I am wondering how much pepper a guinea pig should have each day. Also, I was wondering if it mattered what kind of pepper. I heard that a green pepper only has slightly less sugar than yellow, red or, orange.
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I feed mine about 1/8 of a pepper each. (Or 1 to 1-1/2 mini pepper each; depends on what I have.) What I've heard is that green and yellow are better for daily feeding because they have less sugar and more vitamin c, while orange and red should be more occasional because of higher sugar levels.
(Just to be clear for random readers... we're talking bell/sweet peppers here. Not hot peppers.)
(Side note: it would be interesting to know if anyone has done a study on the sugar/vitamin c levels of the heirloom varieties of bell peppers... Not that I find purple or chocolate peppers often, but now I'm curious as to the nutritional value for my fur babies. Just in case I do find them sometime.)
So, I can feed a different color pepper each week. However, if it is red give them a smaller amount.
I did see a study done not so long ago, about the vitamin C content in bell peppers. I didn't see anything about sugar content, but I was surprised to learn that yellow peppers have the highest vitamin c content, followed by orange, red and lastly green.