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can guinea pigs eat sharon fruit

Can Guinea Pigs Eat Sharon Fruit?

Sharon fruit are also called persimmons.

They are eaten fresh, dried, raw, or cooked.

When eaten fresh, they are usually eaten whole like an apple in bite-size slices and may be peeled. One way to consume ripe Sharon fruit, which may have a soft texture, is to remove the top leaf with a paring knife and scoop out the flesh with a spoon.

Riper persimmons can also be eaten by removing the top leaf, breaking the fruit in half, and eating from the inside out.

The flesh ranges from firm to mushy, and, when firm owing to being unripe, has an apple-like crunch.

They are completely inedible until they are fully ripe.

Can guinea pigs eat Sharon fruit?

Let’s take a look at their nutritional data and find out more.

In particular, their acidic, water, sugar, fat, salt, calcium and phosphorus data is of most interest as far as guinea pigs are concerned.

Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy 293 kJ (70 kcal)
Carbohydrates
18.59 g
Sugars 12.53 g
Dietary fiber 3.6 g
Fat
0.19 g
Protein
0.58 g
Vitamins
Vitamin A equiv.
beta-Carotene
lutein zeaxanthin
(10%) 81 μg
(2%) 253 μg
834 μg
Thiamine (B1) (3%) 0.03 mg
Riboflavin (B2) (2%) 0.02 mg
Niacin (B3) (1%) 0.1 mg
Vitamin B6 (8%) 0.1 mg
Folate (B9) (2%) 8 μg
Choline (2%) 7.6 mg
Vitamin C (9%) 7.5 mg
Vit E (5%) 0.73 mg
Vitamin K (2%) 2.6 μg
Minerals
Calcium (1%) 8 mg
Iron (1%) 0.15 mg
Magnesium (3%) 9 mg
Manganese (17%) 0.355 mg
Phosphorus (2%) 17 mg
Potassium (3%) 161 mg
Sodium (0%) 1 mg
Zinc (1%) 0.11 mg

source wikipedia

As you can see, Sharon fruit contains a hint of salt and fat, calcium, quite a lot of acidic content and sugar.

This means that guinea  pigs can eat Sharon fruit but only in small amounts. They are just too acidic and sweet to be eaten regularly. So they are a nice treat for guinea pigs to eat.

A few pieces once a week is sufficient for them to back up their regular diet of hay, water, veggies and guinea pig mix/nuggets.

How should sharon fruit be eaten by guinea pigs?

Sharon fruit are eaten fresh, dried, and raw.

When eaten fresh, they are usually eaten whole like an apple in bite-size slices, and may be peeled.

Those that have a soft texture may not be as appealing to guinea pigs

Riper sharon fruit may be more appealing for them.

Just remove the top leaf, break the fruit into small pieces which are easy for them to consume.

They will prefer smaller pieces that they can easily manage.

Before feeding to them, make sure that it is washed thoroughly so any bacteria is removed for your piggies.

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

can guinea pigs eat cheese puffs

Can Guinea Pigs Eat Cheese Puffs?

Cheese puffs, cheese curls, cheese balls, cheesy puffs, corn curls, corn cheese are a puffed corn snack/chip, coated with a mixture of cheese or cheese-flavored powders.

They are manufactured by extruding heated corn dough through a die that forms the particular shape.

They may be ball-shaped, curly (“cheese curls”), straight, or irregularly shaped. Some are shaped as animals or other objects.

Puffcorn is a similar food, without cheese flavoring. (source)

Can guinea pigs eat cheese puffs?

They can’t eat them, unfortunately.

They have no nutritional benefit for them like fruits and veggies do so shouldn’t be fed purposely to them.

However, if they should nibble one or two of them, they will be fine.

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

can guinea pigs eat dog biscuits

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)

Can guinea pigs eat dog biscuits?

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

can guinea pigs eat dry roasted peanuts

Can guinea pigs eat dry roasted peanuts?

Peanuts are also known as groundnuts or goobers.

They are a legume that is crop grown mainly for its edible seeds.

They are widely grown in the tropics and sub-tropics.

Peanuts are important to both small and large commercial producers and classified as a grain legume. (source)

Dry peanuts can be roasted in the shell or shelled in a home oven.

They need to be spread out one layer deep in a pan and baked at a temperature of 350 °F or 177 °C for 15 to 20 min (shelled) and 20 to 25 min (in the shell).

Can guinea pigs eat dry roasted peanuts?

They can eat dry roasted peanuts but only a few at a time.  don’t feed them too many as they are full of fat.

Guinea pigs will eat as many as you give them as they adore peanuts.

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