Treats Are Tropical Carnival High C Treats okay for guinea pigs

imaanzg · Sep 18, 2014

I recently ran out of vitamic c tablets, and told my dad to get them after work. I showed him the picture and where he could get them from. Apparently "There was too much traffic in that area," so my dad got these two vitamin c treats from PetSmart. One of them were yogurt drops, so I told him to return them. The other ones, though, I haven't ever seen before. The ingredients are dried cranberries, dried kiwi, dried rose hips, dried orange slices, suger (doesn't say how much), and sulfur dioxide. I have no idea whether sulfur dioxide is okay for guinea pigs or not.

bpatters · Sep 18, 2014

Sulfur dioxide is a preservative. Because of the sugar, I wouldn't give them on a regular basis. If you're feeding fresh veggies, particularly bell pepper, they'll be ok until you can get some suitable tablets.

hatley1717 · Sep 18, 2014

I get vitamin C drops that go in their water bottle, you can also put 1-2 drops in their food if they don't like the taste of the water. I give it to Molly and Annabelle every other water bottle fill. Molly likes it, and I have always had good success with it. It lasts a long time and its only like $7 per bottle....its made by Vita-Drops

bpatters · Sep 18, 2014

@hatley1717, vitamin C in the water bottle is useless unless your water bottle is totally opaque. Vitamin C degrades very quickly when exposed to light, so shortly after you add that vitamin C to the water bottle, all you've got in there is water. The only way to give vitamin C effectively in a liquid form is to sprinkle it on the food.

hatley1717 · Sep 18, 2014

Yes they have blue water bottles. And i put 2 drops per ounce of water, or 2-3 drops in a full bowl of food. Works good.

RockieGuineaPig · Sep 18, 2014

hatley1717 said:
I get vitamin C drops that go in their water bottle, you can also put 1-2 drops in their food if they don't like the taste of the water. I give it to Molly and Annabelle every other water bottle fill. Molly likes it, and I have always had good success with it. It lasts a long time and its only like $7 per bottle....its made by Vita-Drops

Vitamin c drops will dissolve quickly in the water and just make it taste funny rather than help your pig.

bpatters · Sep 18, 2014

@hatley1717, then please make sure when you're recommending that vitamin C be placed in the water bottle that you explain that the water bottle must not admit any light. That's a crucial piece of information you're omitting from your posts. People who put vitamin C in a clear water bottle are giving their pigs no vitamin C at all.

hatley1717 · Sep 18, 2014

RockieGuineaPig said:
Vitamin c drops will dissolve quickly in the water and just make it taste funny rather than help your pig.

I have the non-see-through blue water bottles, so they don't let light in. You can put it in their food too if you prefer.

CavyMama · Sep 18, 2014

hatley1717 said:
Yes they have blue water bottles. And i put 2 drops per ounce of water, or 2-3 drops in a full bowl of food. Works good.

Yes but @bpatter's point was that it's useless in water and can do more harm than good because some pigs will stop drinking the water.

TwilightStar · Sep 18, 2014

Yeah, I definitely wouldn't feed those to your pigs.
Have you tried making an online purchase instead?
I rarely if ever even bother to go to stores anymore. I just order the exact thing I need online.

ashl3ym0n3t · Sep 20, 2014

I give my Marshmallow multivitamin in his food because I found he doesn't like it in his water bottle. I also noticed he doesn't like those yogurt drops but I don't know why... is the pure vitamin c drops better than the multivitamin for them?

pigger123 · Sep 20, 2014

ashl3ym0n3t said:
I give my Marshmallow multivitamin in his food because I found he doesn't like it in his water bottle. I also noticed he doesn't like those yogurt drops but I don't know why... is the pure vitamin c drops better than the multivitamin for them?

I guess your Marshmallow knows what's good for him. They don't need multivitamins, and some vitamins are actually bad for them if they overdose. I would say stop giving him the multivitamin drops and switch to pure vitamin C, and don't put it in the water bottle even if he did like it. Vitamin C becomes useless very quickly when it's in the light, so it's pointless to add it to his water. The yogurt drops are very bad for them, being extremely high in sugar and they have milk. Guinea pigs are lactose intolerant and can't digest sugar easily, so yogurt drops are no good.

ashl3ym0n3t · Sep 20, 2014

pigger123 said:
I guess your Marshmallow knows what's good for him. They don't need multivitamins, and some vitamins are actually bad for them if they overdose. I would say stop giving him the multivitamin drops and switch to pure vitamin C, and don't put it in the water bottle even if he did like it. Vitamin C becomes useless very quickly when it's in the light, so it's pointless to add it to his water. The yogurt drops are very bad for them, being extremely high in sugar and they have milk. Guinea pigs are lactose intolerant and can't digest sugar easily, so yogurt drops are no good.

Thanks! He's my first guinea pig so I'm learning so much from him. I wonder why they make things for these guys that are no good for them... :-/

Also, I found that he doesn't eat his pellets unless it has the multivitamin on it. Will he still do that with the vitamin C?

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