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What's the best food for my guinea pig and how much to feed?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Small Animal | Guinea Pig | Male | unneutered | 10 months and 7 days old

Would you say this is good guinea pig food? I normally get grreat choice but I thought I'd try this.

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Answered By Todd Cecil

Veterinarian

Published on January 25th, 2019

Thanks for reaching out about Cosmo and including photos. Kaytee is a good brand, proven nutrition. But the predominant part of a guinea pigs food should be a quality timothy hay. High fiber hay required lots of chewing, thereby providing fiber to wear down the teeth. An average guinea pig should probably have 1/4 cup of pellets daily. That can be divided to twice daily. Good luck.

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