Okay so I have guinea pig pellets but I dont know.. they seem so bland besides the fruits and veggies I give them. Is there like a mix you guys would refer that guinea pigs like?
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At my local feed store. You can also buy it at Dr Foster and Smith's website. Besides Oxbow, look into KMS and see which one you like better. A lot of members loveee KMS hayloft's pellets.Where did you buy it at?
Not to change the subject of this topic but Ive been wondering, how do you know if your pigs are excreting too much calcium?I used the Walmart pellets when I first got my pigs. They're alfalfa based, so they're not suitable. I haven't spent too much time with the nutritional analysis or ingredients, but I doubt they were very good even for young or pregnant pigs, who can have alfalfa pellets. I used Oxbow for a while (the adult guinea pig formula, which is Timothy based) and it was good. I bought it online from wag.com or Drs. Foster and Smith depending on who was cheaper, but I switched to KMS after a little more than a year because I started to see too much calcium discharge in my guinea pigs' urine.
My pigs sometimes leave just powder, and its only every once in awhile. Should I be concerned?You can tell by whether they leave behind white powder or grit on the places where they pee. In particular, Alex concerned me because when he peed on a towel, it hadn't even dried before I could see lots of fairly large grained white powder. It's greatly improved with KMS.