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sabs789
Posted 6/13/2009 2:28:18 PM
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My piggie, Shakira, is not eating her Zupreem pellets but eats Ecotrition pellets. I cant give her Ecotrition because she is little overweight and it is not healthy. So I am giving her Zupreem pellets and she doesn't even touch them. What can I do?
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animalgirl
Posted 7/1/2009 8:32:38 AM


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If she won't eat the other brand of pellets then let her eat the Ecotrition pellets, just give her less of them.

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urofan
Posted 7/9/2009 5:22:40 PM
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I agree with animal girl's advice.  Animals get used to the way certain foods taste, and sometimes they favor the food that they're used to eating.  Please provide us with updates on your guinea pig's condition.

JOSHUA
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animalgirl
Posted 7/13/2009 11:38:30 AM


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Yeah, animals definitely start to like the taste of one food then won't eat anything else. Like when I gave Bun Bun a cherry and she stopped eating greens for a while. Then she made me chase her around the neighborhood for ten minutes when she got out of her harness and only came to me when I gave her a cherry.

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My small 'n furries:
Bun Bun- lionhead rabbit                            Shadow- black bear hamster

My other pets:
Rocky- boxer dog
Tweetie, Tiger, Cookie, Lava- land hermit crabs
Moonlight- betta fish

R.I.P. Peppermint- my favorite hermit crab for 2 years 11/15

 You're Nuts No Tongue On The Floor Smarty Tongue Out 2 Toungue Out Tongue Out Crazy Sickened 

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Posted 7/14/2009 6:09:57 PM
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sabs789 (6/13/2009)
My piggie, Shakira, is not eating her Zupreem pellets but eats Ecotrition pellets. I cant give her Ecotrition because she is little overweight and it is not healthy. So I am giving her Zupreem pellets and she doesn't even touch them. What can I do?

I'm not an expert, but are pellets the only thing that your piggie is eating right now?  Are you able to feed it vegetables?  That might help somewhat.

JOSHUA

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animalgirl
Posted 7/15/2009 5:31:09 PM


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Guinea pigs eat almost the same thing as rabbits. Timothy hay, vegetables, and pellets. They should be given lots of timothy hay all day long, vegetables once in the morning and once in the evening and not a lot of pellets.

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My small 'n furries:
Bun Bun- lionhead rabbit                            Shadow- black bear hamster

My other pets:
Rocky- boxer dog
Tweetie, Tiger, Cookie, Lava- land hermit crabs
Moonlight- betta fish

R.I.P. Peppermint- my favorite hermit crab for 2 years 11/15

 You're Nuts No Tongue On The Floor Smarty Tongue Out 2 Toungue Out Tongue Out Crazy Sickened 

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