5 Eating

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! CAUTION: Food to AVOID at All Costs:

• Altered food: cooked, tinned, preserved, etc.
• Pickled vegetables: sour krauts, dills, capers
• Potatoes: skin and eyes are poisonous, very starchy, high in oxalic acid
• Nuts, Seeds, Lentils, Beans (exception are green beans)
• Rhubarb
• Mushrooms
• Red hot chilli peppers, Jalapeno peppers, Hot herbs and spices
• Collard Greens: could cause gas
• Bok choy
• Dairy products, Meat, Fish, Eggs, Bread, Chocolate
• Alcohol, Teas, Coffee, Carbonated Drinks, Fruit juices (exception can be made on sugar-free or unsweetened juices)
• Peanut butter, cakes, cookies, baked goods
• Iceberg lettuce: practically no nutritional value, very fibrous and watery
• Corn kernels, Popcorn: risk of choking
• Seeds: risk of choking
• Tomato leaves
• Tamarillo leaves
• Avocado, Coconut: too high in fat
• Taro: dangerous if eaten raw
• Jams, jellies and fruit preserves: too high in sugar
• Any non-guinea pig food which often contain seeds and different balance of vitamins and minerals which aren't suited for a guinea pig's dietary needs
• Any other junk we people eat. Almost anything that is nicely packed in supermarkets.