Carrots, definitely. They're extremely high in Vitamin C and my guinea pigs
love them. Just because they wouldn't have come across them in the wild
doesn't mean it's not good for them. Not too sure about the tops, though.
How about some Romaine lettuce, tomatoes or bell peppers in the summer
months? They are all very nutritional and guinea pigs relish them.
Overall, if you're not sure, the rule of thumb should be not to feed them
anything you wouldn't eat yourself.

Lorna and the rodent clan.


"Claire Petersky" wrote in message
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Since we got our guinea pigs a couple of weeks ago, I've been feeding them
most of their greens from what I have in the winter vegetable garden:
collard greens, chard, and parsley. I also some sugar pea volunteers (that
came up from the peas I planted this spring), and since there's not enough
of them to really have peas for the winter, I've been pulling up the vines
and feeding them to the pigs too.

Just this limited experience so far makes me think that it would make a
lot
of sense to plant things this spring that the guinea pigs would enjoy. I'm
thinking carrots -- do the pigs eat the tops as well as the root? Beets
maybe? I like beets and beet greens, but we could share these with the
pigs.
Lettuce maybe for sure, but I have to be vigilent to prevent the slugs
from
getting to it first. Radish tops? Spinach always seems to bolt on me, but
maybe the guinea pigs wouldn't mind bolted spinach. Other ideas for the
garden?

I live in the Sunset Zone 5 (not sure what that is in the USDA system) in
the Pacific Northwest, which is similar in climate to the UK.


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