Please help me create a diet for my guinea pigs.

[Kailanicole]

Lately I've felt a little lost on my guinea pigs diet. I am afraid of urinary issues, and I just want a clean slate on what to feed. If you guys could help me come up with a new diet for them that would be awesome! I have 2 guinea pigs, one is 3 years old and the other is about 5 months. Thank you!

 

[Seven7]

Hello,

My Finn and Lara get romaine lettuce everyday. Together with romaine lettuce, celery, cilantro, parsley, carrot, dandelion, or other veggies are given. Mine get fruits as treats. They get about a cup to a cup and a half of veggies daily.
Mine get Oxbow hay without interruption and I give them small amount of Oxbow pellets every day.

 

[Robin_]

Hello!

Here is the forum's diet guide if you haven't seen it yet: Long Term Balanced General And Special Needs Guinea Pig Diets

 

[Kailanicole]

Hello!

Here is the forum's diet guide if you haven't seen it yet: Long Term Balanced General And Special Needs Guinea Pig Diets

I have read that thread and tried out those foods. However, both of my pigs hate bell pepper and cucumber. Is there any way I can get them to at least try to eat it again ?

 

[Shelley anne]

I give lots and lots of grass because it seems to prevent the urine becoming concentrated and becoming sludgy . I give 3 non leafy veg and 3 leafy veg."Today I gave carrot, capsicum and cucumber as well as dandelion, coriander and lettuce. As well as unlimited hay.

It is difficult if they don't like something, what I do with one of my pigs is just give the veg she doesn't like first thing before she has eaten any other veg for the day. and I keep giving it day after day, just that one thing in the morning, I don't let her smell any other veg otherwise she will wait until I give those. This has worked for me and she has increased her list of foods she eats although my other pig will eat anything so she is a good example which may also help.

 

[Siikibam]

Do they not like all colours of bell peppers? Coriander (cilantro) is another good source of vitamin c. Mine get a lettuce leaf in the morning. Then afternoon they get pellets and a selection of what I have to hand - green bean, spring of coriander, pepper, cucumber, celery. I’ll occasionally do a mix to feed once. This includes a few slices of carrot. I don’t really give it to them much though - perhaps twice a month. Sometimes I will buy them a salad mix.

 

[Ellie-May]

Lately I've felt a little lost on my guinea pigs diet. I am afraid of urinary issues, and I just want a clean slate on what to feed. If you guys could help me come up with a new diet for them that would be awesome! I have 2 guinea pigs, one is 3 years old and the other is about 5 months. Thank you!

Hello,

All of my girls get a high vitamin C low calcium diet. I make sure that hay is available at all times, but veg wise I try and stick to a majority green-based diet, They get bell pepper, romain hearts, coriander, and cucumber daily. If they were to have a treat it would either be a piece of carrot, organic pea flakes or some parsley. They also get pellets in the morning (1 tablespoon per pig, 2 tablespoons for the babies as they are under 4 months). Also, instead of using tap water, I bought a water filter to try and minimize the amount of calcium as I live in a hard water area. That is mainly it for their diet. I would not recommend buying any treats from a pet shop as they can contain substances that are not good for them.