{"id":55704,"date":"2021-06-09T17:15:43","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T22:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/?p=55704"},"modified":"2025-10-20T18:28:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T23:28:30","slug":"nutritional-requirements-for-guinea-pigs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/nutritional-requirements-for-guinea-pigs\/","title":{"rendered":"Nutritional Requirements for Guinea Pigs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This client education handout reviews the nutritional requirements of guinea pigs. Providing guinea pigs the correct diet is an essential part of keeping these fun, loving creatures happy and healthy. Two extremely important nutrients that play a vital role in maintaining the health of guinea pigs are calcium and vitamin C. This educational material was awarded second place in the 2021\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aemv.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Association of Exotic Mammal Veterinarians<\/a> (AEMV) <a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/2021-aemv-veterinary-technology-contest\/\">Veterinary Technology Student Client Education Materials Contest<\/a>, sponsored by Lafeber Company.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Nutritional-Requirements-for-Guinea-Pigs3.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-55713\" src=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Nutr-Req-for-Gpigs-screenshot-copy-299x400.png\" alt=\"Calcium and Vit C handout screenshot\" width=\"175\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Nutr-Req-for-Gpigs-screenshot-copy-299x400.png 299w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Nutr-Req-for-Gpigs-screenshot-copy-500x669.png 500w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Nutr-Req-for-Gpigs-screenshot-copy.png 523w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Download the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Nutritional-Requirements-for-Guinea-Pigs3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PDF<\/a> version of this guinea pig nutrition client education handout, or modify the <a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Nutritional-Requirements-for-Guinea-Pigs3.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DOCX<\/a>\u00a0version\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Nutritional-Requirements-for-Guinea-Pigs3.doc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DOC<\/a>\u00a0version\u00a0for your veterinary hospital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This client education handout reviews the nutritional requirements of guinea pigs. 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