DIETARY DOs AND DON'Ts

DO

• Provide a constant supply of fresh hay
• Provide a constant supply of good quality guinea pig food
• Provide a constant supply of fresh clean water
• Feed plenty of fresh veg & fruit
• Allow your guinea pigs to mow the lawn for you (in a safe secure run)
• Give your guinea pigs your vegetable trimmings, fruit cores, skins etc
• Feed dried grass (especially in wet weather when they can't go on the lawn)
• Give your guinea pigs a small log from a fruit tree to gnaw on
  

DON'T

• Feed anything with artificial additives in it
• Feed anything cooked
• Feed anything sugary (including honey)
• Feed stale, wilting, mouldy, bruised or otherwise 'off' veg or fruit
• Feed lettuce
• Feed potatoes
• Put your guinea pigs on a lawn which is densely covered in daisies and / or buttercups. (a few don't seem to do harm)
• Feed grass from a lawnmower collecting box - this can be VERY dangerous as it begins to ferment very soon after cutting
• Feed anything picked from a roadside or around a farmer's field
• Feed anything treated with pesticides, fertilizers or other chemicals