Leave the food bowl in?

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Hi all
This is going to sound really thick, but since I've had my fur babies I've been leaving the food bowl in their cage/floor pen at all times, not removing it and re-introducing it at 'meal' times. Is it better if I remove it and put it back when it's time for tea? They have their hay all the time, and veggies twice a day.
I just read in an RSPCA book that you should establish meal times...?

Thanks for any help!

Vicky xx
 
I read something similar when I first got my girls...but have been ignoring it (can't remember what made me decide at the time to ignore it ?) Anyway their food bowl with pellets is in the cage all day long, same as their hay... not sure whether it's the right or wrong thing to do but seems to work for my girls...

I now tend to feed them fresh veggies in the morning and fresh grass or dried grass in the evening. They also often get a treat in the evening, for example corn on the cob leaves... will never understand why they love these so much!

Will be interesting to hear what other people do...
 
I leave my piggies dry food bowls in but feed veggies round tea time & they do know if I'm late ;D ;D
 
I leave the pellets bowl in and his veggie trays in all day and night O0
Even when our guys were younger i'd leave everything in, i'd rather them have a choice :)
 
I leave the food dish in at all times and the pellets filled, my guinea doesn't gobble it all down, between the pellets, veggies and hay she still hasn't hit the bottom of the bowl , when it gets half way I fill it cause she pulls the thing around the cage lol
 
i leave the dry food bowl in all the time i fill it up in the morning and it is usually empty by the next morning and feed fresh vegies and fruit twice a day morning and evening and hay is allways available
 
My piggies have a constant supply of fresh pellets and get veg once a day. xx
 
Guinea pigs are foragers, so unless you feed them little and very often, its a good idea to keep the food bowl in :)

Obviously hay and fresh water should always be available O0
 
I leave their dry food bowl in all day and its never empty. They get another bowl with fruit/veg but once they've emptied this I remove it along with the bits they've thrown about their cage that they don't want.
 
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