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Everything you need to know about a cavy's diet!!! READ ME- Nutrition Charts & Info
This is a project I did well over a year ago. T and I have been working on it from time to time to convert it to nutrition pages for the GPC site. Due to both of us being busy and working on other projects, we haven't gotten the task completed. T has given me permission to upload my charts here in a thread for the time being.
Maybe it will help members to better figure out what foods are safe and how often something can be fed. Hopefully it will cut down on the amount of questions asked if something can be fed, etc. If it's not on the list or in the pdf, don't feed it. The pdf contains some additional info on safe forages that can be fed in addition to the veggie-fruit charts.
Do NOT take these copyrighted images or the copyrighted pdf document and post them anywhere else on the web.
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The keys to a good diet for your guinea pigs are to use a wide range of vegetables and a bit of fruit. Keep fruits and vegetables low in calcium, low in oxalic acids and to aim for a good balance of Calcium
hosphorus (Ca) between 1.5:1 and 2:1. There is a great Ca ratio calculator on the nutrition page at GuineaLynx- https://guinealynx.info/calculator.xls.
All foods in 100 gram portions *except where noted
100 grams = approximately 3.6 ounces, measurements are in g-grams, mg-milligrams and mcg-micrograms.
All foods raw *except where noted, n/a= no date available
The pdf document can be opened here:
https://www.guineapigcages.com/food/Veggie-and-Fruit-Charts.pdf
You may save a copy for personal use.
There will be an accompanying thread for discussion found here:
https://www.guineapigcages.com/foru...tion-charts-discussion-thread.html#post254731
This is a project I did well over a year ago. T and I have been working on it from time to time to convert it to nutrition pages for the GPC site. Due to both of us being busy and working on other projects, we haven't gotten the task completed. T has given me permission to upload my charts here in a thread for the time being.
Maybe it will help members to better figure out what foods are safe and how often something can be fed. Hopefully it will cut down on the amount of questions asked if something can be fed, etc. If it's not on the list or in the pdf, don't feed it. The pdf contains some additional info on safe forages that can be fed in addition to the veggie-fruit charts.
Do NOT take these copyrighted images or the copyrighted pdf document and post them anywhere else on the web.
______________________________________________________________
The keys to a good diet for your guinea pigs are to use a wide range of vegetables and a bit of fruit. Keep fruits and vegetables low in calcium, low in oxalic acids and to aim for a good balance of Calcium
hosphorus (Ca) between 1.5:1 and 2:1. There is a great Ca ratio calculator on the nutrition page at GuineaLynx- https://guinealynx.info/calculator.xls. All foods in 100 gram portions *except where noted
100 grams = approximately 3.6 ounces, measurements are in g-grams, mg-milligrams and mcg-micrograms.
All foods raw *except where noted, n/a= no date available
The pdf document can be opened here:
https://www.guineapigcages.com/food/Veggie-and-Fruit-Charts.pdf
You may save a copy for personal use.
There will be an accompanying thread for discussion found here:
https://www.guineapigcages.com/foru...tion-charts-discussion-thread.html#post254731
