JR Guinea Pig Food - Zooplus!

flintstones · May 11, 2011

Hi Everyone,

Does anybody buy this food? If so could you please check the packet for a Calcium : phosphate percentage.

I have found the ingredients but unsure of the amount of Calcuim :phosphate contained.

Link attached: http://www.zooplus.co.uk/shop/small_pets/food/guinea_pig/jr_farm/178336#composition

Thank you!

pelicano · May 11, 2011

I have a bag. Will check....

Calcium 0.5%
Phosphorus 0.3%

flintstones · May 11, 2011

Thats the best Calcium : phosphate ratio I've found. It's also Timothy based, so I will be investing.

pelicano · May 11, 2011

Cassie isn't a huge fan of the taste but I think it's a healthier choice than Oxbow.

flintstones · May 11, 2011

pelicano said:
Cassie isn't a huge fan of the taste but I think it's a healthier choice than Oxbow.

Oxbow Cavy Cuisine, are now being link to Crystals and stones. My pigs where originally fed Oxbow, one has crystals and one has a stone..

So.. Everything is being reviewed.

pelicano · May 11, 2011

Yes, I've said the same thing on here recently, and it is why I changed.

Joey&Gizmo · May 11, 2011

This is the only pellet based food my piggys will eat! :-) They love it and i would definitely recommend it as I'm sure you can mix into their existing food and will get eaten in time. My boys are very fussy when it comes to pellets as you know, so if mine like it I'm sure at least one of your pigs will. x x

Pepperdog · May 11, 2011

I did post a reply to your request in my thread yesterday. Mine love their muesli but they also do eat this food which they havent touched the burgess I got them.

It smells really nice too - more sweet hay than dry biscuit.

flintstones · May 11, 2011

Pepperdog said:
I did post a reply to your request in my thread yesterday. Mine love their muesli but they also do eat this food which they havent touched the burgess I got them.

It smells really nice too - more sweet hay than dry biscuit.

Sorry pepperdog I never saw it! Sometimes thread just get lost!

I'm looking forward to trying it! xx

Pepperdog · May 11, 2011

flintstones said:
Sorry pepperdog I never saw it! Sometimes thread just get lost!

I'm looking forward to trying it! xx

Thats ok, thought you must have missed it. I posted a full list of ingredients and the analysis from the packet. I will deffinately buy it again - not a very big bag that I brought but that was just incase I ended up with another pellet food that they turned their kissable noses up at.

Cat&ThePiggies · May 18, 2011

Well my bag of this arrived yesterday so I'm going to start mixing this in with their cavy cuisine. Hopefully they like it, as Flinstones said, it's got the best calcium : phosphate ratio out there and having had one piggy have a bladder stone, I want to get their diet as good as possible to prevent it from happening again.

All0about0the0animals · May 18, 2011

I'd be interested to hear how you get on with this, after looking into it, I'm really impressed with the ingredient analysis of it.

carrot_and_parsnip · May 19, 2011

flintstones said:
Oxbow Cavy Cuisine, are now being link to Crystals and stones. My pigs where originally fed Oxbow, one has crystals and one has a stone..

So.. Everything is being reviewed.

I've just started mine on Cavy Cuisine, I thought it was the best out there mallethead That JR stuff looks good though...