Updated On September 23rd, 2025
Pet's info: Small Animal | Guinea Pig | Female | unspayed | 5 years and 9 months old
My mom accidentally bought hamster food, and i found out just now. But my guinea pig seems to like hamster food more than guinea pigs’ Is it okay to feed her this? Since my mom bought a huge pack of those accidentally.. and my guinea pig likes it a lot
1 Answer
Published on January 12th, 2020
No, sorry, he needs to eat the guinea pig food. Guinea pigs need a special diet that contains a lot of vitamin C as their body cannot make it on it's own. The hamster diet is not balanced for guinea pigs.
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