Nutrition Eating enough pellets

[Onlyinred]

One of my piggies (Girl) loves the pellets and the other one (Nike) likes them. But Nike often leaves a bunch over that only get eaten (if left to herself) by the end of the day. How do get Nike to eat up all her pellets before ( going to rest and) Girl eats up her leftovers?

 

[bpatters]

How many pellets are you feeding?

They're actually the least important part of a pig's diet. So if Girl isn't getting too many, I wouldn't worry too much.

 

[DroidGuineaPig]

If there less than 6 months give them unlimited pellets. If there over 6 months they should have 1/8 of a cup of pellets. Also, what brand of pellets are you feeding?

 

[PigAtHeart]

As long as you give her lost of fruits and vegetables she should be OK. Also try switching her brand.

 

[Onlyinred]

I give them about a cup each of veggies each day. It's usually one type of veggie each day. I mix it up so they have access to a wide range of nutrition.
But Ill miss a day every so often. Especially when I'm sick.
Because of that, my question is how do I make sure that Nike is getting her share of pellets(so she gets her nutrition)? Should I fence them away from each other until she finishes her bowl? To be clear, this is a problem with all food. But, since I hand feed them their veggies, I'm able to make sure they each get their proper portion. Which means however, that when I'm sick ,as I am now, and I don't want to get them sick as well by handling them veggies also become a problem (in the case of veggies,roles are reversed and Nike eats her portion tries to eat Girls portion(while Girl is eating it))

 

[koalamissy]

I have two small bowls that I put my pellets in. I put 1/8 of a cup in each bowl and they eat them throughout the day. I've had days when there have been leftovers in both bowls, but more recently, there isn't a crumb to be found. I work two jobs, so I have no idea who eats what. When I have been there to see them eat pellets, they are each eating from a different bowl. As for the veggies, I hand feed them their first veggie (Cocoa gets a grape tomato and Sweet Pea gets a baby carrots - their favorites.) Then I put the rest of the veggies on the floor of the cage near their hay. They will stop in the middle of eating their veggies and eat some hay and then go back to the veggies. I leave them to duke it out. Just yesterday Cocoa finished her tomato first and went and snatched Sweet Peas carrot, so I handed Sweet Pea the other carrot. She had looked so dejected when Cocoa stole her carrot and then hopped away when I gave her the other one. It was really funny.