Can Guinea Pigs Eat Old Cucumber?

Our humans recently brought us home something called "old cucumber." What is old cucumber, you ask? It is apparently just a cucumber that has been left to ripen for so long that it is no longer green, but yellow or brown. It's used in Asian cooking. Will we like old cucumber as much as we like regular cucumber?

That doesn't look like a cucumber.

I want this piece! No, wait... I want that piece!

Lola can't decide which piece she wants, either.

It turns out old cucumber is a lot like lemon cucumber: it may look a little different, but it tastes just like regular cucumber, which we love. 5/5 stars!

(As with regular cucumbers, old cucumbers can be fed to us 2-4 times per week.)

Can Guinea Pigs Eat Lemons?

Humans, when will you learn that we don't like sour foods? We didn't like kumquats and we didn't like limes, so why would you feed us lemons? As with limes, you should feed us lemons "cautiously"--or, better yet, not at all since we probably won't like them.

What is this yellow disc of mouth-pain? I hate it!

Lemons are terrible and we give them 1/5 stars. Try harder next time, humans. It's not that hard to find foods we like!

Product Review: Oxbow Simple Rewards Lavender-Chamomile Medley

We love Oxbow's Simple Rewards treats! We liked the timothy treats, papaya medley, and the veggie treats, so it should come as no surprise that we like these as well.

Hey! Stop taking picture and bring that over here!

Why are you so greedy, Lola? Can't we all just eat together in peace?

As you can see, we found these treats to be delicious. These treats had a very fragrant aroma, which smelled a lot like a hot tea the humans sometimes drink before bedtime. Unlike most of the other Simple Rewards treats, these ones are crumbly, which means if your human likes to hold you in their lap and feed you treats, it'll be more difficult with these ones. Unlike Lola, I'm not a big fan of being held, so this doesn't bother me.

We'll give Oxbow Simple Rewards Lavender-Chamomile Medley 4.5/5 stars.

Product Review: Small Pet Select Timothy Hay

A few weeks back, we were contacted by the good folks at Small Pet Select about the possibility of sampling their hay and reviewing it on Cavy Savvy. Of course we agreed, and we eagerly waited for the glorious day when the big white and green box arrived at our doorstep.

Yum! For us?

We opened it up and saw a hand written letter:

The humans opened the door to our cage and let us at it. Broccoli as the first to discover the box...

Sniff sniff sniff

Then the humans placed the hay in our bowl and we chowed down:

This is tasty, tasty hay.

We love timothy hay from Small Pet Select. It is cheaper and fresher than pet store hay, and it comes right to our door. Plus, shipping is extremely reasonable (actually, shipping is currently FREE if you use the code T32HAY30 when you check out!)

To order some for yourselves, just click here. Seriously, give them a try. You'll never buy pet store hay again.

5/5 stars!

Can Guinea Pigs Eat Passion Poppers?

Passion poppers are a type of kiwi, which we have already reviewed. Kiwis can be fed to us only 1-2 times per week since they are high in sugar, and passion poppers are a very sweet variety of kiwi, so you should be even more cautious.

Lola tried to shove her way in to get to the food. Typical behavior for Lola!

Broccoli got bored. Oh well, more tiny kiwis for me!

Now I'm bored of them too. 

Normally, we love sweet foods, and I was a fan of regular kiwis, but something was just off about passion poppers. We did like them at first before we all got bored them, which should count for something, I suppose. 2/5 stars.

Happy Cavy's Guinea Pig Rescue Bedding Contest

The good piggies over at HappyCavy have partnered with CareFresh to create a new contest to benefit guinea pigs at rescue shelters. You can help your favorite rescue shelter win 12 bags of CareFresh bedding and help guinea pigs who are looking for a new forever home stay comfortable while they wait to be adopted.

To Enter Just click here to visit their contest page and leave a comment telling them which rescue you'd like to see win the contest. Hurry, voting ends October 1st, 2012!

Who's This Little Guy?

Why, it's Poko, looking positively dashing in his new cape! As you may remember, Poko was one of the three winners of our last giveaway, which was to celebrate reaching over 100 followers! You never know when we'll have another contest, so be sure to become a follower of Cavy Savvy by clicking the "Join This Site" button over on the right side of the page. That way, you'll be the first to know when we hold our next giveaway!