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What Guinea Pigs Shouldn't Eat


Poisonous or harmful common fruits and vegetables (non-exhaustive)


  • Avocado
  • Coconut
  • Potatoes
  • Potato tops
  • Rhubarb
  • Rhubarb leaves
  • Tomato Leaves
  • Edibles grown from bulbs

Poisonous common garden matter (non-exhaustive)

  • Acacia
  • Aconite
  • Beech
  • Bindweed
  • Buttercups
  • Celandine
  • Cherry Trees
  • Clematis
  • Columbine
  • Daffodils
  • Daisies
  • Deadly Nightshade
  • Delphinium
  • Dock Leaves
  • Elder
  • English Ivy
  • Foxgloves
  • Gypsophila
  • Hellebores
  • Hemlock
  • Honeysuckle
  • Horse Chestnut
  • Horsetails
  • Hyacinth
  • Irises
  • Ivy
  • Laburnum
  • Larkspur
  • Laurel
  • Lenten Rose
  • Lily Of The Valley
  • Lobelia
  • Lords And Ladies
  • Love In A Mist
  • Plants grown from bulbs
  • Poppies
  • Privet
  • Rhododendron
  • Scarlet Runner
  • Snowdrops
  • Yew Trees

Safe Wild Matter

There are a great many wild plants that are extremely poisonous and potentially fatal for to guinea pigs, so it may be best to stick to what’s on this list.


  • Blackberry stems
  • Clover
  • Dandelion leaves (in moderation - they are actually a guinea pig laxative)
  • Grass (should be daisy and buttercup free, and not in the form of not mowings as this could have mould)
  • Plantains
  • Sow thistle (not with a woody stem)
  • Shepherd’s purse
  • Trefoils

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Comments

Deandra, 3 April 2021

This page is useful because it tells me what to do when I get a Guinea pig.