Veggies?

[Peggy the piggy]

I am new to Guinea pigs and I was wondering, how much vegtables should I feed my two month old sows?
( They have never had vegtables before.)

 

[Seven7]

I give my boy Finn half cup of veggies 3 times a day, breakfast, lunch and dinner.
His favorite is cilantro and parsley, which he gets daily. He also gets different types of lettuce everyday. Throughout the week, he gets carrots, spinach, apple, blueberry, watermelon, melon and etc.
He gets enough veggies everyday but he still enjoys munching on his pellets. And he gets endless supply of hay.

 

[Peggy the piggy]

Great! Thank you

 

[Reenie]

Here's a link which gives you the ideal diet for your piggies. You need to be careful with the amount of fruit and high sugar or high calcium veggies like carrots and spinach. Also, don't feed them iceberg lettuce, as it has no nutritional value, and can give them diarrhoea. Long Term Balanced General And Special Needs Guinea Pig Diets
Welcome to the forum - we'd love to see pictures!

 

[Cavy Kung-Fu]

If they’re new to veggies it’s best to take it slow, introduce a big variety of new foods slowly. They may not take to new foods straight away but keep trying, my pigs never liked bell peppers initially but now it’s their staple veggie. I’ve also found that nibbling on the food with them helps them try new things as they would naturally learn from their elders what is safe to eat.

Once they are eased into it piggies should have one cup of veg each per day, if they have grass (eg when having lawn time) you then reduce the amount of veggies a bit. Don’t wanna over do it on the veg as it’s only 10% of their diet, 85% of it is hay

 

[Peggy the piggy]

Thanks everyone, this really helped.