Science Selective - Members Reviews

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I'm thinking about changing from Excel to Science selective for my piggies. My bunnies eat science selective and thrive on it. Can anyone tell me if the piggie version is as good/better than excel
 
We'll my pigs have been eating the science selective for 5days now, I changed them from excel over 10days, I've got to say I'm really happy with this food, the pigs love it and seem to be thriving, for some reason they only eat it at night though lol, funny little things :lol!:
 
My two boys were on this for around a year but have recently swapped them onto Harringtons.

The only reason I have changed is because I got sick of having to snap each piece in half as on two occasions one of my piggies had one stuck round his teeth, as there's a hole in the middle.

I would recommend that everyone who feeds these to this pigs to be very wary of the shapes.
 
Just wanted to make it clear I don't approve of the gertty guinea pig range x
 
After having read posts on here and noticing that my pigs only ate some of the pellets I was giving them (Gerty Guinea), I decided to change to Science Selective. I've been gradually changing it over, so at the moment they get about 2/3 science selective and 1/3 Gerty guinea and it seems to have gone down well with my female pigs. I've noticed over the past fortnight or so that my short haired guinea pig, Oreo, has far shinier and silkier fur than before so it must be doing some good :)
 
Hello,
after reading this thread, I emailed the company asking for a sample of Science Selective and they immediately responded saying they will send a sample out. We've only just got our piggies and they are on the same pellets that they were used to (P@H own).

so thanks for the handy tip :).

Kate
 
Mine love it! Had them on it for several years after changing from Cavy Cuisine and its always gone down a treat.
 
We love this. Makes their coats so shiny! We randomly inherited some Harringtons which came with our rescue boy so used that as a topper but defo Selective all the way :)
 
Switched my Rox over from a blend and to my surprise he took to the pellets quickly. Already dug in and ate a few of them. Trying cold turkey seeing as he never touched the pellets in the blend so it would be a waste to mix the food.

I'm loving it already, but not cheap. At Petco, I spent $15 on a bag.
 
Updating for my guinea, he has been on this pellet for a month now and it doing great. Actually eating his pellets and leaving crumbs in his bowl. Definitely going to stick to this brand for now, and I've only gone through half the bag. So 5 wheeks for me. c:
 
Just tried a sample, they loved it so I ordered a 10kg bag for £19 from amazon. They really do now seem to go for the pellets before the veg which they never have done before. I used to throw away more food than they ate but now they have clean bowls every night. Yet to see health benefits but only been feeding for 3 days. I would recommend this product.
 
I've used Science Selective for over a year now, when we first adopted Sheamus and Big's their fur wasn't exactly great, a bit rough, but over time their coat became shiny and soft, same as our sows.

They all like it, it's great because there's no selective feeding, the price is great.

P@H do sell it at I think £5 or £5.50 a bag but for a 3kg, I switched to a 10 kg bag due to us having 8 guinea's at the time, now 7, it's £20 from Amazon with delivery, you can get faster delivery on it which would work out at around £23 in total.

This food gets 10/10 from me and our guinea pigs.
 
Bought some of these pellets yesterday, I just dropped a few in with their usual ones and the boys loved them straight away. Then Spike started rubbing at his face, he'd got a pellet stuck over a tooth. Spike had just got it off when Peanut managed to do the same, he got very distressed and took a lot longer to break the pellet up. The design of these with a hole in the middle is a bit stupid, I don't want to risk putting the boys off pellets as they won't eat much of the high vit. C veg. Spent several hours today breaking pellets in half and now have a blister on my finger. Glad I only bought 350gm bag! Notice there is another post on here about this happening a few years ago.
 
Kerrie74 said:
You know, this might be worth mentioning to them as feedback! I might email them about it.
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:agr: - 2 incidents is 2 too many.


PS - My guinea pigs love Science Selective. I've tried to wean them on to Bunny Guinea Pig Dream but they're having none of it .
 
Yes, I was thinking about it but if no one else is having problems may be it's just my daft pigs. But as they both did it I'd be surprised if it doesn't happen all the time.
 
I'm sure more people have had the problem as well, I know the biscuits eventually get soggy and will come off, but it's a bit stressful for the piggie and owner. I had this trouble when ours had a mixed food last year and it had an orange biscuit in it with an hole, I helped him pull it off his tooth, he was ok though. I just never thought about it with Selective because I've never seen mine have problems with the food, they tend to eat the edge of the food but I have noticed that Sheamus when he was still with us and Snow dropped/drop them.

I've emailed them anyway, if more people do it they might consider making it solid.
 
My Squeak got one stuck on her tooth when she about 3 months. So i spent ages cutting the nuggets in half with scissors - I think they are too big for a pill cutter. Now my girls are older I haven't noticed a problem and I don't cut the nuggets in half anymore. They certainly love them :D
 
Finished cutting them today with a serrated veg knife. Don't think I'll buy any more, shame though because the pigs seem to really like them. They like Burgess Excell with mint and Fab nuggets, I try to change their food and not stick to one in case of supply problems!
 
Had a letter back from Science Selective today. They are concerned about the problem but feel it was an unfortunate accident and unlikely to happen again. Most of the feedback they get on the kibbles is positive and they are becoming more and more popular. They will look into this problem and will put it on the agenda of a future product development meeting to see if there is an option for adjusting or removing the hole in the kibble. S & P have also got a box of treats to say sorry for their fright.
Please can anyone else let Science Selective know if they get this problem, S & P love the kibbles but I don't fancy cutting them in half again, would love it if they changed the hole.
 
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