Top tips for your guinea pig’s diet

• 85-90% premium feeding hay or grass – This is best food for your guinea pig’s digestive system and should be available at all times.
• Fresh veg - Around a handful a day of leafy greens such as spinach, kale, broccoli and parsley will provide a good source of Vitamin C and other micronutrients.
• Vitamin C - Guinea pigs don’t naturally produce this key vitamin, so it’s important to add it daily for healthy skin, joints and blood vessels. As well as leafy greens, try salad peppers, tomatoes and asparagus. It’s important to avoid citrus fruits which are too high in sugar for your piggy.
• Premium grass pellets - Supplement your piggy’s daily diet and Vit C intake with a fresh handful of high quality grass-based Timothy Hay pellets (avoid pellets with added ‘junk-food’ such as fruit or flakes). Replace daily as vitamin C goodness depletes with exposure to air. Your guinea pig will thank you for it!
• Fresh water – Always provide clean fresh water in a suspension bottle. Check and change daily to avoid dehydration which can lead to serious illness
• Monitor food quantities – How much guinea pigs eat depends on various factors such as lifestyle, size, age and general health. Every guinea pig is different so check with an expert first then get to know and monitor your piggy's habits.
• Good bacteria - Piggy’s sticky droppings or ‘caecotrophs’ contain fibre that’s indigestible first time around the digestive system. It’s completely normal for your furry little herbivore to eat them to absorb essential nutrients second-time around.
• Plants to avoid - include daffodils, foxglove, hemlock, lilies, nightshade, oak, onion grass, rhubarb leaves, tomato leaves, sweet seas and privet.