guinea pig edible list?

Question

hey if anybody can give me a list of all the fruits and vegetables a guinea pig can eatit would be appreciated and web sites with lists help too
thank you

it kaytee's forti-diet regulare good for guinea pigs? thats the kind im going to use but i heard corn stuff is bad for guinea pigs and it has some in it

is it ok to give two guinea pigs one slice of orange each evrey other day?

Answer 1

I have never heard of Kaytees Forti-diet before. I use a plain pellets and chaff. Michela L gave you a really good answer so I am just going to add to it. Guinea pigs can not make their own vitamin c so you need to provide it for them. You can use the following site for a vitamin c chart which has a list of foods and how much you have to have of each food to get the required 10mg a day per guinea pig.

http://www.aracnet.com/~seagull/Guineas/VitaminC.html

For my 2 guinea pigs I have a constant supply of chaff, pellets, hay and water. They also get fresh produce morning and night, I am constantly taking out the fresh produce so that it doesn't rot.

This is an example of what I might give my ladies in the morning:
1 celery stick - finely chopped to prevent digestive tract problems from the stringy bits
1/2 carrot - chopped roughly to stop fights
1/4 capsicum - de-seeded and the white bits taken out
1/4 apple (or other fruit) - as a treat

And at night
1 celery stick
1/2 carrot
Grass - I have floor time on the grass and they eat the grass like there is no tomorrow
5 sprigs of parsley - their favourite food

Hope this helps:)

Answer 2

Good for you for having a C&C! I have 2 guinea pigs in a C&C. Heres what I have in my guinea pigs cage. (They are almost 3 years old and happy.) Food Food Dishes Water bottle Igloos Litter Shavings Treats PS guinea pigs are holding pets NOT Play pets like hamsters.

Answer 3

Wow! After reading some of the lists of acceptable foods for Guinea Pigs, I realize that they eat a LOT better than I do!

Answer 4

Kaytee's Forti-Diet isn't that good because guinea pigs can choke on a lot of the stuff in it. Try using high quality guinea pig pellets
here is a list of some fruits and vegetables they can eat-
--Apple ( a thin wedge and make sure you don't give it seeds)
-- Apricot
--Banana
-- Blackberries
--Blueberries
--Broccoli
--Carrots
--Celery
--Cucumbers
--Cantalope
--Grapes
-- Kale
--Kiwi
--Lettuce
-- Mango
--Parsley
-- Peppers, red & green
-- Raisins
-- Rasberries
--Red Tomato's
-- Oranges (lots of vitamin C in them!!!!)
--Strawberries
--Watermelon
--Honeydew Melon
--Nectarine
-- Papaya
-- Peaches
--Plums
*AVOID* Peanuts cause lethargy,obesity, and are poisons to guinea pigs.
*AVOID* Spinach and beet tops, they cause urinary tract problems and stones.
here is another vegetable list (after clicking the link, scroll down to see the chart)
http://www.guinealynx.com/diet_vegs.html


here is a fruit list: (after clicking the link, scroll down to see the chart)

http://www.guinealynx.com/diet_fruit.html

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Answer 5

It will depend on the fruit or veggie linked to a comparison. If perhaps you compare a farrenheit to a carrot, the carrot is the better of the two nutritional. But since you compare an avocado to the carrot, then this avocado is better. Both equally the apple and avocado, are fruits.

Answer 6

apples
tomatoes broccoli cauliflower lettuce but not too mutch carrots green beans peppers grapes seedless but only give once or twice weekly as any more than this and it gives them diarreha plus grass they love it celery i think weve bought the shop out know lol

Answer 7

all vegetables and fruits like apples and pears some oranges are good yes grapes are a plus as well

Answer 8

Here is a website with lists of veggies and fruits. It is from Guinea Lynx, the best website for guinea pigs. http://guinealynx.info/charts.html

I would reccomend Oxbow or KM'sHayloft pellets. You are right, there shouldn't be anything else in the pellets, they should be plaine pellets. If you must get something else, I reccomend Mazuri plain pellets.

Answer 9

Lettuce, kale, carrots, spinach, dandelion greens, oranges, apples, pretty much whatever it WILL eat. My cavy loved apples and lettuce the most of all.

Answer 10

i have a giunea pig and we feed him almost everything but celery, rhubard, and i am not sure about potatoes, exotic friuts like papayas, coconut, etc.