Guinea Pig Food and Fun

When Skittles can't go outside, we like to bring some of the outdoors in. Guinea pigs chew in order to keep their teeth trim and healthy. Since their teeth don't fall out, they will keep growing and growing unless they have something to gnaw on. Imagine that, guinea pig tusks ...

A favorite chew toy for our pig is a fruit tree twig - especially citrus. Lemon, orange and grapefruit twigs are all great. Skittles loves to chew the bark off the branches and then he carries around the stick, shaking it and generally having a good time.

Guinea Pig Gnawing

Guinea pigs love being a little mischievous.

They love gnawing. They'd also love to gnaw on things like electrical chords, sweaters, cloth, newspapers, or virtually anything. The biological reason is that gnawing helps to trim the fast growing front teeth.

I've even seen skittles chew on hair! If you want to keep your hair, try giving them some wood blocks or citrus branches, or other tree branches to gnaw on.