Good Eats! (G-pig diet)

A balanced guinea-pig diet consists of four things: fresh water (duh,) pellets, grass hay, and vegetables/fruits.

-Fresh water - A no-brainer. Make sure your piggles have fresh water always and that it is changed at least every other day.

-Pellets - Pellets make up about a third of your piggles's diet. They contain vitamin C unlikle other rodent pellets, because piggles can't make their own vitamin C. Vitamin C can become less potent in the foods over time, so make sure you don't buy more than 2 months worth of pellets at a time, unless you are planning to feed your pet lots of vegetables everyday.

-Grass hay - Very important in the digestive system. This is the vital fiber piggies need. Give at least one handful daily. Before buying, make sure the hay doesn't look dusty. Timothy hay is the best hay, but orchard grass is fairly good, too. Don't buy legume hay (like alfalfa) for everyday consumption. Legume hay is used as a treat because it does not contain all of the nutrients that is in grass hay.

-Vegetables/fruits - Guinea pigs should have one type of veggie everyday, even if it is in a small amount. Favorites include carrots, romane lettuce, bell peppers and celery. Fruit is a nice treat. Do not feed your guinea pig iceberg lettuce or grapes.

Grass from the yard is a favorite treat of guinea pigs, too. Just don't feed your pigs grass that has been treated or that could have any chemicals or other unnaural substances in it.

For a better list of unsafe foods, see "Unsafe foods" page.