Oxbow Essentials Cavy Cuisine Adult Guinea Pig Food

I have two boys, a Teddy age 4 and a 3 year old Coronet. They've been eating a basic brand of pellet that I buy locally, and doing okay. Lately, my Teddy has been having a bit of itchy skin stuff going on, and his coat is a bit dry. He did this last winter, too, when the furnace started running non-stop, but it's a bit worse this year. Friends with guinea pigs kept saying "put them on Oxbow," "Oxbow is the best," etc. I do know that many cavy experts recommend it, so I figured, "Can't hurt," and ordered a 5-lb bag from Chewy. Neither of my piggies will touch it. They tried a bite when I first put it in their dishes, said, "Yuck," and focused on their old food. I've tried serving it mixed I have two boys, a Teddy age 4 and a 3 year old Coronet. They've been eating a basic brand of pellet that I buy locally, and doing okay. Lately, my Teddy has been having a bit of itchy skin stuff going on, and his coat is a bit dry. He did this last winter, too, when the furnace started running non-stop, but it's a bit worse this year. Friends with guinea pigs kept saying "put them on Oxbow," "Oxbow is the best," etc. I do know that many cavy experts recommend it, so I figured, "Can't hurt," and ordered a 5-lb bag from Chewy. Neither of my piggies will touch it. They tried a bite when I first put it in their dishes, said, "Yuck," and focused on their old food. I've tried serving it mixed in with their regular pellets, and in the morning all of the Oxbow is still in the dish. I've tried serving it separately, and not a pellet has been touched. So far, a good third of the bag has gone into the compost. They just don't like the stuff at all. It may be a highly recommended food by guinea pig fans and small animal experts. But the best food in the world isn't a good food, if your pets won't eat it! … more

I have been buying this food for a year now. I have 5 guinea pigs, so I buy the 25lb bag, which is a great size for 5. I give each of them 1/8 cup of oxbow pellets, and unlimited Timothy hay. They are in great health! This is the only brand of food I can get them to eat. Other brands, they would be in the middle of a bag and just totally quit eating the food all together. Some brands they would let little piece of the food behind. Some I would buy, and they wouldn’t even touch any food at all out of the bag. Again, I have been buying this for a year, they eat every bit, every time! I would definitely recommend this to a friend, or anybody, to buy for their guinea pigs!

I always feed my small pets the Oxbow brand as it is the best out there for your little one! Although my guinea pig loves it, it would be nice if Chewy.com would sell this in a smaller bag rather than this size only as this is way too big for one guinea pig alone. Other than that, I would still recommend this to anyone who has a large herd of guinea pigs in their home.

My guinea pig loves this food! I have been looking for the right type of pellets for my piggy and with a lot of reviews and vet recommendations I purchased the Oxbow Essentials and My Piggy eats all of it up, and he has gained a lot of weight (he was mistreated when I got him and was very under weight) and his fur grew in thick and healthy!

We have been eating this Oxbow Essentials pellets since our mommy purchased us about a year and a half ago. We love it, and have never had any problems. We're both very healthy boys! Chewy.com always ships it fast too!

I love this food! It has so many essential nutrients! And it’s at a great price! We use this food at Petsmart where I work and the guineas there love it too! I will always recommend and use Oxbow for any small animal.

I love having our food shipped right to the house. It's so convenient. This food is great, it doesn't have any extra junk in it and it provides vitamin c, essential for guinea pigs. It arrived fresh and in perfect condition. I got the 10 lb bag as I wanted it to last a bit longer.

We recently began to feed our pets Bell & Beauty Oxbow adult food and they absolutely love it. They clean their bowl. It diffinately seem to have a little more bounce in their step now that we feed them Oxbow Essentials.

This is the best guinea pig food out there. It has vitamin C which the guinea pigs need to live and it has a long shelf life. My vet recommended it to me. I love this large size and my piggies love it.

The reviews of this food are excellent and the ingredients indicate it is a high quality food. To top it all off, it was far cheaper than any other Guinea pig food elsewhere.