Can Guinea Pigs Eat Zucchini?

If you’re seeking a vegetable that you can add to the daily vegetable intake for your guinea pig, you may wonder if zucchini is safe. When it comes to vegetables, zucchini, part of the summer squash family, is a good one for guinea pigs to eat. It contains the all important vitamin C needed by guinea pigs to help them better use calcium.

Zucchini is also low in salt, sulfur, and sugar so no issues there. One of the worries with foods for guinea pigs is the oxalic acid and the ratio of calcium to phosphorus. Zucchini is low in oxalic acid and has a good ratio between calcium and phosphorus.

All of this combined means that zucchini can be a great treat for your guinea pig. If you choose to feed your guinea pig zucchini, introduce it gradually.

How Much Zucchini Can Guinea Pigs Eat?

Make sure you have purchased organic zucchini if possible that is free of chemical fertilizers and pesticides that could be harmful to your guinea pig. Always throughly wash the zucchini before cutting it into small pieces and feed zucchini raw to your guinea pig, never cooked. If your guinea pig has never tried it before, start off with just a few small pieces.

If they don’t show any ill affects from the first few pieces, you can feed it again in a couple days. For most guinea pigs zucchini can in fact be part of a daily mixture of vegetables. If you want to feed zucchini daily, work up to that frequency so they can get used to it a little at a time.

Can Guinea Pigs Eat Yellow Zucchini?

Once you know guinea pigs can eat zucchini without ill affects, you may wonder if guinea pigs can eat yellow zucchini as well. Yellow zucchini can also be a good snack for your pet and mixing slices of yellow and green zucchini is a great way to add variety and a dash of color to your guinea pig’s mix of greens.

Keep in mind that yellow zucchini does have more sugar in it than green zucchini. This means your guinea pig will probably like yellow zucchini better but be careful not to let them get an abundance of sugar in their diet.

Can Guinea Pigs Eat Courgette?

If you live or travel outside of the United States and you aren’t from Australia, you may wonder if guinea pigs can eat courgette. The answer is yes, courgette is good for your guinea pigs to snack on. Courgette is part of the summer squash family and is actually just a less mature and a smaller version of zucchini. Courgette is about the size of a cigar which makes it a great size for slicing and feeding to your guinea pig. As the courgette matures it gets larger. At around 15-20 centimeters it is then referred to as a zucchini.

So whether it’s courgette or zucchini, your guinea pig can safely eat it and will probably welcome this addition to their daily diet.