Daily Guinea Pig Food Chart

The guinea pig carmella came with her cage cube remainder bag of food and oxbow orchard grass hay her favorite.

Daily guinea pig food chart. Since she s been with me i have tried to feed her the following fresh veggies spinach carrots celery red cabbage a small piece of tomato she snubs all of them i am concerned about her and the diet that i should choose. These quantities are what you should aim for daily. Best greens for guinea pigs. Fresh and clean water.

Fresh vegetable and herbs. Some of the best greens and ones they generally like are lettuce but not iceberg spring greens kale various herbs including mint parsley coriander cilantro and basil as well as foraged plants providing they are safe. 10 15 of their daily diet. But it s important that they are fed the correct food and the right balance to make sure they stay healthy.

This chart shows your guinea pigs general daily requirements. Guinea pigs are herbivores which means they eat a plant based diet. As you can see 80 of your guinea pigs diet should come from hay. Green leaves are extremely important in a guinea pig s diet.

Carrots baby 1 med 48 3 3 8 69 50 1 0 1 1 per pig per day is ok cauliflower 2 40 22 44 46 4 1 150 0 5 1 very gassy use sparingly celery 1 83 40 24 3 1 22 190 1 7 1 cut into pieces remove strings corn on the cob 1 med ear 2 90 2 80 6 1 9 9 0 3 1 husk silk can be fed daily. Now let us see the proper proportion of the same. Grass hay good quality guinea pig pellets dry food nuggets fresh vegetables and or. Their daily diet should consist of the following.

5 10 of their diet.