QOTW - What herbs attn Ginger re: herbs and guninea pigs : )

[Guest guest]

Hey, I've given my guinea pigs parsley ,but never any other herbs such

as basil, mint?...what's safe and do they like it? I am left with one

elderly guinea pig (I had them as class pets when I was a teacher) and

I fully believe in spoiling the little guy!

Thanks, melissa

 

 

 

 

, " matildalucet "

<matildalucet wrote:

>

> Parsley, mint, sage, basil, garlic chives, dandelion. I'm embarassed

to say the guinea pigs

> make off with a lot of it - spoiled, greedy little things! For the

humans, some goes in

> salad, some goes in fresh tomato-basil sauce, some might go in

cottage cheese. Sort of

> whatever pops into my head for as long as it lasts.

>

> -ginger

> who shouldn't still be playing on the computer

>

> , " wwjd " <jtwigg@> wrote:

> >

> > Hi,

> > You guys are asking lots of great questions on here and lots of

you are

> > replying with wonderful answers.

> >

> > Here is our Question of the Week for this week - sorry it is

late...

> >

> > What herbs do you grow in pots or a garden and like to cook with?

What do

> > use them in?

> >

> > Judy

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Butterscotch J. Furpants recommends all those plants, but wiser minds suggest he

should

not be eating the chives or anything from the onion family. Mike T. Pig reminds

me that

piggies also like a weed he calls plantain and also grass if it comes from the

food-growing

barrel. They'd both graze the lawn if I'd let them, but soil tests showed traces

of DDT so I

don't let them.

 

Do you know the guinea pig daily digest? Those folks are a source of a lot of

the guinea

pig lore I've picked up.

 

-ginger

just north of Boston

slave to two guinea pigs with VERY SHARP TEETH

(just in case you are slow with the all-holy Salad Time)

 

, " Melissa " <mapalicka wrote:

>

>

> Hey, I've given my guinea pigs parsley ,but never any other herbs such

> as basil, mint?...what's safe and do they like it? I am left with one

> elderly guinea pig (I had them as class pets when I was a teacher) and

> I fully believe in spoiling the little guy!

> Thanks, melissa

>

>

>

>

> , " matildalucet "

> <matildalucet@> wrote:

> >

> > Parsley, mint, sage, basil, garlic chives, dandelion. I'm embarassed

> to say the guinea pigs make off with a lot of it - spoiled, greedy little

things!