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Day 3 of Guinea Pig Awareness Week .
We’ve covered hay and veg already so I thought I’d tackle the controversial one - nuggets!
Essentially piggies don’t need nuggets/ commercial guinea pig food. Shock. If you fed enough hay, forage and veg they don’t actually need them.
Day 2 of Guinea Pig Awareness Week
Let’s talk veggies!! VARIETY is key!! We feed a minimum of 3 different veggies a day and at least 10+ varieties a week. Veg should make up 10-15% of their daily diet. Piggies, like humans cannot make their own vitamin c. #guineapigawarenessweek
It’s Guinea pig awareness week!!!
Let’s start with HAY.
Hay should be at least 80% of your guinea pigs daily diet. It’s should be in big piles so that they can forage through it.
Hay is essential for digestion and wearing down the teeth.
We use 5 bales of hay a week!
Hay is life
Welcome Willow, Maggie and Delilah🩷🩷🩷 Their owner’s health has declined and they needed a safe place for these 3 much loved girls. They are super friendly and will join one of our herds once they have been quarantined 🩷🩷🩷
7.30am and breakfast delivered to the piggies. It’s grey and rainy here today but piggies need to be fed on time!😂🩷 #guineapigs #bedfordshire
The most beautiful girl called Maria has joined us today. Unfortunately her buddy passed away so she was in need of company. As you can see she has a head tilt and she’s also deaf.🩷 We’re a bit under the weather here as the youngest humans have brought the lurgy home from school
Thomasina popping through the tunnel to the veranda🩷 #afternoonsunshine #guineapigs
It’s raining here so I’m in The Hive which is our quarantine/hospital building. Just cleaning and chatting to the piggies ❤️
Over the last few days we’ve health checked, ivermectin and nail trimmed over 100++ piggies here at the sanctuary!! Photos are Holly and Thelma ❤️❤️
Rusty is a 6 year old lady that joined us yesterday. She’s come here to retire after the loss of her buddies. Our retirement spaces are now very limited. We also have no boar/male piggy spaces available. This is due to lack of funds.
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We’re setup and ready to trim nails and ivermectin 50+ piggies this morning. We will do the other half tomorrow. We’ve got it off to a fine art and it takes 2 of us about 1 1/2 hours to do 50-60 piggies.❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ #nailtrim #guineapigs
Suns out so I’m washing the piggies step stools. They absolutely love these to hide under. We particularly like to use them in the summer as they have air flow. They are also great during bonding as they have multiple exits. I’ll pack these away and get a new selection out 🌼🩷🌸
This is Posy and Pippa. Mother and daughter age 3 and 2. They have been much loved and their owners drove 2 1/2 hours to bring them to us 🩷🩷
This is Petunia and Fifi both 3 years old. PigDad kindly collected them yesterday amidst our hectic Saturday schedule. 🌸🌸 #welcome #guineapigs
