and Lara get each per day. I separate the portion into three times of veggies per day, at 6am, 2pm, and 9pm. They don't share this amount of veggies as they live in separate cages. They get this amount each.
Daily they get lettuce, parsley, cilantro, celery leaves and a baby carrot. Sometimes they get kale, bell pepper, grass, dandelion, and fruits as treats.

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I forgot to add cucumber. Cucumber was just sitting there, so I took another picture.
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I agree in that is not quite enough for two piggies per day, but do remember hay is the most important part so don’t overdo veg.
My two eat on a daily basis;
In the morning my two get a few of slices of bell Pepper, cucumber, a few sprigs of coriander, 1-2 leaves of lettuce (lettuce has very little nutritional value and is mostly water so although they do like it, I don’t give them too much). In the evening they get a few slices of bell pepper, a different herb such as dill, a small strip of spring greens. In the evening I also add in something else such as a green bean, celery, baby corn, a slice of tomato, a couple of spinach leaves of a piece of kale, some parsley (neither of these three items are given daily though, they probably only get them once every two weeks or so), a small amount of carrot, to name just a few of them. These things get rotated around so they don’t get the same ‘extra veg’ too many times in a week.
 
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