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Can guinea pigs eat dog biscuits?

A dog biscuit is a hard biscuit-based dietary supplement for dogs or other canines, similar to human snack food.

Dog biscuits tend to be hard and dry.

Dog biscuits may be sold in a flat bone-shape.

Some manufacturers claim the dry and hard biscuit texture helps clean the dog’s teeth, promoting oral health. (source)

Yes, they can nibble one if they manage to get hold of one.

They won’t do them any harm.

However, they provide no nutritional benefit for them and so aren’t recommended to be fed purposely to them.

They are purposely made for the nutritional requirements of dogs only.

For more foods that guinea pigs can and can eat check out our guinea pig food list

A digestive biscuit, sometimes described as a sweet-meal biscuit.

It is a semi-sweet biscuit that originated in the United Kingdom and is popular worldwide.

The digestive was first developed in 1839 by two Scottish doctors to aid digestion.

The term “digestive” is derived from the belief that they had antacid properties due to the use of sodium bicarbonate when they were first developed.

Historically, some producers used diastatic malt extract to “digest” some of the starch that existed in flour prior to baking. (source)

They can have a nibble of them, but they are generally not the type of food that guinea pigs should eat regularly.

But there is no harm in them nibbling one if presented with it.

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