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My guinea pig prefers hamster food. Is it safe to feed her this?

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

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Answered By Dr. Strydom, DVM

Veterinarian

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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