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can guinea pigs eat loofah

Can Guinea Pigs Eat Loofah?

The fruit section of L. aegyptiaca or loofah may be allowed to mature and used as a bath or kitchen sponge after being processed to remove everything but the network of xylem fibers.

If the loofah is allowed to fully ripen and then dry out on the vine, the flesh disappears leaving only the fibrous skeleton and seeds, which can be easily shaken out.

Marketed as luffa or loofah, the sponge is used as a body scrub (source)

Can guinea pigs eat loofah?

Loofah isn’t for eating really as they won’t be able to break it off or digest it easily. It is more for playing with or gnawing so as to grind their teeth on it.

Guinea pigs may get frustrated with it as they won’t be able to eat it.

Loofah doesn’t break apart and stays together well.

You can purchase guinea pig toys that are made from loofah which many guinea pigs love to play with. They use them to toss around for the most part.

For more things that guinea pigs can and can’t eat, check out our guinea pig food list