Diet The basic Guinea Pig diet...?

peachyteen said:

Guinea lynx has a list of safe veggies (and how much and how often they can have it). adult pigs should get 1 cup of veggies per day.

the recommended pellets are either KMS Timothy pellets or Oxbow adult pellets. adult pigs should get about 1/8c per day.

Hay should be any long strand grass hay (timothy, orchard, bluegrass etc)

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bpatters said:

Your guinea pig needs pellets that are made of timothy hay. Small World pellets are unsuitable for guinea pigs, as their main ingredient is wheat middlings, which guinea pigs should not have. The second ingredient is alfalfa, which is too high in calcium for adult guineas -- it should not be fed to pigs that are over six months old.

The only pellets we recommend are those from KMS Hayloft (have to be ordered online) and Oxbow.

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Soecara said:

Yes your guinea pig is an adult, all guinea pigs over 6 months are technically considered adults even though they don't stop growing until they are roughly 1 to 1 and a half.

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sallyvh said:

An adult guinea pig diet should consist of:

1/8th of a cup of plain timothy pellets (KMS or Oxbow are the only recommended brands in North America)
unlimited long stranded grass hay (timothy, orchard grass, bluegrass, brome, meadow)
1 cup of fresh veggies

A couple everyday staple veggies are red or green leaf lettuce and green bell pepper. Some other good add-ins are zucchini, tomato, cucumber and Belgian endive.

You want to be careful with dark leafy greens (Kale, spinach, dandelion) and herbs (parsley, basil, ect.). Many of them are extremely high in calcium which can cause bladder stones.

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