A few inquiries on my guinea pigs' diet?
Are there any fruits or vegetables besides potatoes that I shouldn't feed them?
Can I feed them nuts or seed?
Should I cut the cores out of apples before I put them in their salad?
How often should I serve them salads and how big should they be?
Is it a unpromising thing if I see them eating the wood chips within their cage?
Is it better to give them bottled water than slap water? What about mineral water?
Do I hold to peel the veins out of celery sticks?
Do they eat green pepper?
Can they eat grass or any other plants not considered vegetables?
How many baby carrot daily is too many?
What brand of hay should I give them and where on earth can I buy it?
Is feeding them individually by hand a good or fruitless idea (if this is done occasionally)?
Should I intervene if they begin to squabble over lettuce?
Pellets-- yes or no?
LOT OF QUESTIONS. I'll try to answer them.
fruits or vegetables?- not that i know of.
Nuts or seeds?- nuts should be fine. I make available them to my guinea pig and she's fine.
Apples?- Probably doesn't matter. But i would to be safe.
Serve?- I have no thought. Enough. Whatever you think is fine.
wood chips?- that's fine. they constantly have to chew because they're teeth are constantly growing. If you don't like it next put other guinea pig chew stuff in there.
water?- personal nouns. water for mine comes straight out of the faucet.
Celery sticks?- No. i've never done that and mine LOVES celery.
Green peppers?- I wouldn't do that.
Grass?- only piece should be timothy hay. (which you MUST have!)
carrots?- i would say over 6. I nurture mine throughout the day.
hay?- Timothy hay. You can buy it at walmart.
By hand? Bad idea.
Intervene? OF COURSE.
Pellets?- Is what I dispense mine. With the occasional vegetable, (cabbage, cauliflower, carrots, apples, celery, etc..)
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Answers: Nuts and seed. Commonly sun flower seeds in the pellet mixture
Cores. Im not sure but I do.
Salad. They stipulation at least 1 cup of fresh food a day.
Wood Chips. Should be fine.
Water. Not sure.
Celery and Peppers. Haven't nurture mine so I dont know.
Grass. Grass should be given daily they get Vitamin C from the grass and Vegetables.
Baby Carrots. Depends how many pigs and what else you furnish with it, I say variety is best. A babe-in-arms carrot each with the top still attached and a handful of green vegetables eg. cucumber spinach broccoli
Hay. Timothy hay is said to be the best hay.
Hand feeding. Is a great opinion, it helps you bond with the pig and if your pig get sick you have to hand feed it so getting the pig comfortable beside it now is a good idea.
Intervening. You should not really intervene unless they become vicious to one another or one pig does not attain any.
Pellets. Yes absolutly. Pigs need to eat pellets because whether there only food is fresh food( vegetables) they might get sore stomachs and cessation up with diaroeah, which can be Fatal to pigs.
It also is a good idea to own wooden chews so their teeth do not grow too big.
