Recommended nugget allowance?

[Livvann]

So P@H have changed their nugget formula yet again! So I have decided to move to Burgess Excel Nuggets with Mint (I’ve seen lots of recommendations for it).
Only query is that the back of the bag says 60g for a ‘large guinea pig’, I have added a picture of 60g of nuggets and I think the pigs will be in heaven! They were only getting a tablespoon each of the other nuggets, what does everyone else do?

 

[rp1993]

A tablespoon of these will also be fine, 60g is outrageous and would certainly reduce the all important hay intake!
They just want you to use them up quickly to buy more!

 

[Livvann]

Thank you! That makes sense. I was very unsure when I was pouring it out, I’ll disappoint the pigs and just give them a table spoon

 

[Piggies&buns]

Definitely only one tablespoon of any brand of nuggets

 

[Tnoz]

I have the blackcurrant ones burgess and there a lot smaller, I give my piggies very little of these cuz they get their veggies and plenty of hay everywhere,

 

[Engel]

Nuggets are a complementary part of the diet and make up such a small amount of the diet. 1tbsp per pig per day of any pellet brand is enough. Hay and grass should make up the bulk of their diet.

 

[Ruth1]

Mine are on burges too - they are doing well on half a table spoon each am and half each pm. That’s a long way of saying 1 tablespoon each .

 

[Swissgreys]

Obviously it is always in the best interests of the manufacturers to have you use as many nuggets as possible.
It is like washing machine powder - they always recommend a ridiculous amount - far more than needed, but it sells more product, and they can justify it by saying their recommendations assume you live in a hard water area, with a 30 year old washing machine, and are washing the clothes of a coal miner

 

[Lorcan]

The goblins get hand fed one each (because they refuse to eat cage food til I at least give them something direct) and then a couple more get chucked into the hay pile for them to find for themselves. Their pellets are on the larger side, it's far easier than when they were on the Burgess blackcurrant.

 

[Lymaine]

I use the burgess one too it’s great! Mine get a tablespoon each a day

 

[Betsy]

Mine are on Science Selective grain free and have 1 tablespoon per day each scatter fed so they have to play "hunt the pellet"