22/10/2025
๐ฉท๐น Guinea Pig Awareness Week 2025! ๐น๐ฉท
A diet rich in hay, fresh veggies, and pellets. ๐ฅ๐
As exotic pets, guinea pigs require a specialist diet to meet all their nutritional requirements. Wild guinea pigs naturally eat a diet of grasses, plants, vegetables and crops.
Guinea pigs are herbivores which means that they are entirely vegetarian and need high levels of fibre to keep their digestive system working correctly, their gut should be in constant motion with two types of fibre (digestible and indigestible). They get this fibre mainly from high quality feeding hay which should make up the bulk of their diet! Guinea pigs also need plenty of Vitamin C - Vitamin C is important for healthy skin, joints and blood vessels. Vitamin C can be found in good quality, high fibre nuggets and certain fresh greens and vegetables!