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What are some good healthy fruits I can feed my guinea pig2007-11-24 22:16:31

AVOID Danger foods:

- Iceburg Lettuce (low nutrition, high water)

- Hot Peppers / Chiles / Paprikas

- Hot herbs and spices

- Pickled veggies (dills, capers, sour krauts)

- Garlic or pungent onions (will not poison pigs, )

- Tomato leaves & stalks (poisonous)

- Tomatillo leaves & stalks (poisonous)

- Rhubarb (poisonous)

- Seeds (choking hazard)

- Dry beans and peas

- Nuts (too high in fat)

- Avocado (too high in fat)

- Coconut (too high in fat)

- Horseradish (leaves probably ok, root too pungent)

- Mushrooms

- Potatos (poisonous if green or sprouted) - sweet patatos / yams are ok

- Taro (dangerous if eaten raw / unprepared)

- Jams, jellies and fruit preserves (too high in sugar)

- Fruit juices (sugar-free, or unsweetened juices are OK)

- Teas, coffee, colas

- Fried, cooked and otherwise prepared foods

- Peanut butter, cakes, cookies, baked goods

- Milk and milk products

- Wild grasses, plants and herbs that you are unsure of, or that look different from ones you know

- Flowers (commercially grown decorative plants contain preservatives & pesticides)

- Canned veggies

Asian Fruit and Vegetables: (I tried to include names in various languages when possible)

- Abiu / Caimo / Canistel / Dan Huang Guo

- Bamboo Shoots

- Banana Leaves

- Betel Leaves / La Lop