My Controversial Guinea Pig Opinions
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How old are your guinea pigs?
Gatsby is 4 1/2, Lulu is 4, Nugget is 3, Lumi is 2 1/2 & Fitz is 7 months old
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Don't they jump over the little gate?
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Another thought, these opinions are for pets in general, not just piggies. I know a lot of people here in the US don't like to adopt older pets, because they don't have as much time with them. We adopted a 9 year old cat and she lived until 18. My controversial opinion is that senior animals should be adopted before younger ones.
It takes a special person to seek out an older critter. People enjoy the cuteness of a baby animal, which is part of the reason that adopters want ‘ em young. I appreciate your kindness to the older ones.
I think it's like that everywhere, here in the Netherlands it's also the older animals that don't get adopted easily. Sad, no animal should spend their senior year(s) in a shelter, but in a nice, loving home.
I totally agree with adopting senior dogs and cats because say you adopt an 6-7 year old cat, they easily could have another 10 years in them with proper care. On the other hand most rodents do not live long. Guinea pigs specifically, They have a lifespan of 6-8 years so I do understand why most people would prefer to adopt a 1-2 year old guinea pig over say 4-5 year old guinea pig.
I love senior pets💜 It can definitely be hard on the emotions but I feel like if I can give them love and comfort in their final days it's worth it.
I really enjoyed the video. Very thought provoking. I love Lumi's little face looking over the gate. I've had a few piggies over the years, normally in pairs. I also had Degu's . I had about 12 over 10 years when my son was growing up. But like with piggies,, you go through so many problems with poor outcomes ( normally teeth problems) After my son went to University, looking after them on my own became really sad as they died off one by one. Our cat died last week and this is the first time in my life I've had no pets, so sad.❤❤❤
Lumi seems the most interested in what you're saying! She's so cute! Thank you so much for putting a video out today--we really missed them!
I love how realistic and down to earth you are. You don't have a preach tone, you do just respectly present you ideas. Owning piggies is not a piece of cake. There are some struggle.
I syringe fed my first boar for 4 days. He was flat that whole time and I cried through it. My vet warned me not to give up so I kept it up. He was only 2. On day 5 he was up like nothing had happened. He lived four more years! It’s always worth a try.
@@JingleBellsBarky well done that is so hard to do but so rewarding when it happens, well done your vet for telling you to hang in there. Some aren't always so helpful for smaller animals. I do think that is improving nowadays.
I think pellets, IF they're quality, simply serve to round out a balanced diet and should only be a small portion of their total food intake. The biggest problem with pellets is the utter crap that's available in the store. You're much better off not giving pellets at all if you're just going to buy the crap. Read the ingredients. I still recommend the Oxbow Garden Select specifically
That's what our girls eat 👍🏻 6-year-old sisters.
I have 2 beautiful piggies and 1 of them is very, very old. There are signs of him declining, and i am so sad. I dont think i can do this anymore because loosing them is so hard. They cant be replaced and i love the time we have shared and have left. They are so beautiful and if i had all the time and money in the world i would surround myself with these beautiful companions ❤ I love your videos. Thank you so much 💗
I agree. Guinea Pigs are high maintenance even before they get sick. I had one that lived to 7 years old. Rescue pigs in the USA are poorly bred and many do not get to live a full happy life.
I am probably on my last two piggies. My heart can not stand to be broken any more.
I just got off that boat. It's like losing a family member.
Yeah I am feeling this so much! I am about to loose one and I have had him for nearly 6 years. He's very old I know the end is coming. I feel for the other one I have and I can't imagine loosing them at all. I am done after this but don't regret one thing
@ashleighgulliver2831 Me eather, my sweetie was about to turn 7, and I lost her just before Christmas. 😪😪
@@advisingconsumer599 thanks for your reply. I am so deeply sorry for your loss 💗
@ashleighgulliver2831 Thanks 😊
I live in the USA and I don't do pellets. Ever since I gave up pellets my piggies have not had bladder issues
Opinion 2 - Thank you for saying this and YES. I kept guineas over a 20 year period and absolutely adore them but was devastated when they died, and was similar to you in the way I nursed them etc. They are such wonderful little animals and just don't live long enough. I reached a point many years ago when I just couldn't do it any more. Keeping dogs is even worse, but at least in general their life span is longer and they often give you more warning when they are unwell (if you know them well and know what to look for.) Having said that crisis mode with multiple dogs unwell is utterly devastating. I get my guinea pig fix from your lovely channel - thank you.
My last piggie crossed the rainbow Bridge last weekend it has been a sadly way to quiet week 😢I enjoyed seeing and hearing your herd ❤
Oh no 😢 I'm so sorry, sending you lots of love and hugs if that helps ❣
Hi Julia! Missed seeing you and your piggies! It is common here in the US for pellets. Every pet store feeds pellets and hay, as well as other content creators. I was shocked when I started watching you several years ago that you didn't feed pellets. But, I absolutely think you do what is best.
I was born in Bremerhaven Germany but I grew up in America, traveled a lot and I also lived in France for 4 years. My mom got a couple of guinea pigs while living in Germany and we brought them to the US when my parents moved back here with me as a kid in the 80's. In 2014 I got 4 baby Guinea pigs in France that I kept for their entire lives. I brought them to the US when I moved back here. My one boy "Doodles" lived 7 years. They were my world! I agree with everything that you spoke about in this video🤗💕🐾🐽
I've been watching your videos for at least 6 or 7 years now, you and your piggy world makes my heart smile SO BIG every single time, thank you so much for this!!!💗🙏💕
So interesting! Would you mind sharing how you went about the transatlantic move with piggies? Did they need to go into quarantine?
I made the move in 2015 so things might be different now but, I had to get a very specific pet carrier that's required by the airlines (you get to keep them). They give you very specific requirements for their water and food setup. Although I hope they figured out a better water situation because the water bottles fully drained out into their bedding from all the movements of the whole process, not good.
They didn't need a passport or any medical requirements or have to be quarantined because of their species. Luckily my 4 were very young, under a year old or I definitely wouldn't recommend importing piggies of older ages, it's really a long and uncomfortable process. I wouldn't do it again. The pet carriers are put in the cargo section of the plane so you can't actually check on them or see them until your final destination.
When my parents flew back with me, guinea pigs, a dog and my cat, my dad was military so we all rode together (pets and all) in a giant military cargo plane lol, so it was quite a different experience
@@kowgyrl Thank you so much for sharing!
Love the name Doodles
@@chrisc5752 Awww thank you🤗🐽🐾💕
For all of you out there struggling, be encouraged! Continue fighting for the sanctity of life! Love is sacrifice and you're stronger than you think! One of the best vets gave us the best advice: your fur-babies will let you know, they will let you know when they are done. In the meantime, get pet insurance and a Care Credit account, keep on keeping on, be determined, vigilant, and fight for your little ones! You are the only hope they have! ❤❤❤❤❤
I went from 4 guinea pigs to one in the span of a year because they were all around the same age and ended up with various senior issues (cancer, kidney failure, etc). When my last piggy goes, I'm done. It's too heartbreaking, they are a lot of work, and the vet bills are insane.
4 months ago I lost my guinea pig, 1 month ago I lost my dog and last week I lost my other guinea pig. I'm done too for now. I totally understand you and I am sorry for your losses! I hope you get to enjoy your last piggy for now though. My house is really quiet now.
I feel this, i had 5 inbetween ages 9 and 16, they to me are not worth the effort if your not willing to kinda revolve your life around them, i love having pets but guinea pigs are just very dirty , lots of poop and pee, constantly washing fabric and brushing it out, sanitizing almost every day or so, they mostly don’t wanna be touched so if you want a pet to handle or bond with, you probably wont get that with pig, ect.
@@superalientime3938you sound awful.
Hi, the new place looks great, I saw the next video too, Zelda is so big now. My vetenery hospital in Victoria Australia recommended getting the ovaries taken from all the females to prevent ovarian cysts because it's very common here. I did so, it turned out very well for Star. My 3rd piggy Luna was pregnant when I bought her and Rose and Sadie were able to live with our male Star during the period of time that ge otherwise could have gotten Luna and his sister Sunshine pregnant. He didn't have to ever be a lone guineapig. I decided to get him nutered and when Luna and Sunshine were spayed with only the ovaries taken from the top, they rebonded well. I found on most Facebook guinea pigs groups that getting those surgeries done was very controversial. I had the leave one group due to this.
In Brazil is very common to feed them pellets, in smalls quantities. Thank you for sharing your opinion! I realize you don't feed your piggies with pellets but didn't know why. I loved it! ❤
For a number of years we took in older guinea pigs who needed a home. Our girls had a happy retirement with us, but inevitably we experienced situations where syringe feeding was necessary. I totally agree with you that there is a point where it becomes too much for the piggies, and we realised that they were at the end of their lives and it was kinder to say goodbye to them. Thank you for all your videos and for letting us share in your herd.
I love my pigs and have had them for over 15 years. I feed them pellets, hay and fresh veggies. Syringe feeding at end of life. I am elderly at this point and love them so much.
Thank you so much for sharing. I live in the US and here in the US they do promote you to feed your piggy mostly pellets and hay first, then give veggies and fruit. I’ve always given my piggy more veggies, some fruit and hay. He always has pellets available too. H
Thank you for this video, especially your 2nd opinion. I had guinea pigs as a child, and the nature of their deaths really shook me, so much so that, as an adult, I realized I wouldn’t be able to emotionally handle having pigs ever again, (or having pets in general) not just because of their habit of being very prone to various illnesses, but also, the inevitability of outliving them. I appreciate your honesty in this video. It’s good to know ones own limitations, especially if it lets animals live with people who are better suited to give them the best quality of life possible. Just because you can own a pet, doesn't mean you should.
I think these are fair points. Guinea Pigs are definitely a LOT of work and can be expensive to keep. My piggies bring me joy, but if I ever got to the point where I was too overwhelmed or my heart couldn't take losing them anymore I would stop keeping them. As far as syringe feeding, I do it with the intent to get them eating on their own as quickly as possible. I think the longest I ever syringe fed was maybe 10 days, and that was with a piggy that was wanting to eat and I didn't have to force feed him.
Oh my gosh, thank you for such an honest and real video that many of us encounter,but never speak of as we are shamed in the guinea pig community as it goes against the norm of what is expected in guinea pig care and attitude. My first werewolf skinny guinea pig Harriet was from a pet store, petco. While I would not get any more guinea pigs there or at a store,she was my first and was solo for a long time. I wasn't sure if she would have a friend as she was isolated in her tank and many social issues that I had to work on. I found that perfect friend,Clementine who was another controversial decision as she came from a rescue, but looked sick. She was thin, but when I actually got her home,she was not just thin, but a skeleton. Many wouldn't have bonded her right away to my Harriet, I did, then she didn't want critical care, I didn't push it. I monitored her and she ate and ate and oh my gosh, she and Harriet are like sisters,though I think Cem sees her like a mom, she was three months. Sometimes you have to trust the knowledge you have learned, even if it goes against what others tell you. Thank you for sharing!
I’d definitely say you’re doing a great job with your piggies, and considering how healthy and how long they live overall proves that they don’t need pellets. 👍 One controversial opinion I thought of is a common one: hay rack or hay pile. I’ve found pros and cons for both. Right now I have mostly orchard grass in the hay racks and have been putting the small pieces of Timothy in a pile. This is because I have one silly piggy who gets hay pokes way too often. I feel whatever works for the specific person and their piggies! 👍
Syringe feeding can help get through a temporary illness. However, a problem I encountered with long term syringe feeding or giving softened food to rodents is their teeth are not getting ground down. I have hamsters and when they are not eating hard food, their teeth grow and need trimming. I assume the same thing happens with guinea pigs. A sick animal may not tolerate having their teeth trimmed routinely.
And it's horrible for them! I always felt it traumatizes them, or maybe that's my own feelings reflecting.
@@RainRemnant I agree! My hamster Wiggles was diagnosed with congestive heart failure, initially recovered with twice daily medications. However, she declined again and needed supplemental feeding of soft food, then syringe feeds which led to her needing her teeth trimmed. She turned blue during the procedure, so I ended up having to let her go. A younger rodent with tooth issues may tolerate routine trimming, and some do. Saskia at LAGPR has talked about guinea pigs needing teeth trimmed or removed. Autumn Grace had her rabbit's front teeth removed to avoid routine trims: ruclips.net/video/TV45zp_6z4I/видео.html
I loved every one of these statements that you made in your video! We live in the US. We do not give pellets to our piggies. We have always felt like we see more chalky pee when we give pellets or other issues. So we just stopped doing it. I know living here many vets say you must or should give, but after having kept guinea pigs for almost 20 yrs, we just feel they don’t need them. We have had guinea pigs live to 6.5 yrs on pellets and not on pellets. Our oldest right now is 5 yrs and she does not get pellets. We also do not give her a huge variety of veggies or don’t intro new veggies to her. If we do, we do it in very small amounts. We have seen some of our older pigs have issues with health we we tried giving too much of a new food, so for us, we are much more careful when treating her to something new. She is a foster pig mommy. Nibbler is very tame! She has had several cage mates. Our last several pigs who have passed, passed from some really crazy things. So with that emotional stress and also having to kids who have a really hard time with so much loss, we have divides to foster guinea pigs. We have had our second pair of fosters for a year now. Nibbler is their foster out mommy. We got them when they were 5 weeks old and Nibbler has taught them how to be piggies. When the day comes for Nibbler to go over the Rainbow Bridge, we I’ll foster piggies on and off. This is better for our daughters bc even though they have bonded with this pair (we have had these fosters for about a year now) they are not as bonded as they are to Nibbler. They understand that the two fosters will one day be adopted. Of course the longer we have them, the harder that will be when they are adopted, but it will be a bit easier than if they were actually our pigs. That is a thought for anyone who would like to have guinea pigs, but might not be able to handle having them all if the them. Fostering really helps rescues with space and you get to help tame the piggies for their cuter permanent owners. 😊
Good video, thank you, and yes, one can actually get "burned out" keeping guinea pigs. Happened to me, was on my own, had a lovely time for years then just a very, very difficult time which me and the guineas got through but afterwards I was mentally burned out. Lol, now I enjoy your guinea pigs Julia. (Seriously! 😀)
I had decreased my herds pellet intake. They only get a small sprinkling mixed in with their veggies once daily. It seemed frowned on over here in Canada but my piggies are all super healthy and doing great! We have had them 7 years now. 😊
Ive been incredibly lucky over the past seven years of owning guinea pigs where ive never had a sick piggy, i hope this continues for me and rubs off onto everyone here :)
Makes me sad to hear that anyone would own guinea pigs and keep them outside. 😥 Thanks for your videos, they are very helpful and your piggies are adorable.
I understand what you mean, but I think everyone has their own idea of what it means to keep guinea pigs outdoors. You're probably thinking of those much too small and open two-story hutches or mesh cages that offer far too little space and no protection from the cold. In Germany, these are exactly the examples of how NOT to keep guinea pigs outside. Rather, we have many sources of information with specific criteria on how to RIGHTLY keep guinea pigs outside. These include, for example, having at least 4 healthy guinea pigs in a group that can keep each other warm, a large, dry shelter that is protected from the weather and predators on all sides, and smaller hutches inside the shelter that provide sufficient warmth with bedding, straw and hay. The shelter should also have a large protected run so that the guinea pigs can go outside, if they wish to, to keep themselves warm by moving around or sunbathing. It is also important to switch to an appropriate high-calorie winter diet. Sick, old or weak guinea pigs, on the other hand, should be brought inside. The list goes on...
While I totaly agree with you, that there a lot of unproper outdoor housing for guinea pigs (especially in a country with very cold winters), there are also a lot of good examples. My favourite example is Erin's Ark. If you search for her video "Keeping Guinea Pigs Outdoors" you will see what I mean.🙂 I think a lot also depends on the country you are living in and how extreme the weather gets.
Here in Australia people would think you're weird if you keep your guinea pigs indoors. They are outdoor pets.
@@denisebrown4310 I lived in California when I first began keeping cavies. They had an entire backyard to romp and graze in. It was so much fun to see their natural behaviors. They had places to hide and a little barn to sleep in at night safely. Piggies don’t dig like rabbits so they do fine with fencing. The weather is so mild where I lived they could be out all year but we had lots of straw for them in colder season. They come out to graze on grass early and evening. They would come running up to us squeaking and begging for treats. We had 30 at one point. Several different families formed. My lead boar was like a stallion. When he napped the whole herd napped! In the barn of course on the hay. I dislike keeping them inside really but now live in the Midwest where it’s a must. I do put them out to graze in their pen in summer but I have to always be careful to provide good shade as they easily overheat. They love wild dandelions and grass. My last guinea pig lived 10 years. That was a record. His name was Flash.
@@denisebrown4310 Did you know that they Love water and are great swimmers too.
@@thedeadgypsyreally?? All of the Australian guinea pig owners I know of keep them indoors.
Ich habe auch schon oft ans Aufgeben gedacht, letztendlich überwiegt die Freude und ich mache weiter. Ich verstehe wenn jemand entscheidet ich kann nicht mehr. Füttern mit der Spritze sollte man versuchen aber man hat oft das Gefühl das Schweinchen nur zu quälen. Es gibt auf läßt alles über sich ergehen. Ich hatte in den Jahren nur einmal Erfolg aber sollte auch nicht gleich aufgeben. Ich habe auch ein Schwein vom Züchter geholt weil ich Albino wollte. Diese haben es hier in Deutschland schwer. Keiner will weisse mit roten Augen. Dabei sind nach meiner Erfahrung viel zahmer. Danke für das Video ❤
I felt that last year, I lost one boy in January and two girls on February in consecutive days, I couldn't get any more pain, but I had one old lady and one young neutered boy, I had to adopt two young girls for him, then about 4 months later one of the girls passed and a few months later my old lady went to her forever sleep, now I only have one boy and one girl, they get along great but the cage looks empty and lately I really feel like getting another baby girl. So pain, sadness and feelings change with time
I'd love to see more videos of the piggies and you in the coming days 😊
I agree with you on all your points, especially syringe feeding. I always feel like I'm doing more harm than good. They look so miserable when you do it. Ive tried to entice them to eat CC without a syringe but no luck.
1:25: to re-phrase: my guinea pigs don’t need the energy from pellets because …. they are couch potatoes! Indoor piggies with no responsibilities. Lazing about in hammocks, etc.
I love to hear your opinion, controversal or not! Thank you for sharing!
Nice to see you again! I was getting a little worried.
Thank you for the video. Long time no see/ hear. Hope all of you are doing OK. I would like to see more guinea pigs video again if you can. Have a nice weekend!!!!
I don't feed pellets very ofter as a vet advised me to cut them out when Gus had bladder sludge. I have adopted many guinea pigs over the years, but always wanted a grey guinea pig. None ever came up for adoption at the right time so I finally gave in and got one from someone who was rehoming an accidental litter, he is a little s!@#, be careful what you wish for 😂
I loved this video, you can tell that your very experienced especially when you was saying about syringe feeding Piggies and how people stop having them because they can be very difficult when they are unwell and things go wrong, it is a horrible reality but loving them and doing everything to get them better is most important
You mentioned in the video that having an unwell Guinea Pig is like having a newborn, which would you say is harder? I know you have experience with both
I hope the move went well! I missed you and the herd, but I always thought you were supposed to feed them pellets
I'm Indian guinea pig content creator. Everything you said is so true. I realised it within one year
Tbh, Germany is so much further in animal Care knowledge over all.
The actual reason they don't feed pellets is because of their health. Pellets are very hard and they can get teeth issues from hard things.
Guineapigs are grass eaters by nature and that is what they are built for.
If you're interested, I can give you more information on how to feed your guinea pigs in the most natural way possible.
There have been a few studies on it that show that they can have such a healthy life if you have them on their own natural diet (which makes sense since they are built for that ofc).
Lately, I've been trying to figure out a way, to get this to the pig community worldwide. But since there is not a lot of english information out there, my plan is to start simple, by just asking if ppl are actually really interested in a more healthy and natural way of pet keeping (pigs and buns for the time being)?
Hi, we currently have a sick Peggy, she dont Wants to eat staw. She eats Pellets and critical care from a spoon. I went to the vet. We are found something that is Probably a Inflammation. She is getting meds.
I hope she will get better soon 🙏
The pellets thing is interesting. I learned early on not to use the colorful pellets. But no pellets? I don't think Ollie and Jack would forgive me if I stopped giving them their breakfast.
In the US this is usually what happens to elderly people. They're put into a nursing home (old folks shelter) and medicated to keep them docile because mostly their adult kids are heinously selfish and want to do the work to kerp them at home nor do these people want to have their aging parents in their own homes! Sorry-not-sorry for the rant. My older rescued piggies helped keep me sane and kept me from proverbially running away from home during the last 5 years of 12 total that i cared for my granny with Alzheimers & incontinence day after day. My granny was very healthy otherwise & very active. I'm disabled and those years were quite difficult. At the time she had 2 fairly wealthy sons. But she raised me to try always to do right, especially when that was hard to do. ❤😊
When my mom was a kid she bring her Guinea pig snapper for school show n tell long time ago
My Nini is going on 8. I have never handled any death well. It has been just the two of us against the world since I was figuratively thrown out when my mother, my last parent, was dying. Nini is my only Family and my Roommate. My longest break was three years-after my much loved 8 year old boy Fictionary died from cancer. But I became a Small Animal Volunteer at a shelter and the minute I heard Guinea Pig noises my heart felt at home. So I adopted Nini's late sister Kali and brother Munchkin. With them 8+ years ago I lost them both in one December. My 1st double loss in all my years of piggy parenting. I was still seriously grieving when I adopted Nini in February. Sun was her 8th Gotcha Day. I still miss Kali and Munchkin and I am trying to enjoy Nini without worrying about losing her. Sun was also our 1 year anniversary in apt #2. My last 7 GPs have been shelter rescues. I go by who my heart responds to not what they look like.
Thanks for this honest video. Living with guinea pigs is lovely and sometimes really rugh time. But the fact that you have piggies and not a cat or dogs is for some people very wierd. But i love my little herd and would never change them, to be „normal“ 🥰
Well ive heard you aren't supposed to feed them peaflakes because it causes bladder infections. 🙂
But bladder infections are bacterial, why would eating pea flakes cause that.
Oh yes. I hadn't even noticed you don't feed your piggies pellets! 😂❤
I had a vet in the US tell me that my two guinea pigs needed two pallet bowls because apparently they’re going to argue over one even though my girls literally eat out of the same bowl without being bothered as much as I don’t like arguing with vets it just seems so ridiculous to me
Sometimes I wonder if even exotic vets are really clued in to guinea pig behavior as opposed to just physical health. That sounds totally weird to me as well because I have 6 guinea pigs who eat from a single pellet dish.
I agree with all your controversial ideas 😊
wie man sieht steht dir in diesen jahr noch ein schönes ereignis bevor, wünsche dir alles gute dafür 🫃
One of my controversial opinions is that a small amount of pelleted food (a rounded tablespoon per guinea pig) is fine. Adds variety, nutrients and dish tipping is fun for my two pigs. Usually there are pellet leftovers by the end of the day mixed with...well you know, which I toss. Another controversial thing that I do is; partially as a taming treat, partially per a vet's instruction, is to hand feed each pig 1/2 vitamin-C/timothy wafer per day. My final (that I will document here😉) controversial decision is that I also have cats. I have always had cats and guinea pigs. Never had a problem, well until yesterday. I adopt all of my animals from shelters. About 4 months ago I adopted second cat. This cat seemingly has Houdini DNA. He opens closed cabinets, doors, boxes and yesterday he figured out how to open the pigs' cage. I woke up to find my cat sleeping on top of one of the pig's wooden houses with 2 extremely confused, but not scared with no teeth chattering, guinea pigs milling around in the cage. What can I say? I was 50%horrified and 50%laughing to tears when it happened. The cage now has a childproof lock.
A lot of guinea pig food brands are full of ingredients that are totally alien to what they would eat in the wild - soya, molasses etc for example. Would the wild guinea pigs have developed bladder stones as much as domestic guinea pigs do ? I don't think so. Soya is high in oxalates. Syringe feeding for too long is not good for their digestive systems. I love Buff coloured guinea pigs. Good breeders don't breed for profit. They usually breed them to get the ideal show guinea pigs. Great channel 👍. When you want to say something, just say it. That's what I do 😂
I'm curious around the non-pellet diet. I've had a few pigs with urinary stones and always wondered if pellets contribute.
I’ve had 13 guinea pigs so far and none of them has ever had a bladder stone. I live in Germany as well.
Not all pellets are the same. Read the ingredients. I give my piggies just a tiny bit of grain free hay-based pellets.
Pellets can have quite a lot of calcium in them. I had a GP that was prone to sludge/stones and was advised to cut out pellets for a while. It worked and after that I really limited the pellets. They get their vit c from the veg I give them
They do contribute! Most of them have very high Calcium content
I’m considering to cut out pellets too. My main problem is that there is no way to distribute it evenly between guinea pigs, so the younger one eats a lot more than he should. But I do worry about vitamin c and if they’ll get enough from just their vegetables.
But I like feed mills, hammer mills, and pelletizers! Grind and pelletize that hay! Nougat likes pellets. Zippy, not so much. Mostly, I feed them fresh hay and vegetables. 😁
My Guinea pigs never cared for pellets so I never really bothered. I switched to a local brand that has camomile flowers and I keep a regular bowl that they definitely like, but still they prefer hay.
Maybe worth mentioning that pedigree and Petco are quite different. Those breeds cease to exist if they’re not bred with each other due to their rezessive gene. Bred one with a normal piggy and you only ever get normal piggies.
I totally agree with all your saying!
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Hey, I’m going to have one day to visit Dresden in the spring. Where would you recommend I go? My first time in Germany
Funny, until you mentioned it, I hadn’t noticed you never feed your piggies pellets. Makes sense I guess
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Thank you for the video.
Great video, thanks 😊
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Mine feel different than the old one
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I've been considering cutting out pellets as mine get plenty of veggies. One of my piggies became allergic to one brand of pellets and I have also wondered lately if they may be too fattening or if there may be some undesirable chemicals or additives in them.
Julia, all your comments were spot on 😅😅😅😅😅😅
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Agreed; they're so, so fragile. I love them though
No pellets isn't controversial when I've fed my pigs those for the years I owned them, but found they were really overkill or for when I'd not be able to be home for veggie feedings. If the furry potatoes are getting plenty of veggies, zero need for pellets. My girls got both, just because I'm a spoiler so my pets get everything they could need. Key word need, and when I get piggies again I plan to just need to get hay, bedding, and veggies. So those who think piggies need pellets are only trying to spark up controversy where it doesn't apply.
Hi there we had bought 2 male guinea pigs,then we bought 2 female guinea pigs.we a couple of months apart. We breed them,sold some of the babies.now we have one left,she is six years old.took her to the vet, because she had a abcest ,so we give her some medicine to help her.also we use a mixed guinea pig feed,grass and vegetables,friut.We also have three rabbit,s and a dog.❤
I live in Poland and people here usually feed their guinea pigs with pellets. That's what the internet says, so that's what people do. But my vet, who is one of the most famous guinea pig vets in Poland, said that guinea pigs do not have to eat pellets at all. I feed my guinea pigs hay, vegetables and fresh grass. They haven't had pellets for 4 years. My guinea pigs have not been sick for 3 years. Now they are seniors, so it is known that age-related diseases have appeared. I give them medications twice a day now. The vet bills are also huge because I have 4 piggies. But I love all my piggies and I will spend all my money to keep them healthy and happy. ❤❤❤
Normal pig is way tastier that the guinea pig...
Hope everyone has a great wheekend