Safe Foods for Guinea Pigs
Your Guinea pig's daily diet should consist of fresh water, pellet food, and grass hay (such as Timothy or Sweet Meadow hay). Below you will find a list of foods that are safe to feed your Guinea pig, no more than 1 cup per serving.
Daily:
Bell Peppers*
-Green/Yellow, no seeds!
Boston Lettuce
Butterhead Lettuce
Cilantro (1/4 cup)
Cucumber Slices
Radicchio
Red Leaf Lettuce
Romain Lettuce
Swiss Chard
Zucchini
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NEVER FEED: Iceberg lettuce, potato, sweet potato including any part of the plant, tomato leaves/stems, rhubarb, fruit cores/pits/seeds, beans.
Weekly:
Arugula
Blueberries
Carrots
Celery (remove veins)
Cranberries
Garden Cress
Dandelion Greens
Endive
Grapes
Kohlrabi
Red Cherry Tomatoes
-NO leaves or stems!
Parsley
Parsnip
Raspberries
Red Bell Peppers
Summer Squash
Winter Squash
Monthly:
Apple
Asparagus
Basil
Blackberries
Broccoli
Brussel Sprouts
Cauliflower
Elderberries
Grapefruit
Honeydew
Kale
Kiwi
-Remove skin/seeds
Mango
Greens
Melon
Mint
Mustard Greens
Nectarine
Okra
Orange
Papaya
Peach
Pineapple
Plum
Spinach
Starfruit
Strawberries
Thyme
Turnip Greens
Watercress
Watermelon