My piggies agree very strongly! It's not easy to become overweight on salad and hay! And trust me, they have really tried! 😂🥰❤️🥗

Thank You for this. I been get people criticizing me, Saying I'm feeding my pigs too much veggies. I make my boys fancy salads all the time and let them pick what they want from it. No matter how many different veggies I put in the dish they will only take from the veggie dish what they want and leave the rest behind. In the years I've had Beavis, he always seems to maintain the same weight, 1500 grams. I don't know how exactly he manages to maintain that same weight but he does. Both my pigs are 1500 grams. Next time a person criticizes I'm responding with a link to this video. 🐹🐹💯

Except when some piggies get very depressed, then they may develop different habits as coping mechanisms. Our beautiful old piggy Barry died in 2020 and his younger 2ish year old cagemate entered a deep depression and started heavily overeating pellets. We had never needed to restrict the amount of pellets in his cage before but he went from 1250g~ to 1600g in the 3-6 months following Barry's death. Davion, the overeater, rejected all attempts at bonding. He just lay down, face in pellet bowl for months. We finally found a 3 week old baby girl piggie that he as a neutered boar accepted. And now he is madly in love with her. We still have to only put a daily allowance of pellets because he eats every last one he sees, but he is much more active and happier now. The two of them go through more hay than any of our other piggies, and they are doing great. It's been a year since adopting the little girl and Davion is down to 1500g.

I'm so glad I found this!!! My boy's yell at me everytime I see them because they want move veggies. It is their favorite part of the day 🤣🤣

🐹📢 WHEEK WHEEK Was that a horse I heard in the background? An thank you for telling our hoomins that they can not over fed us. We really love and need our food.🥬🍅🥗 I approve of this video. Sincerely ~ Nacho

I got this in at the right moment. I thought my pigs were eating too much. Lol. They’re just healthy.

Hi Saskia I agree with you on that they do regulate their own food intake.

They eat until rate of consumption is same as rate of expulsion :-D

Thanks for posting. Jim was so handsome. You always have great information. I think that I heard the horses blustering in the background.

This piggy is adorable. I love how his hair stands up on top. ❤️❤️❤️

Love these shorts💚💚💚💚

Super helpful; very concise; thank you for this video 💜

Thanks Saskia useful information 👍😃

Thank you. This was very helpful.

I have a piggy I had to cut back veggies with bc he got chunky. And it worked.

What a BEAUTIFUL PIGGY he is!! He's a Ridgeback piggy, agouti too, PRECIOUS baby!! Oh, how I wish I could come to the rescue and volunteer, I just LOVE guinea pigs!! Saskia, Thank you for all the education on these beautiful little fur balls!

The guinea pig looked a little bit like Don King with his hair sticking up. It was so cute.

I love how the piggy started to eat and then he put his paw on it as if it were taking his spotlight 😂😂❤️

watching my guineas tuck in to their food is a huge sauce of happiness. One sign that all is NOT well is a piggy that doesn't seem interested in food...except for the camera shy ones 😉 lovely video as always ❤

My piggies get snacks during the day with pellets and hay, then veggie platters at night, they know when it is dinner time and popcorn everywhere. Love watching them all excited, I'd prefer them fat and happy, than underweight and unhappy