Suitable for Guinea Pigs.
Gerty Guinea Pig Tasty Mix is nutritionally balanced and suitable for guinea pigs of all shapes and sizes. Delicious ingredients such as maize, oats, wheat, peas and lucerne, as well as added Vitamin C provide a tasty everyday diet that helps promote your pet’s natural wellbeing and vitality.
Should I give my guinea pig a muesli style feed, I've heard it's bad for them as it encourages selective feeding?
"Our personal opinion (as experienced guinea pig parents) is that criticism of muesli style mixes is a little unfair. Muesli, per say, is not the issue, it can actually encourage foraging and provide added enrichment if it's a good quality mix. Additionally, it's a handy tool for an underweight guinea pig that needs a boost. BUT the problem is if it's overfeed. There's then a high risk of the guinea pig selectively feeding and not getting the right nutritional balance. If a guinea pig is getting 80-90% hay, 5% nuggets, a cup of fresh greens and fresh drinking water daily then it's getting a decent balance. In this case, muesli is a perfectly suitable complementary feed." - Rik, Co-founder of HayPigs!
KEY BENEFITS
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Nutritionally balanced, tasty mix.
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Contains natural prebiotics for digestive health.
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Delicious ingredients including fl aked peas and maize.
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With all the vitamins and minerals pets need to keep them happy and healthy.
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Correctly balanced calcium : phosphorus ratio – calcium 0.6%, phosphorus 0.5%.
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Promotes natural foraging.
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Best ever taste – no added sugar.
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Stabilised Vitamin C for health and vitality.
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Suitable for all life stages.
RECOMMENDED FOR
Guinea Pigs.
FEEDING GUIDE
For an average sized adult guinea pig, limit to 40-50g of Gerty Guinea Pig per day (if used as your main feed). If you notice that your piggy is selectively feeding, do ensure that they are getting the right balance of nutrition from the rest of their diet (that's 80-90% hay, 5% nuggets, a cup of fresh greens and fresh drinking water daily).
If used in conjunction with another nugget food, reduce portion sizes further or give this feed sparingly as a treat.
Store in a cool dry place.
INGREDIENTS
Extruded Wheat, Flaked Peas, Flaked Maize, Alfalfa Meal, Soya Bean Meal, Flaked Wheat, Whole Oats, Soya Bean Hulls, Extruded Maize, Soya Oil, Wheat Feed, Extruded Locust Beans. May Contain Genetically Modified Soya And Traces Of Nuts.
Analytical Constituents: Protein 16.0%, Crude Fibre 8.0%, Fat Content 4.0%, Inorganic Matter 5.0%, Calcium 0.6%, Phosphorus 0.5%
Nutritional Additives/KG: Vitamin A 37,300 IU, Vitamin C 420mg, Vitamin D3 2000 IU, Ferrous Sulphate Monohydrate 61mg, Vitamin E 100mg, Iron (As Iron (II) Sulphate Monohydrate) 50 Mg, Iodine (As Calcium Iodate, Anhydrous) 1.5 Mg, Copper (As Copper (II) Sulphate Pentahydrate) 7.5 Mg, Manganese (As Manganese (II) Oxide) 30 Mg, Zinc (As Zinc Oxide) 100 Mg, Selenium (As Sodium Selenite) 0.25 Mg