Is it not normal for them to refuse pellets? I got a small package of SPS guinea pig pellets with my hay box, should I try those even know they aren’t oxbow?
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Yes, try the SPS pellets. If you find some she likes, you can gradually switch her over to a better brand.
Since you're going to restrict veggies, you can give her Oasis Vita Drops multi-vitamins for guinea pigs. For anyone reading this, we DO NOT usually recommend the use of multi-vitamin drops, as there's too much danger of an overdose of the fat-soluble vitamins in them. But this is a special case, and the pig needs some vitamins. I'd give half the recommended dose about every third day, or one fourth the recommended dose every other day. That'll take care of things until you get the feeding sorted out.
bpatters: They didn’t know how old exactly. They said she was young, whatever that means. She has grown noticeably in the 3 weeks I’ve had her, so she isn’t done yet. I will wait until she is consistently eating the SPS on her own, then do as you say to make oxbow her more permanent pellet. Thank you for all this info!
I would love to know that myself! I’ve been looking and looking for my food scale. If I don’t find it in the next few days I’m going to have to order a new one.If you weigh her, whatever she weighs now MIGHT give us a clue as to her approximate age. Just something I thought of while reading your last post. If she's under 6 months of age, Oxbow's young guinea pig food would probably be better for her in her growing stages. It contains more calcium that she needs for strong bones as she grows.
How long have you had her?
There are LOTS of stickies at the tops of the forums, and lo! one is on pregnancy and how far along a pig might be. See https://www.guineapigcages.com/foru...inea-pig-is-pregnant-And-how-far-along-is-she.
.Does she have any other things to chew on? My Friar Tuck used to chew the edge of his plastic hidey as well. We got him wood block toys, and he started chewing his hidey less and less and the toys more and more. Now he never chews it! He likes to chew any apple/willow/tea stick chews, wicker/rattan/seagrass balls, and the little wood blocks are his favourite. You can buy packages of them that are specifically for pocket pets, or buy a small parrot toy and take the woodblocks off of that.
When it's time to switch to Oxbow, the best thing you can do is mix very small amounts in with the SPS until you've gradually converted completely to it.
That's a shame she won't eat bell peppers...try to look into other vitamin c options like oranges for her. For future reference each of my piggies gets around 1/8 of both a yellow and green pepper every day. They can't have the seeds! Guinea Pigs can't have seeds of any kind; they're a choking hazard, and can even cause intestinal blockages because they're too hard to digest.
It's great she's continuing to warm up to you!!
My Robin Hood is the same! He's forever flipping hideys or sleeping on top of them lol
If you do attach the shelf, it isn't higher than a typical hidey/pigloo roof, right? Guinea pigs don't have depth perception, so if anything is too high without sides they can fall off and get hurt.
Maybe you should try getting her some more stuff to chew on! It solved my Friar Tuck's plastic chewing issue, and both piggies love their different toys.