guinea pigs and food

Re: guinea pigs and food

dinny_06 — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 22:14:20 GMT

My two piggies that died this year :( loved carrots and brocolli. They were on wagg gp food ( iknow but i liked them having few different types) but they ate everthing they didnt pick and choose which was great. But to tell you the truth if i was to do it again they would be on the pellets instead. I have a rabbit this few months now and she was put on wagg pellets straight away and she loves them! Will post a pick soon of Podge and Fudge R.I.P

Re: guinea pigs and food

Vicky RVN — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 21:59:46 GMT

Nicky, i've just googled it. Def going to see if Centaur do it. Not that my pigs need encouraging to eat their hay, but they can have it as a treat! I could make a hay cocktail...normal herbage, birch bark herbage and chamomile herbage! They'll be diving into it!!!

Re: guinea pigs and food

Nicola Smith — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 18:40:26 GMT

Vicky, the birch bark stuff is excel - not sure whether they call it herbage or forage but I just get mine from thr wholesalers at work, they do a chamomile one too which we havent tried yet!! Seems to be the new thing - very similar to the one with dandelions in it. You must give it a try!

Re: guinea pigs and food

A-J — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 23:26:14 GMT

really tough losing her, still horrid. Knew she wasn't a keeper but expected a year at least can't believe my big bear dog hsa gone.

well had an email yesterday and the girl is immortilised forever on the www

http://upsidedowndogs.com/pet6028/jenny-biscuit-the-boxer-mixed-dog/

Re: guinea pigs and food

Vicky RVN — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 22:07:32 GMT

Aww bless, piggies do have such individual characters don't they! It must have been really difficult to loose Jenny-Biscuit, time will heal x

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A-J — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 21:58:49 GMT

thanks, i got them following the death of our dog. Not ready for another dog as losing Jenny-Biscuit was such a shock (1 yr old mvd), but thought pigs would be good with the kids. Maggie is chatty, Margot a dustbin and Maud placid

Re: guinea pigs and food

Vicky RVN — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 21:14:15 GMT

Awww cute piggies

Re: guinea pigs and food

Kim Buckley — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 17:54:48 GMT

Such cute piggys and I love the names!

I've changed them on to nuggets before with no problems at all. I did have an older pig who I took from a pet shop as they couldn't sell him and he was the only one I have struggled with but only because my mum used to give him gerty g-pg as a treat! I threw it out and made her stop buying it and he then ate nuggets!

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A-J — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 10:47:58 GMT

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Maud, Margot and Maggie

Re: guinea pigs and food

Vicky RVN — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 10:20:02 GMT

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The blackcurrant oregano stuff is fab!! I had to be brutal with ine when swopping as they would always choose mix when on offer! Plenty of hay is important too - I get a variety - oxbow, readigrass etc but the new favourite is the forage with birch bark - they go mad for it even Colleen who is a poor hay eater!

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Mine love herbage. I've not seen that forage, is it made by excel like the herbage? I get mine lovely hay from a farm, it is so fresh and smells LOVELY. They love it! And it's cheap as chips compared to what you pay for bales in a shop.

Re: guinea pigs and food

A-J — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 10:12:41 GMT

thanks everyone Will try and post some pics later - just trying to finish making a doll for a birthday party tonight!!

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Nicola Smith — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 10:10:58 GMT

Re: guinea pigs and food

Vicky RVN — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 09:33:25 GMT

Yay to baby piggies

Before i knew better and i first had pigs i used to feed mine gerty guinea. Then i started to give them a bowl of gerty and a bowl of excel. Then i just stopped the gerty and they ate the pellets fine! I now give new pigs pellets straight away and don't have any problems with them not eating them. I give mine the new version of pellets (blackcurrant and oregano) and they love it, i like the smell of it too!

Can we see pics of your babies?

Re: guinea pigs and food

Steph Worsley — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 06:42:35 GMT

it would be ok just to put them onto the pellets as they will just keep picking out what they want to eat, they are clever like that lol

you may find they wont eat it for a little bit but should start eating it

Re: guinea pigs and food

Phrin Vernon RVN — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 23:17:35 GMT

I am most certainly no piggie expert, but would think that it would be relatively safe to just abandon the GG, and give them pellets plus fresh food and hay.

I will await correction from Vicky though lol!