Recommended Feeding:
• 1 cup of mixed veggies per pig per day.
• Unlimited hay.
• Unlimited pellets.
Alfalfa based Pellets should be fed to Guinea Pigs < 6 months, pregnant & nursing sows, slim or sick pigs;
Timothy based Pellets should be fed to healthy pigs > 6 months or for younger chubby pigs
DO NOT feed Rabbit Pellets or any pellets designed to be fed to other animals
Some Rabbit Pellets contain deadly antibiotics, hamster food contains chocking hazards and other rodent food often contains animal
products
NOTE: Only provide fresh Guinea pig pellets with stabilized vitamin C
DO NOT rely on pellets being the sole source of vitamin C, the Vitamin C in pellets deteriorates after time, any food over 6 months from
date of manufacture should be considered devoid of Vitamin C
Vitamin C must be provided in a daily vegetable intake and through supplementation in the form of Vitamin C tablets crumbled on the food
or given directly to the Guinea Pig to eat.
DO NOT put Vitamin C drops in the water, this not only deteriorates, tastes nasty, is un-quantifiable, has additional vitamins and additives
that are not needed, but can also cause skin complaints.
Most of the values for Vitamin C and Calcium content, where known, are taken from the USDA’s Database , foods high in Oxalates have
been attributed to kidney and bladder stones, oxalate content increases as the vegetable ages, therefore younger vegetables are
generally thought to contain less oxalates.
Wild grasses, plants and herbs that you are unsure of, or that look different from ones you know
References:
http://members.aol.com/squeakpig/vitc.html - uses info from: United States Department of Agriculture: Food Industry Red Book: Nutrient
Tables. US Government Printing Office (1998). Washington, DC: