wheat grass?

[saeedeh]

hey everyone.I have 2 female piggies.Ruby is about 9 months old and Emma is 4 months old.Ruby used to eat alfalfa hay when i noticed white stains then i switched to grass hay.no more white stains.And now I'm growing wheat grass and giving them daily.I don't have access to any other hay.I wanted to know if grass hay and wheat grass are enough for them and if It's OK to continue doing this way? and then i read in threads wheat grass is high in calcium.Is it true?
At some point in the future I was thinking maybe I only give them wheat grass?
Another question is do you know if i cut wheat grass from the middle, will it grow back?

 

[Wiebke]

hey everyone.I have 2 female piggies.Ruby is about 9 months old and Emma is 4 months old.Ruby used to eat alfalfa hay when i noticed white stains then i switched to grass hay.no more white stains.And now I'm growing wheat grass and giving them daily.I don't have access to any other hay.I wanted to know if grass hay and wheat grass are enough for them and if It's OK to continue doing this way? and then i read in threads wheat grass is high in calcium.Is it true?
At some point in the future I was thinking maybe I only give them wheat grass?
Another question is do you know if i cut wheat grass from the middle, will it grow back?

Hi!

Grass hay is enough if you can access that; it should make over 80% of the daily food intake. You may find timothy hay at an equine (horse) provider if you can't it find it otherwise in your country.

Use wheat grass more as a treat rather than as a daily food because of its calcium content.

It is much better than alfalfa, which is even higher in calcium and also in protein and should therefore not be fed to guinea pigs that are not pregnant or nursing babies (and then only in small quantities as an addition to normal grass hay).

 

[saeedeh]

Hi!

Grass hay is enough if you can access that; it should make over 80% of the daily food intake. You may find timothy hay at an equine (horse) provider if you can't it find it otherwise in your country.

Use wheat grass more as a treat rather than as a daily food because of its calcium content.

It is much better than alfalfa, which is even higher in calcium and also in protein and should therefore not be fed to guinea pigs that are not pregnant or nursing babies (and then only in small quantities as an addition to normal grass hay).

thank you Wiebke !