i have two baby guinea pigs and i love them , i need know what they can eat and what good for tehm in beddin

Answer 1

What do you mean by baby? Young, or seriously babies? If they're just young, feed them the pellets and supplement it with vegetables. You can line their cage with pine shavings which can be found in most any pet store.

Answer 2

My sister had one and used a pine bedding that she got at walmart for it's bedding. As far as what they can eat: you need to start them off with guinea pig pellets. Let them get use to that for a week or so before introducing anything new to them. She would give her timothy hay to her once a day. She usually gave her a variety of veggies, such as carrots, parsley, mustard greens, collards, ect that can be found at a local produce center. There are some greens that they should not have like iceberg lettuce, so you should do some research to make sure you don't give them something they should have. Fruit is a treat, so they will love it, but they should have a limited amount. Hers loved cantaloupe! As far as amounts: she always kept pellets in her bowl. (they usually only eat what they want of them) She would give her a handful of greens morning and night and she usually got one treat a day ( a piece of cantaloupe about the sixe of a golf ball)

Good luck! They are fun pets!

Answer 3

In terms of food, the biggest part of your guinea pigs diet should be hay. They need hay to keep their teeth worn down and to keep their digestive systems healthy. They should get this in unlimited quantities. It's okay to give your guinea pigs alfalfa hay now while they are babies and still growing, but once they are adults, you'll need to switch to timmothy hay or orchard grass. Alfalfa hay has too much calcium and other minerals for adult guinea pigs and can cause bladder stones.

You also need to feed your guinea pigs quality guinea pig pellets that do not contain nuts or seeds (too fatty for guinea pigs). The pellets also should not contain corn (too starchy). And, as above, after your guinea pigs are grown, you should avoid pellets made from alfalfa. The pellets should be fortified with Vitamin C as guinea pigs' bodies do not manufacture their own Vitamin C the way most other animals (other than humans) do. Oxbow's Cavy Cuisine is an excellent guinea pig pellet. (Cavy is another word for guinea pig, in case you are wondering.)

A note about the Vitamin C, a lot of pet stores will try to sell you supplement drops to put in the guinea pigs' water. Do NOT use these. Vitamin C actually deteriorates pretty quickly when exposed to light, so unless you have an opaque water bottle for your guinea pigs, Vitamin C drops will be useless. And drops that contain vitamins and minerals other than Vitamin C can be dangerous to your guinea pigs.

How you can make sure the guinea pigs get enough Vitamin C is with fresh veggies. Grown guinea pigs should get about a cup of fresh veggies a day, focusing on veggies that are high in vitamin C and low in calcium. Bell peppers, tomatoes, and romaine lettuce are good choices. A guinea pig can get about one baby carrot a day, and may enjoy occasional other treats like parsley or cilantro. You can also feed items like dandelion greens, mustard greens, etc. once in awhile, but not every day. Again the issue with the darker leafy greens is a lot of calcium that can cause bladder stones. You can also feed your guinea pigs small pieces of fruit such as apples, oranges or blueberries. With baby guinea pigs, you want to start introducing new veggies one at a time in very small quantities. Once you are sure a particular veggie or fruit does not cause digestive upset, you can feed larger quantitites and introduce a new veggie or fruit.

And of course, it goes without saying, they should get fresh water daily.

For bedding, you may wish to check out other types of bedding than pine shavings. Many people have kept their guinea pigs with pine bedding all their lives and never report their being any problems. However, some studies suggest that the aromatic oils in the pine bedding (cedar, too) can irritate a small animals skin and that the fumes from these aromatic oils, over the course of time, can damage a small animal's liver. Given that there are a ton of other options out there, why take the risk? If you want to use wood shavings, I would use aspen shavings which do not have aromatic oils. My vet actually recommends avoiding any type of wood shavings because small animals can get tiny splinters in their eyes if they like to try to dig and burrow in the shavings. (I've never had this happen to any of my pets, but you never know.) The animal shelter I volunteer at uses a product called CareFresh as bedding for the guinea pigs. CareFresh is made from recycled newspapers.

In the sources, I've listed a couple of good websites that can give you lots of information about taking care of your guinea pigs. And congratulations on getting your guinea pigs. They are adorable pets! (I love the little cooing noises they make when they are happy!)

Answer 4

Guinea pigs love leaves and vegetables like carrots and celery. Often, you can work out an agreement with your local grocery store. They might let you have the limp lettuce and spinach they are throwing out and vegetables that are losing their freshness and can't sell anymore.
For bedding, you can use woodchips and shavings found in a pet store, or straw or hay. Sometimes you can use shredded newspaper for bedding too. Bedding needs to be changed often to keep down the odours.
Guinea pigs love to be held and stroked around their necks and ears. Good luck!

Answer 5

guinea pigs are great but you need to clean their cage every day and go to Wal-Mart they have all you need for them and when they get older they will love small carrots. Be careful if one is boy and one a girl cause soon you will have guinea pigs running out of your ears. They say rabbits mate alot but they have nothing on guinea pigs. Good luck with them.

Answer 6

When I was a kid, our Guinea Pigs ate alfalfa pellets. That was what we kept in their bowl. They also like carrots & grass, apples.
Since their teeth grow, be sure to keep something hard for them to chew on to keep their teeth from growing to long.
Go on the web & find a website dedicated to the PROPER CARE & FEEDING of Guinea Pigs, just to be sure...

Answer 7

http://guinealynx.com/
http://jackiesguineapiggies.com/siteindex.html
http://www.oginet.com/pgurney/