Can Guinea Pigs Eat Plums?

Plums come in a variety of different colors, but the humans decided to go with the red ones. They must read our blog! We mentioned recently that we've noticed that we tend to like red fruits. So will this trend continue?

Yum!

Oh no! Lola likes it too. You know what that means?

That means she's going to hog the rest for herself! No fair!

Yet another delicious red fruit! 5/5 stars! Is the color red nature's way of saying, "eat me, I'm delicious"? It sure seems that way!

Can Guinea Pigs Eat Grapes?

The humans didn't listen to us. We requested another red fruit to review. They gave us a purple fruit instead. Oh well, I can we can't complain too much. At least we're getting to eat some fruit! Today, we're reviewing grapes. Grapes can be fed to your guinea pig 2-4 times per week.

I'm smiling with anticipation. (And yes, those are the seagrass twists on the floor by the bowl.)

Yum!

Grapes are juicy and delicious! I ate until my little belly was full and then took a nap in the pigloo. Ordinarily, I would have tried to take some of Buffy's food too, but I just needed to nap and digest. It was a fun time. We should do this again, humans. 5/5 stars.

Product Review: Farmers Market Seagrass Twists by Ware Mfg.

Today, we tried Seagrass Twists. The package claims it's "flavorful fun" for rabbits, chinchillas and guinea pigs.

But it lies.

Let the rabbits, chinchillas, and other small mammals keep these things!

I was the first one to take it from the human's hand. As if I'd ever allow Buffy first dibs.

Yuck.

The humans tried to encourage us to give these things another chance. They held them in front of our faces, but we'd just turn away from them. Then they tried dropping them into our dishes. I guess they thought if it was in our dish, we'd be more likely to consider it food and chew on it. Come on, humans. Give us a little credit. We know those are the same lame treats you tried to feed us earlier, and we'll just eat around them when we want hay. In fact, why don't I just push them out of the way with my nose? Yes, that's better. Anyway, these food bowl obstacles get 1/5 stars.

Can Guinea Pigs Eat Apples?

We've noticed a pattern in our reviews: we seem to love red foods. We loved strawberries, raspberries, tomatoes, and watermelon. Today, we're reviewing red delicious apples. Let's see if the pattern continues.

They call this a "red delicious" apple. It's certainly red, but we'll be the judge of whether it's delicious or not!

Hey, that is delicious!

I guess they really are delicious apples after all! 5/5 stars. Keep the red fruits coming, humans! I wonder if we're allowed to eat red currants or lychees?

Product Review: Oxbow Oat Hay

Timothy hay should make up the majority of your piggy's diet, but sometimes it's good to mix things up a little. On that note, we're going to review Oxbow's Oat Hay.

Oat Hay? That's different from what we usually eat.

Hmm... That's different.

Lola looks really content with her face buried in a dish full of oat hay. I'll just leave her to it.

We'll give Oxbow's Oat Hay 4.5/5 stars. I liked it, but Lola fell in love with the stuff. She keeps asking me if the humans are going to buy this stuff again (as if I can predict what those silly humans are going to do!). By the way, if you're wondering how often you can feed your guinea pig this stuff, we're not 100% sure. Oxbow's website says "unlimited amounts", but someone at guineapigcages.com says 2-3 times per week. It's probably better to err on the side of caution and only give it to us 2-3 times per week. If you really want to do your research, you can check out the ratios of calcium to phosphorus and other technical stuff that a guinea pig like me doesn't really understand at guinealynx.

Remembering Annie

In two of our past posts, Annie has come up. I mentioned her way back when I introduced myself, and again when we posted our baby pictures. So who was Annie? Annie was the first piggy that our humans owned. They got her off Craigslist from a woman who was moving away and could not bring Annie with her.

Annie, shortly after the humans got her.

Annie plays with her hay-ball toy.

One time, Annie got stuck in her toy, though. That's probably why the humans got rid of it.

The reason the humans got us is because they read that guinea pigs get lonely by themselves. Even though Annie bit my ear when she first met me, we ended up becoming good friends. Annie only lived for about a year after our humans got her, but we'll always remember her fondly.

Can Guinea Pig Eat Basil?

We have not reviewed too many herbs so far. We've tried cilantro and dill, but I think that's all so far. Today, we're going review herb #3: basil. Keep in mind that basil is a food that you should only feed your piggy once or twice per week.

Our eyes are a little red from the camera flash. That's not the basil's fault.

The basil is pretty good. 

I like this. Not sure if I like it enough to steal Buffy's share after I'm done. We'll  see!

We'll give basil 4/5 stars. It was good, but we didn't go crazy for it like we do for certain other foods (like carrots).