Can my Guinea Pig eat Peppers (Capsicum), Sweet Orange?

Yes, they can eat it daily!

A delicious addition to a varied diet - guinea pigs should have a minimum of 5 leafy greens to make up their staple vegetable portion. High in vitamin C.

While capsicums or sweet peppers are sweeter than leafy greens, their high vitamin C content means that daily small amounts of a 1 cm x 1 cm cube can be valuable

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Guinea pigs and rabbits should have a variety of at least 5 different types of leafy greens to protect against nutritional excesses and deficiencies. At least 80% of the diet should be a good quality grass or cereal hay.

✔ Validated by Dr. Nicole Su

Dr. Nicole is Upilio's in-house veterinarian and bunny parent. With her oldest rabbit Ella now 10 years of age, she developed a passion for small herbivore nutrition and credits Ella's health to a good diet, as well as plenty of love.