Healthy diet for guinea pigs

An ideal diet includes:

  • Hay (must be available all year round)
  • Fresh grass (depending on the season)
  • Vegetables (various types)
  • Fruit
  • herbs / plants

Vegetables:

  • Romaine lettuce
  • arugula leaves
  • Sweet peppers
  • broccoli
  • carrots
  • cucumbers
  • Kale
  • spinach
  • Kohlrabi
  • iceberg lettuce
  • zucchini

Most of the vegetables listed above contain vitamin C.
Clean the vegetables sufficiently before feeding them and do not serve them too cold.

Fruit:

  • strawberries
  • apples
  • pears
  • kiwi
  • peaches
  • papayas
  • rosehips

Wash the fruit thoroughly and feed only small amounts.

Herbs:

  • dill
  • grass
  • dandelion
  • watercress
  • turmeric
  • Parsely
  • sunflower

branches from:

  • apple trees
  • maple trees
  • birches
  • black currant bushes
  • hazelnut bushes
  • pear trees
  • pastures

Be very careful when choosing branches – some can be used in large quantities, others should be carefully rationed and fed only occasionally.