Essentials Adult Guinea Pig Food

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Essentials Adult Guinea Pig is made with premium, purposeful ingredients to support your petā€™s healthy, active lifestyle. We start with high fiber Oxbow Western Timothy hay for healthy digestion and add stabilized Vitamin C and prebiotics to help support whole body health. Essentials Adult Guinea Pig provides 100% of your petā€™s daily recommended vitamins and minerals with no artificial preservatives, colors or flavors.

Details
  • Oxbow EVERYBite foods deliver complete nutrition in every serving
  • #1 ingredient is high fiber Timothy hay to help support digestive health
  • Stabilized Vitamin C and prebiotics help support whole body health
  • No artificial preservatives, colors, or flavors – just genuine, purposeful ingredients
  • Contains 100% of your pet’s daily recommended vitamins & minerals to help support whole body health
  • Formulated with the guidance of top veterinarians and nutritionists

Feed Complete, Uniform Food

Optimal daily nutrition comes from balanced meals chock full of essential vitamins and minerals in every bite that will keep your petā€™s body healthy and strong. All Oxbow foods are made with purposeful, premium ingredients and are 100% uniform to prevent the unhealthy selective eating habits that come with muesli and foraging mixes, and ensure complete nutrition in every bowl,ā€Æevery bite, every time!

Timothy Grass Meal, Soybean Hulls, Soybean Meal,
Cane Molasses, Wheat Middlings, Sodium
Bentonite, Soybean Oil, Salt, Lignin Sulfonate,
L-Ascorbyl-2-Monophosphate (Vitamin C),
Monocalcium Phosphate, Choline Chloride, Vitamin
E Supplement, Zinc Sulfate, Yeast Culture,
Hydrolyzed Yeast, Zinc Proteinate, Niacin, Copper
Sulfate, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Manganous Oxide,
Riboflavin Supplement, Biotin, Thiamine
Mononitrate, Magnesium Sulfate, Copper
Proteinate, Vitamin A Supplement, Sodium Selenite,
Manganese Proteinate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride,
Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Cobalt
Carbonate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Calcium Iodate

Crude Protein (min) 14.00% Crude Fat (min) 2.00%
Crude Fiber (min) 25.00% Crude Fiber (max)
28.00% Moisture (max) 10.00% Calcium (min) 0.35%
Calcium (max) 0.75% Phosphorus (min) 0.25%
Vitamin A (min) 10,000 IU/kg Ascorbic Acid (Vit C.)
(min) 250 mg/kg Vitamin D3 (min) 900 IU/kg Vitamin
E (min) 190 IU/kg

Mature Guinea Pigs (over 6 months)

Feed 1/8 cup pellets daily in addition to unlimited grass hay. Although Essentials – Adult Guinea Pig Food is an excellent complete feed for guinea pigs, unlimited access to fresh grass hay should also be provided. Choose from Oxbowā€™s Western Timothy, Orchard, Oat or Botanical grass hays to provide additional natural fiber. Essentials – Adult Guinea Pig Food is not intended for growing, gestating or lactating animals. Feed Essentials – Young Guinea Pig to guinea pigs requiring a higher level of nutrition.

Feed in addition to unlimited grass hay.

*This product is not intended for growing, active, pregnant or nursing guinea pigs. We encourage pet owners to feed Oxbow Essentials Young Guinea Pig Food during these stages of life.

Please note that these are guidelines. If your guinea pig is overweight or underweight, please contact your veterinarian or Oxbow for more specific feeding information.

Transitioning to a New Food: Week 1, mix 3 parts current food with 1 part new food. Week 2, mix 2 parts current food with 2 parts new food. Week 3, mix 1 part current food with 3 parts new food. Week four, feed Essentials – Adult Guinea Pig exclusively.

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