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Guinea Pig Safe Veggie List

Feed  approximately one to one and a half cups of fresh vegetables per pig daily. 

Feeding Fresh veggies provides needed vitamin C and nutrients.

Be careful not to overfeed veggies and if you notice your piggy having soft stool after feeding vegetables, stop feeding them for a minimum of 24 hours and then add back in sparingly.

 

Avoid vegetables high in sugar, calcium and known to cause gas or bloat.

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Let's Build a Guinea Pig Salad!

 

The Following are OK to Feed Daily: Choose 1-3 items from this list to create the base of your balanced salad, you do not need to feed everything at once. This is essentially a mix and match guide.

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  • Green leaf Lettuce 1-2 leaves per pig

  • Red Leaf Lettuce

  • Romain Lettuce

  • Butter Lettuce

  • Green, Red, Orange or Yellow Bell Pepper 1/4 per pig daily is recommended for vitamin C

  • Cilantro

  • Spring Mix

  • Zucchini with skin

  • Baby Carrot one per pig 

Offer 1-2 items from the following list 2-4 times per week. This is a rotation list and not meant to be fed all at once.​

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  • Tomato -1 cherry or 1 small slice per piggy

  • Arugula

  • Green Beans 1 or 2 per piggy

  • Snap Peas 1 or 2 per piggy

  • Celery 

  • Corn Husks and Silk

  • Cucumber (can cause gas in some piggies, is rare but watch for this)

  • Endive

  • Parsley

  • Wheat Grass (Cat Grass) or Grass (be sure grass is not treated with pesticides)

  • Chicory Greens

  • Mustard Greens

  • Squash

  • Radicchio

The following are OK to Feed Rarely, Once Per Week at Most: These are special treats and as above, this is a rotation list and not meant to be fed all at once

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  • Dandelion Greens (high in calcium)

  • Spinach (high in calcium)

  • Dill

  • Mint

  • Raw Pumpkin

  • Carrot Tops

  • Mustard Greens

  • Kale (high in calcium)

The Following Fruit As Occational Special Treats

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  • Apple (no core, no seeds)

  • Blackberries

  • Blueberries

  • Cantaloupe

  • Raspberries

  • Strawberries

  • Watermelon with Rind

  • Banana

  • Melon

  • Mango

Never Feed: 

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  • Frozen or Cooked Vegetables

  • Iceberg Lettuce

  • Cabbage/ANY color-can cause gas

  • Broccoli-can cause gas

  • Brussel Sprouts-can cause gas

  • Cauliflower-can cause gas

  • Yogurt Drops

  • Chocolate (or anything else with caffeine)

  • Onions

  • Garlic

  • Mushrooms

  • Avocados

  • Nuts

  • Potatoes

  • Seeds

  • Corn Kernels

  • Peanut Butter

  • Rhubarb

  • Bok Choy

  • Dairy Products

  • Bread

  • Meat

  • Salt Licks

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*SCGPR Recognizes that others recommend Broccoli, Cauliflower and Brussels Sprouts as being safe for guinea pigs. However we have seen first hand that these particular veggies have a high probability to cause gas/bloat in guinea pigs. We prefer to err on the side of caution so we have removed these from our recommended veggies list.

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