Diet Hay and Pellet Questions

[GGuineaPigg]

How much pellets should young cavies (under 6 months) get? I know adults get 1/8 cup per day, but is it different for babies? Also, bluegrass hay can be a substitute for timothy hay, right?

 

[rabbitsncavyluv]

Bluegrass is another type of grass hay. You can feed any type of grass hay you want.

Some pigs prefer one over another though.

Pigs under 6 months should get unlimited alfalfa based pellets.

 

[GGuineaPigg]

Okay, thanks. I thought it was unlimited pellets but I wasn't sure.

 

[GGuineaPigg]

Are Kleenmama's pellets safe? I thought that grains, sweeteners, soy and pretty much anything that isn't hay/vegetables/fruit were very bad for guinea pigs. Whatever is underlined and in bold is what I'm worried about.

Here's the ingredient list for the Alfalfa Complete pellets:

Sun cured alfalfa, oats, wheat, soybean hulls, soy meal, Choline Chloride, stabilized Vitamin C, Vitamin A supplement,Vitamin E supplement, Manganese Oxide, Meniodine Bisulfate, dl-Methionine, Zinc Oxide, d-Calcium Pantothenate,Copper Sulfate, Niacin, d-Biotin supplement, Pyrideoxine Hydrochloride, Folic Acid, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin D-3 supplement, Riboflavin, supplement, Cobalt Sulfate, Vitamin B-12 supplement, Calcium Iodate, Cane molasses.

Here is the ingredient list for the Timothy Choice pellets:

Timothy grass hay, oats, wheat, barley, soybean hulls, soy meal, Choline Chloride, stabilized Vitamin C, Vitamin A supplement,Vitamin E supplement, Manganese Oxide, Meniodine Bisulfate, dl-Methionine, Zinc Oxide, d-Calcium Pantothenate,Copper Sulfate, Niacin, d-Biotin supplement, Pyrideoxine Hydrochloride, Folic Acid, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin D-3 supplement, Riboflavin supplement, Cobalt Sulfate, Vitamin B-12 supplement, Calcium Iodate, Cane molasses.

 

[brindyzoeycandy]

Kleenmama's are considered to the best pellets available on the market.

 

[Ly&Pigs]

The molasses is the binder and the other ingredients you have bolded are fine. KM's pellets are the best you can get.

 

[GGuineaPigg]

Thanks. I had heard her pellets were the best, but I just wanted to check.

 

[cfoster1966]

I have heard KM pellets described as "piggie crack". That is exactly what they are! My pigs stampede the kitchen area when it is time to fill the pellet dishes. I have 3 pigs that are severely skittish and they will actually eat them out of my hand. It is hilarious. All the pigs trying to get the one pellet I am holding. I have been bitten more than once while doing this. I think it is the most expensive indulgence I give them.

 

[GGuineaPigg]

Haha, aww, that sounds so cute. I hope my future guinea pigs like them as much as yours do.

 

[pinky]

Are Kleenmama's pellets safe? I thought that grains, sweeteners, soy and pretty much anything that isn't hay/vegetables/fruit were very bad for guinea pigs. Whatever is underlined and in bold is what I'm worried about.

Here's the ingredient list for the Alfalfa Complete pellets:

Sun cured alfalfa, oats, wheat, soybean hulls, soy meal, Choline Chloride, stabilized Vitamin C, Vitamin A supplement,Vitamin E supplement, Manganese Oxide, Meniodine Bisulfate, dl-Methionine, Zinc Oxide, d-Calcium Pantothenate,Copper Sulfate, Niacin, d-Biotin supplement, Pyrideoxine Hydrochloride, Folic Acid, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin D-3 supplement, Riboflavin, supplement, Cobalt Sulfate, Vitamin B-12 supplement, Calcium Iodate, Cane molasses.

Here is the ingredient list for the Timothy Choice pellets:

Timothy grass hay, oats, wheat, barley, soybean hulls, soy meal, Choline Chloride, stabilized Vitamin C, Vitamin A supplement,Vitamin E supplement, Manganese Oxide, Meniodine Bisulfate, dl-Methionine, Zinc Oxide, d-Calcium Pantothenate,Copper Sulfate, Niacin, d-Biotin supplement, Pyrideoxine Hydrochloride, Folic Acid, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin D-3 supplement, Riboflavin supplement, Cobalt Sulfate, Vitamin B-12 supplement, Calcium Iodate, Cane molasses.

Oats are okay to feed guinea pigs?

 

[Ly&Pigs]

When used in animal foods they are somewhat ok but not ok to give pigs just oats.