Pure Timothy Pellets

If you guys remember, we mentioned before about Princess Club Corp. selling pure timothy pellets. We had no idea what the ingredients were until we asked, and they replied to us that it's pure timothy in pellet form. So we looked it up to see if there are any information about feeding us pure grass pellets, even if it's originally meant for horses and boom! We stumbled upon this brand with the exact same information about the pure timothy pellets. What we found was this.

It all sounds nice, but one thing that makes us wonder; is it okay for us to consume it for the rest of our life? We piggies need more than just hay. Vitamin C wouldn't be a problem if we get it from our veggies everyday, syringe feeding us ascorbic acid be great too (just take it slow when starting). But what about our other vitamins? We have no idea what's really essential for us, so we compare analysis' from Hagen, Standlee, and the famous Oxbow, and KMS:

Standlee Timothy Pellets

Protein - Not Less Than 8%
Crude Fiber - Not More Than 35%Moisture - Not More Than 12% 

Crude Fat - Not Less Than 1.8% 

KMS Timothy Pellets

Crude Protein - (min)   14.00 %    
Crude Fat - (min)   2.5 %    
Crude Fiber - (min)   20.00 %    
Crude Fiber - (max)   25.00 %    
Vitamin A - (IU/KG)   30,000    
Vitamin D-3 - (ICU/KG)   1,000    
Vitamin C - (mg/kg)   1,000    
Calcium - (min)   0.7    
Phosphorus - (min)   0.4

Oxbow Cavy Cuisine

Crude Protein - min 14.00% 

Crude Fat - min 1.50% 
Crude Fiber - min 25.00% 
Crude Fiber - max 28.00% 
Calcium - min 0.35% 
Calcium - max 0.85% 
Phosphorus - min 0.25% 
Salt - min 0.50% 
Salt - max 1.00% 
Vitamin A, IU/lb min 13,000 
Vitamin C, mg/lb min 200

Hagen Guinea Pig Pellets

Protein - 18%

Oils and Fats - 2.5%

Fibre - 13%

Moisture - 12%

and so on..

So what does this tell us? We don't know, but we're sure that we need lots of fiber. Vitamins are also important stuff. We've noticed that out of the four pellets, the horse pellets have more fiber and less fats. Seems legit.

The timothy pellets sounds like they're worth a try! The only reasons why it's not recommended to feed piggies food meant for other animals is because of the nutritional needs. Sometimes feeds have toxic medicines in them, like some rabbit pellets, those could contain antibiotics which could be toxic to us. Pellets aren't even that important, it should be treated more of like a supplement while everything else needed is balanced out with veggies, or even better, fresh grass.

Unless we're completely convinced, why not? It's pure grass hay. All we have to do is balance all the vitamins we usually get in pellets with veggies. Plus the sun, we piggies need our vitamin D! So there, if only we're really convinced, we shall soon have these babies in our little piggy paws... I mean mouth.