Guinea Pig Not Eating Pellets

As i am normally in my room getting ready for the day while they.

Guinea pig not eating pellets. He might not have any kind of appetite because he has a bellyache. Thankfully they loved the new brand. Just offer unlimited hay and a variety of veggies and they will be fine. The highly abrasive silica in the hay and grass is what guinea pig back teeth have evolved against.

I have four guinea pigs. I went through the exact same thing with my three guinea pigs. Too much pellets and veg in the diet means that the crucial back teeth are more likely to overgrow and too much veg that the fermentation process is more likely to go into overdrive and cause bloating or diarrhea. They still eat all their veggies hay and grass and both are still drinking.

Guinea pigs are picky eaters and some guinea pigs might not like a particular brand of hay or pellets. As pbatters said so long as your giving them hay and the right veggies they will be fine skipping pellets. I feed my guinea pigs oxbow essentials adult for their pellet food and suddenly within the past 4 5 days they have stopped eating it they will either eat a few or sniff their bowls once and walk away altogether. They both look healthy and as of yet have not lost any weight.

Two of them have not been eating much of their pellets for the last few days. I am having a slight problem my guinea pig won t eat her pellets when i had the kind with the little colours things in it she would eat that but now she will like not even touch her pellets. Guinea pigs not eating their pellets. Do you weigh your pigs.

I do know a lot of people don t feed pellets because as long as they have unlimited hay and a variety of fresh they don t really need pellets. While some guinea pigs love bell peppers others might not touch it. The same applies for veggies as well. I think if she has like no hay or anything she might chew the carboard in her cage but i don t know if i have even seen her eat one pellet.

Not eating as much hay beginning 5 7. Guinea pig not eating hay or pellets or veggies. Guinea pigs are notorious for having incredibly sensitive bellies. So even though yesterday he devoured his entire bowl of new pellets it s possible that his gut doesn t agree with them today.

Watch for loose watery stools or just the opposite lack of a bowel movement for days. They just stopped eating pellets. But i just stopped feeding one brand and tried a new one. Pellets are the least important part of a guinea pigs diet.