Guinea Pig Favorite Foods

Despite the recent posts concerning guinea pig poop, that isn't their favorite food! Oranges are a hit as well as vital to their nutrition. Unlike rabbits and other rodents, they need vitamin C from a food source or can actually die of scurvy! But Skittles loves them as well as green leaf lettuce as you can see. He's a fan of carrots and kale too. We've learned, however, that these little piggies can get picky! At first Skittles ate anything green that we gave him but now he has decided to reject mustard greens and spinach, leaving them to wilt even overnight in order to hold out for his real favorite--parsely! We've also learned that their eyesight is quite keen. While I made dinner for my human family, Skittles was silent as I opened and shut the refrigerator. But the whistles went off went I took out the bag of parsely!