Kaytee Timothy Complete Guinea Pig Food

I’ve had guinea pigs for over 35 years and all of my boys love this feed. It’s timothy based so not as much calcium as alfalfa hay ( alfalfa can lead to kidney stones). It always arrives fresh and is a great buy.

Always get on time!

Somehow my guinea pig has a very picky taste bud, and this is the only one that he enjoys. I assume this is decent quality as he just turned 6 years old.

QUICK REVIEW:
—No fattening treats.
—Piggies love it.
—Amazon matches Chewy for price.
—Vitamin C included.
—Good part of a guinea pig’s diet.
—Can be fed daily.
—Feeds 3 adult females for about 3-4 weeks per bag.
—Broken bags are rare.
—Easy open and resealable bag.

DETAILED REVIEW:
I’ve been a proud guinea pig owner for two years to my three girls and from day one, I have used this brand and this flavor or pellets. All guinea pigs require pellets in their diet to secure key vitamins and nutrients they cannot get from hay alone. I pick Timothy Complete because it packs the most nutrients without those fattening ‘treats’ mixed in. A lot of other pellets have dried carrots and treats mixed in that should not be given daily to guinea pigs. It also can lead to potentially picky piggies as they choose the treats over regular pellets. This way, I can feed my piggies their pellets daily and not have to worry about them gaining weight. My piggies have always liked this brand and will always eat their bowls down to dust every day. I have had no issues with pellets going untouched.
I have noticed many reviews complaining that their boxes arrive with the bags open and pellets spilled everywhere. Thankfully, I have only ever had that issue once out of several orders/bags. Amazon also competes well with Chewy’s prices. If you have Prime, pick Amazon and you’ll save at least $5 over Chewy on shipping every time you order more. Compared to brands like Oxbow, Kaytee is also very affordable. So far, I have no reason to feed my piggies anything else.

Came from a “foraging” diet food and that only encouraged selective feeding, so I switched to this.
Had to adjust my guinea pigs diet at first by doing a 80/20 mix then a 60/40 and slowly more until it was entirely the new Kaytee brand and they’ve adjusted great! Love that there’s so many vitamins in this that will assist in keeping our little piggies happy and healthy!

We fed our guinea pigs the same food the pet shop gave them, the most expensive brand they had, for about a year. They seemed to take it like medicine and we were throwing away uneaten pellets even after adding less to the bowl for 4 guinea pigs.

When I poured this new stuff into their bowl for the first time, they immediately began to popcorn and squeal their heads off. Not only do they finish every last bit (we always make sure they don’t fully run out and keep it filled), but they’ve also begun moving their bowl across the pen, under their blanket, so they can keep eating it. They literally lay over the bowl with their faces in it. To stop me from moving the bowl back, they flip it and dump the pellets out. I know this because I see them finishing off what little is left of the pile, their bowl upside down and do the side. I have yet to catch them in the act.

We had a few occasions where they surprised us by eating their pellets faster than we anticipated (and hiding their bowl), and it took a while before we found the right amount to provide. They went through this stuff twice as fast with virtually none wasted, and it’s still far cheaper than what we fed them before, about 1/3 the price.

I keep checking the labels because I don’t understand how they get more excited about pellets than carrots, and I assume there has to be some kind of catch. I haven’t found one yet. The nutrition is largely the same. The more expensive version might have slightly more vitamins for a few of the ones listed, but sometimes it has less.

I’m assuming that if it’s consumed eagerly like a treat, it must be a treat. Some catch, like an unhealthy ingredient that they should not get too much of, that can explain why they want the cheap stuff so bad that they keep pushing their bowl into their bed so they don’t have to stop eating it.

Haven’t found it yet.