What Are Your Guineas Favourite Treats?

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Hi all, new poster here :) I've had my two guinea pigs Rupert and Teddy for just over a week now and being a new guinea pig owner I have been doing lots of research and found this site which is great!
They are still rather scared of me but I get them out daily for lap time and they are slowly coming round, just wondering what treats guinea pigs especially go mad for that can be reserved just for cuddle time so they look forward to it? by treats I mean the small dry crunchy ones that you can buy in petshops in little bags, they have had parsley and cucumber while out but they get this as food. I purchased some Oxbow simple rewards today but they don't seem interested in them :no:
Thank for any help!
 
I don't give mine any treats like, that. I don't trust the (it's for piggies) they are full of sugar.
When I have lap time they have 2 or 3 sprigs of parsley, segment of clementines make sure they are seedless. Or if you really want to make your piggies,go crazy grow your own parsley.

Hi & welcome to our friendly forum.
 
Teddypig said:
Hi all, new poster here :) I've had my two guinea pigs Rupert and Teddy for just over a week now and being a new guinea pig owner I have been doing lots of research and found this site which is great!
They are still rather scared of me but I get them out daily for lap time and they are slowly coming round, just wondering what treats guinea pigs especially go mad for that can be reserved just for cuddle time so they look forward to it? by treats I mean the small dry crunchy ones that you can buy in petshops in little bags, they have had parsley and cucumber while out but they get this as food. I purchased some Oxbow simple rewards today but they don't seem interested in them :no:
Thank for any help!
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Mine love mint, corriander, basil, lettuce, cucumber and sweet corn.I would stay away from any sugary treats you can buy from pet shops as they're not good for guinea pigs.I haven't tried the oxbow simple rewards but I did buy the tablets they do that help their joints and one for urinary tract health and they seemed to like both of them.Theyre about £10 a pot so not very cheap.
 
I bought mine the Rosewood Fenugreek crunchies. Mine seem to like them and only get one or two at a time. They seem to be an ok price too. Think I got mine on Fetch.
 
Hi, thanks for the replies :) I chose the Oxbow as they seemed to be the healthiest I could see, and since making this post they have had a nibble lol, I'll keep a lookout for the Fenugreek crunchies too, thank you!
 
I would personally stay away from anything that says the word "treat" on it. They tend to be full of sugar like molasses, dairy or other bad things for them. I've just purchased pea flakes from zooplus which I'm going to try on my new pig.

Back in the olden days when guinea pigs were fed muesli the pea flakes were always the first to go. They are literally just dried peas that are smooshed into flat corn-flake like discs. I'm not sure about the oxbow treats you've bought but pea flakes won't be full of added sugar or unnecessary ingredients and are small and dry so perfect for hand feeding.
 
That's great! I keep gerbils and have a hamster too and I'm sure they have some in their food that I can find to feed, never thought of that.
 
Mine go wild for salad leaves and corriander. Like others I havent bought pet shop treats but may try pea flakes. Its so exciting trying different things to tempt them with isnt it?
 
I have the bell pepper oxbow treats, one of mine loves them but the other will have a nibble and thats it. They get one a week each. They prefer their weekly piece of apple.
 
Oreo goes crazy for the Strawberry and Banana Oxbow Simple Rewards. They are mainly hay based. I bought them to help with Oreo wearing his incisors down.
 
Mine like the oxbow simple reward treats, I got the organic timothy grass ones (I did buy them when I was on holiday in America so not sure if they are in the UK). Their favourite treats are th apple and pansy nibble hearts from rosewood naturals: You could try just something simple like a small piece of carrot. Most pigs tend to like carrots.
 
Hank288 said:
Mine like the oxbow simple reward treats, I got the organic timothy grass ones (I did buy them when I was on holiday in America so not sure if they are in the UK). Their favourite treats are th apple and pansy nibble hearts from rosewood naturals: You could try just something simple like a small piece of carrot. Most pigs tend to like carrots.
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You can get the Oxbow Simple Rewards off Amazon for £3.99
 
Ooooh, grapes! @Swissgreys . Yummy! Thanks for the reminder Eddi.

Can you believe that our slave won't provide us with our rightful amount of blueberries because SHE doesn't like them...who cares about her...........they're not for her are they...we could easily polish off a whole packet, given the chance.

She likes grapes, so maybe we can convince her to share them with us more often. But our vet thinks that they should be strictly rationed as he doesn't think they are that good for us; something to do with why they taste so sweet.......what does HE know? We think that they are yummy

Max and Bubble xx
 
As training aids (so broken up into very small pieces) to encourage my two who are still relatively new and shy, they get:
Fenugreek crunchies
Banana chips
Rosewood Christmas Nibbles, which I got on sale for 80p the other week.

They also sometimes get some grassy horse treats with added mint, but more for occasional enrichment/ variation/ interest than hand fed.

Their actual favourite food is fresh meadow grass!
 
Mine really like these veggie sticks I got, & they love occasionally some apple slices. :)
 
Mine love the Versele Laga complete crocks in carrot and in herb.
 
Thank you all for your replies :) they have come on in leaps and bounds since my first post, they were very vocal today when I got up and both greeted me and my little girl at the cage bars, they then took the Oxbow treats from our hands so I am very happy :D
 
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