new food?

[kkbell]

I've just been to get the girls some pellets as am sick of them leaving half their dried food!

I noticed on the shelf at PAH some Scratch and Newton Posh Pellets, has anyone had these?

I got them the PAH ones as I know they're quite recommended on here!

 

[tinkerbellandcuddles]

my piggies will not eat guinea pig food at all, so i buy WAGG rabbit pellets and they love these.

 

[mutton chops]

We've tried the Scratch and Newton food. It smells of apples
they seemed to love it at first but have gone off it a bit - they prefer P@H.

 

[daftscotslass]

my piggies will not eat guinea pig food at all, so i buy WAGG rabbit pellets and they love these.

Rabbit pellets are formulated for rabbits, not piggies. They don't contain the right balance of nutrients for a guinea pig and are not fortified with the same amount of Vitamin C as guinea pig pellets.

Remember pellets are least important after hay and vegetables but keep trying with the guinea pig pellets.

 

[Kiran]

Well its a kinda new thing and I cant find the ingredients anywhere. So I;m not sure. Next I go to P@H I'll check them out. I use Super Excel for Spike. See how they are with the P@H pellets and if they like them then keep them on P@H pellets, iif not try another food.

Remember guinea pigs have very delicate digestive systems, so gradually introduce the new food, mix a little in with their current one and then reduce the amount of their current food unti,l eventually all their eating is P@H pellets.

And I agree with the above on the rabbit pellet thing.

 

[choloe]

Remember pellets are least important after hay and vegetables but keep trying with the guinea pig pellets.

i was told by my vet and dr taylor in the UK that a piggies diet should be more what they'd get in the wild grass and hay, not pellets or veggies. if in the wild they saw say a parsley by the time the whole herd got to it they'd be lucky to have had a mouthful each.
whether this is right or not i don't know but as dr taylor learnt from peter gurney and is a highly recomended vet i followed her advice. both vets said domesticated piggies get too much carbohydrates in their diets. ? ? ?
good luck with the new food with your piggies. :smitten: :smitten: :smitten:

 

[daftscotslass]

Remember pellets are least important after hay and vegetables but keep trying with the guinea pig pellets.

i was told by my vet and dr taylor in the UK that a piggies diet should be more what they'd get in the wild grass and hay, not pellets or veggies. if in the wild they saw say a parsley by the time the whole herd got to it they'd be lucky to have had a mouthful each.
whether this is right or not i don't know but as dr taylor learnt from peter gurney and is a highly recomended vet i followed her advice. both vets said domesticated piggies get too much carbohydrates in their diets. ? ? ?
good luck with the new food with your piggies. :smitten: :smitten: :smitten:

Bear in mind that there is 2000 years of domestication between our current piggies and the ones in the wild. Hay is most important for the fibre it contains. Vegetables are next. Wild guinea pigs would eat a variety of forages, not just grass, and the varieties of grass we grow in our lawns is nowhere near nutritionally complete enough for a piggy.

Peter Gurney actually believed that vegetables were the MOST important thing for a guinea pig, hay following close behind - http://www.oginet.com/pgurney/dietaryneeds.htm

"The question is of course, 'What do we and guinea pigs, and only very few other animals have in common. It is of course, the fact that we have to eat vegetable matter to take in the essential vitamin C we need while most animals, particularly carnivores, do not."

"The need for lots and lots of roughage, in the shape of hay, I put down as the secondary next most important dietary need."

Pellets basically just fill the tiny gap left over by the above though in a well-balanced diet pellets aren't really required at all and pigs who eat well will tend to eat less. Carbohydrates shouldn't be a problem as starchy vegetables (corn, peas etc) are fed in moderation and sugary fruits only fed occasionally.