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I thought it would bee a good idea to start a fresh food thread so that people can get ideas as to what they can feed their pigs if they're not doing it all ready
Today chocks had
Asorted lettis leaves and fresh dandelion ones
He's also got dry dandelions as well as his hay and food mix as he wont eat pelits no matter what kind they are...
Tomoro he will be having
2 slices of pepper
2 slices of cucumber
Some coriander and a little spinach.
 
mine get a piece of Spring green, 1 french bean, a sprig of coriander or dill, a few slices of cucumber and a piece of celery each every morning and evening - plus a portion of something else as a treat.

this morning , they had a bit of spinach and tonight , they'll have some tomato. Bess loves tomato.
 
Today Ziggy, Teddy & Duke had:
Celery
Yellow Pepper
Cucumber
I'm just about to give them a blueberry each & I'm going to eat the rest of the packet:xd: They've had loads of hay and their Wagg Guinea Pig food, I'm trying to move them onto pellets but they are refusing to eat them.
 
Today they have had hay and pellets, seems I'm lucky that both my piggies seem to like their pellets! They have also had a slice of cucumber, some curled parsley, a little grass and a couple of dandelions.
 
Lauren83 said:
Today they have had hay and pellets, seems I'm lucky that both my piggies seem to like their pellets! They have also had a slice of cucumber, some curled parsley, a little grass and a couple of dandelions.
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I need to try mine on dandelions, seem to be popular & well enjoyed. I wish mine would eat the pellets, I've started mixing a few through the Wagg mix but they leave them in the bowl. It's great how well your piggies are settling in, I'm really enjoying owning mine:)
 
Chock has the wag guinea pig food from wilco as well..
 
Chock loves a dandelion to him self
He doesn't eat the stock or the flower head just the leaves.
My other half has a massive patch of them growing up the side of his house and he loves coming over and hand feeding them to chock
I don't know who's more mad about coming to see him my other half or my landlord...
Its a close call bitween them...
Chock also loves alfalfa blocks or alfalfa hay which you can get hold of at pets at home in the UK
 
Strange how he wont eat pelits though...
He's also gone off carrots as well for some strange reason
They were the best thing untill 3 weeks ago and now he wont tuch them at all
He also loves gnawing toilet roll inserts...
 
When i started him on the wag mix he wasn't too impressed but he eats it no problem now
Don't think he would eat any other food now
The good thing about wilco is you can go in to the shop to check something out before buying it online
Think he likes the different things in the mix too
Pelits look so boring to me... No wonder he doesn't like them
 
I need to get to Wilkos, there's one near me. I read on another thread on here that their hay is good too. I'd like to try my 3 on the Alfalfa block you mentioned too
 
Chock gets his grass hay from wilco as well as his food mix
The alfalfa blocks you can get from pets at home
They also do dry dandelion mix in wilco and at pets at home
The pets at home's bags are bigger though than the wilco dandelion ones...
The alfalfa hay i mentioned is called "timothy alfalfa kings hay" and it is emerald green in colour
I only give Chock a handful of that at a time as he would over eat it if i gave him any more than that
The wilco's hay is meddo hay and chock loves it
A 11.5 kg bail for 1 £ 50 you cant go wrong with that. Thats the hay from wilco i'm talking about
The alfalfa hay costs 8 £ a bail but its almost 2 pounds in waight so not bad i don't think
If its a hit with chock who's the fussyest pig i have ever had when it comes to food then your pigs will like it
He gets his cage in a right mess with tomato or orange
I usually give that to him when his cage is due to be cleaned out as he gets it everywhere
 
Sorry that was meant to be 1 £ 50 not 11 £ 50 for a bail of meddo hay from wilco...
 
:D This morning, my girls had carrot, parsnip, a piece of apple, cucumber, fresh-cut grass, dandelions, sweetcorn red and green pepper and parsley.
 
The alfalfa blocks are a much cheeper option from pets at home than the alfalfa hay which is 8 £ a bail but as i said before its almost 2 pounds. So you do get quite a lot for 8 £
 
The wilcos hay is 1.5 kg for 1.50 £ and it lasts as the strands of hay are really long and tough
Its a nightmare getting a bail started but once its unravled a bit then it becomes much easyer to get out the bag with out asistence from a cheeky pig of corse :]
 
Maddy said:
The wilcos hay is 1.5 kg for 1.50 £ and it lasts as the strands of hay are really long and tough
Its a nightmare getting a bail started but once its unravled a bit then it becomes much easyer to get out the bag with out asistence from a cheeky pig of corse :]
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Thanks for this Maddy:) I'll be making a trip to Wilkos on Tuesday & I'll let you know how I get on. The hay sounds great, good quality at a great price. My 3 have only had tomato once & yes it is so messy! Not tried them with orange yet, I will though!
 
Today our 3 had several handfuls of fresh grass, yellow pepper, coriander, a lettuce leaf, a slice of apple, a green bean each, and some mange tout.
 
Chock's had
2 slices of cucumber
Some coriander
Spinach
Lettis
Fresh grass and some dandelion
 
Does anyone else feed their pigs the wag guinea pig mix with added vitamin c from wilco apart from me and ziggystarpig?
 
mine have had their daily veg and a bit of babycorn ths morning
 
KlChock also likes dry corn cobs
You get them from wilco as well
 
Last night Sammy & Lucky had:

Round lettuce
Broccoli
Parsley
Pea shoots
Celery

This morning they had their Rosewood Naturals Meadow Menu Nuggets, marigold & rose petals and some dried birch and plantain leaves.

They always have hay & they get a few other hays as a treat during the day as well. They love the Alfalfa King timothy hay! It's their main hay right now :) they also like orchard grass hay & readigrass. They go out on the grass most days so they eat that too :)
 
Today chock has had asorted lettis leaves from tesco
His grass hay from wilco
A little bit of the alfalfa hay
And his mix topped up and water changed...
 
He's also had some dandelion and green oat mix from wilco...
The pets at home dry dandelion
 
The brouser started posting before i was finnished writing
What i was saying was, the pets at home dandelion is more expensive than the wilco mix but the bags are bigger
They usually have a offer on the different kinds of mixes so you can mix and match
 
Maddy said:
The brouser started posting before i was finnished writing
What i was saying was, the pets at home dandelion is more expensive than the wilco mix but the bags are bigger
They usually have a offer on the different kinds of mixes so you can mix and match
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My piggies and rabbits like the dry mixes from pets at home but I found that a lot of their stuff is moudly and I won't be buying anymore.
They still eat things like that though because we get a bunnybox each month and there's loads of food and treats in it!
Dried dandelion is definitely one of their favourites as well as nettle and birch leaves :)
 
Chocks just had some fresh dandelion leaves from my other halfs lawn...
He's wheeking for more but he's eatin them all...
 
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