Guinea pig hay for your guinea pig!

Order Guinea Pig hay quickly and easily at DRD Rodent Shop ^®

For fiber-rich guinea pig hay, DRD Rodent Shop ^® is the right place for you! You can choose from different types and brands of guinea pig hay. Hay is very important for guinea pigs. This is because guinea pigs have a so-called 'full stomach'. Their stomach is not very muscular and therefore cannot independently transport the food to the next part of the intestine. This is supposedly taken over by the next food portions. This also explains why guinea pigs eat an average of 80-120 small portions of food per day. Their diet consists largely of hay!

Why can guinea pigs digest hay so well?

Thanks to the large appendix of guinea pigs (the so-called fermentation chamber). That is where the fine dietary fibres of the hay go. There they are converted into proteins, vitamin B and vitamin K by special bacteria.

From the appendix come the appendix pellets (grape-shaped and surrounded by a layer of mucus), which are ingested by guinea pigs. This is a natural process that is very important for health. Thanks to hay, this entire process is maintained and promoted. Hay is therefore an indispensable component of the guinea pig's daily diet.