which is the best food to buy in the uk?

[ninjapig28]

I've just bought burgess excel for my guinea pigs but i was worried that it wasn't suitable. I like the pets at home nuggets but do not want to buy any food with seeds or nuts in it. Could any one recommend a food available in the uk ?

ingredients of excel:
Beneficial Fibre36%, Crude Fibre17%, Protein
17%Vitamin D3 *1,500iu/k Vitamin E *
100mg/kg Copper **12mg/kg Vitamin A * 2,000iu/kg
Oil 4%, Ash 6%, Calcium 0.9%, Phosphorous 0.5%
Vitamin C 800mg/kg

Grass, Maize, Wheat, Lucerne, Soya Bean Hulls, Peas, Soya, Oat Bran, Unmolassed Beet Pulp, Yeast, Soya Oil, Ligno-cellulose, Molasses, Calcium Carbonate, Monocalcium Phosphate, Vitamins, Fructo-oligosaccharides 0.25%, Salt, Minerals. Contains Natural Antioxidants. No artificial colours, flavours or preservatives.


pets at home food:
Wheat and Oat Bran, Grass Meal, Soya, Peas, Unmolassed Sugar Beet Pulp, Brewers Yeast, Vegetable Oil, Dicalcium Phosphate, Fructo-Oligosaccharides, Calcium Carbonate

Moisture 9%, Protein 17%, Oils and Fats 4%, Fibre 15%, Ash 6.5%





Thanks for looking, getting decent food in the uk is tricky.

 

[Glynis]

Hi love, have a peep up the top and you'll see some threads that show peoples experiences etc.. with the foods they've tried. You'll find most of the advice is from people in the UK

There's a few people on here that use the Burgess Excel

 

[Briony_S]

I use a combination of P@H nuggets, burgess excel nuggets, science selective nuggets and wagg muesli. It is a nightmare when I come to do their food but I couldn't decide which one so they get a mix each day and they eat each them all fine!

 

[Laura-CCC4]

There are four pretty good quality foods available in UK:

- Oxbow Cavy Cuisine
- Science Selective Guinea Pig
- Burgess Excel Guinea Pig
- Wagg Optimum

The Pets at Home nuggets are also fine to feed, they are most similar to Burgess Excel. All of the above are plain pellets (without seeds, flaked maize, flaked peas and corn etc.).

Oxbow is available mostly online, but there are a fair few pet shops and vets that stock it. You can always ask your local supplier to see if they can get it if you wanted to try and get it locally, but buying online is usually easy enough. Oxbow Cavy Cuisine is considered the highest quality guinea pig dry food you can get almost anywhere in the world. It is expensive though - £9 something for 2kg. It is certainly cheaper when bought in 4.5kg bags, it costs around £13.

Science Selective is alfalfa-based, so is a little higher in calcium and protein. However, since pellets should be limited in an adult guinea pigs diet anyway (a handful per pig, per day), I find it works out well and it is a nice quality feed.

I believe Wagg Optimum is fairly similar to Burgess Excel as well, and it works out at a good price.