Is it safe for guinea pigs to eat grass?

Question

My guinea pig has just eaten some grass in my garden, is it safe??

Answer 1

Yes, it's safe as long as theres no pesticides or anything of that sort on it.

Answer 2

Yes, its fine, my piggy eats grass all the time

Answer 3

Yes - they need some fresh fruit/vegetables/greenery to complement their dry food.

Answer 4

Yep, as long as it has no chemicals or pesticides. And make sure it has no poisonous plants lingering about.

Answer 5

yes unless you put chemicals in it.

Answer 6

It is fine, but they prefer Timothy Hay..

Answer 7

Yes it's safe. My guinea pigs used to eat loads of it when they were out in their run.

Answer 8

its relly good for them unles it has chemicals on it

Answer 9

yep make sure it's not treated with anything and keep moving the run round so they can do the whole lawn!!!! my 5 are out munching as I type lol :D

Who needs lawnmowers when you have guinea pigs lol :D

Answer 10

yes it is safe. since guinea pigs naturally eat grass and plants in the wild anyway, pretty much any kind of green plant is safe. just DO NOT feed your guinea pigs any grass or plants that have any kind of chemicals on them.

Answer 11

Yes unless you spray stuff on the grass

Answer 12

just like everyone else says, as long as you havent sprayed anything on it then it will be fine. my 2 rats eat grass

Answer 13

Unless you spray your grass with some sort of pestacides then yes it's perfectly fine!

Answer 14

Of course it is, guinea pigs are suposed to eat grass everyday!!

Answer 15

Yes, so long as it's clean (no pesticides or weedkillers!), but I'm pretty sure daisies aren't very good for puinea gigs <3

(Sorry: I call them puinea gigs.. can't help it ;-)

Answer 16

YES!

mine love it- they squeak all the time if they dont get it.

Just make sure its free from pesticides, slug pellets or other animal droppings and they will love it!

you can also put them outside in a run of u dont wanna cut the grass yourself.

Its not a good idea to give them grass that has been cut by a lawnmower because it will probably have gone through the blade and it might be contaminated with petrol.

Good Luck

Answer 17

Yes as long as the grass hasn't been treated with anything. They also love dock leaves.

Answer 18

Yes. Unless you spray chemicals on your lawn, then it might not be good for it.

Answer 19

yes, but be careful if you are taking them off a dry-food diet & then let them fill up on fresh stuff. Their diet should always be changed gradually. Happy cobayas !