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[babybarney]

my little 14 week old piggy simon will only eat
Apples
carrots
spring greens
grass
dandylions
and spinach
he refuses to touch anything else and i wont be able to bye spinach soon.
all my others took to diffrent foods imediatly but it seens that simon is just fussy i dont know how to persuade him
if anyone has any tips they will be appreciated
thanks!

 

[Guinea pig slave]

I would just keep trying him with little tempting noms - most piggies have fads with veggies.
Have you tried chicory, sweetcorn (pods not available until around spring) but baby ones are in shops, red peppers, kale, melon, fresh beetroot, coriander...?/
My lot go mad for certain things then won't touch them a week later so phase them out for a month or so then try again and they'll scoff the bloomin' lot rolleyes
I get frustrated sometimes finding them a really good selection and make sure they don't have the same veggies two days in a row :{
Meant to add, does Simon live alone ? I had a little sow who lived alone before we got her a little friend and she was fussy...when the baby arrived, she would (and still) gobbles everything up

 

[sport_billy]

Guinea pigs can be fussy little eaters, luckily there are lots of different food you can try them with..

A link to a sticky thread i nthe food section can be found here http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=42 It tells you all the food they can eat as well as ones that should be avoided.

Have you tried herbs? Coriander and Parsley are often popular. Lettuce such as little gem often go down a treat. We try to rotate our veg so they don't get as bored one day ours will go mad for Broccoli but 3 days later be bored of it.

 

[harold_the_pig]

Harold is quite fussy, this is his typical daily veggies

His treat ball is stuffed with spinach, rocket, celery leaves and parsley, then he has half a celery stick, chunk of carrot(cut in quarters), chunk of cucumber(cut in quarters), one mini corn (he has a chunk of cob when they are available) 3 green beans and a cherry tomato.

He has pepper sometimes and apple but he is not so keen on these.

HTH

Amy and Harold x