Cinnamon
Junior Guinea Pig
Hello everyone,
It’s been quite a while since I’ve been on here, but I need some nutrition/supplement help. I hope this is in the right section.
I’m looking at vitamin c supplements for my elderly guinea pig Alvin (little man is a 8!). He’s doing okay, we had a scare recently where all he would eat was grass and refuse anything else and was quite mopey and not himself. He was fed critical care but even refused that. Took him to the vet which resulted in a vitamin c shot, after a little bit he seemed to perk back up and started eating and behaving his normal chirpy self, and now is completely back to normal. Which makes me wonder, is he not getting enough vitamin C in his diet? He hates the veggies/fruits that are the highest in vitamin c but we do feed all our piggies the Oxbow Pellets, he seems to be the biggest fusso and will only have a small serving of this.
I’ve been doing quite a bit of research, I’ve been looking at a lot of vitamin c supplements both human and guinea pig. My question is; the Oxbow Natural Science vitamin C tabs, they have a whole lot of ingredients that I’m worried may do more harm than good -Timothy Grass, Barley Flour, Oat Groat Flour, Cane Molasses, L-Ascorbyl-2-Monophosphate (Vitamin C), Flax Seed Meal, Brewers Dried Yeast, Guar Gum, Fat Product, Mixed Tocopherols (preservative), Rosemary Extract
Would these be ok for an elderly guinea pig?
I know many people use human vitamin c tabs, but in Australia, I’m struggling to find any that don’t have all the unnecessary stuff that could potentially be harmful or the dosage is too high.
If anyone help me out, that would be great. My other alternative is natural vitamin c from the Acerola berry, if anyone has had any experience with this let me know!
Thanks so much in advance. I don’t really want him getting to that lethargic stage again, so of course this is a major preventative measure and should of definitely done it sooner.
It’s been quite a while since I’ve been on here, but I need some nutrition/supplement help. I hope this is in the right section.
I’m looking at vitamin c supplements for my elderly guinea pig Alvin (little man is a 8!). He’s doing okay, we had a scare recently where all he would eat was grass and refuse anything else and was quite mopey and not himself. He was fed critical care but even refused that. Took him to the vet which resulted in a vitamin c shot, after a little bit he seemed to perk back up and started eating and behaving his normal chirpy self, and now is completely back to normal. Which makes me wonder, is he not getting enough vitamin C in his diet? He hates the veggies/fruits that are the highest in vitamin c but we do feed all our piggies the Oxbow Pellets, he seems to be the biggest fusso and will only have a small serving of this.
I’ve been doing quite a bit of research, I’ve been looking at a lot of vitamin c supplements both human and guinea pig. My question is; the Oxbow Natural Science vitamin C tabs, they have a whole lot of ingredients that I’m worried may do more harm than good -Timothy Grass, Barley Flour, Oat Groat Flour, Cane Molasses, L-Ascorbyl-2-Monophosphate (Vitamin C), Flax Seed Meal, Brewers Dried Yeast, Guar Gum, Fat Product, Mixed Tocopherols (preservative), Rosemary Extract
Would these be ok for an elderly guinea pig?
I know many people use human vitamin c tabs, but in Australia, I’m struggling to find any that don’t have all the unnecessary stuff that could potentially be harmful or the dosage is too high.
If anyone help me out, that would be great. My other alternative is natural vitamin c from the Acerola berry, if anyone has had any experience with this let me know!
Thanks so much in advance. I don’t really want him getting to that lethargic stage again, so of course this is a major preventative measure and should of definitely done it sooner.
