Supreme small animal food
Supreme is a small animal food specialist, covering rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, gerbils, chinchillas and ferrets across two main ranges: Science Selective, built around single-ingredient pellets, and Tiny Friends Farm, a more traditional mixed-ingredient range. We carry a selection from both.
Science Selective vs Tiny Friends Farm
Science Selective is a single-ingredient pellet range, meaning every piece in the bag has the same nutritional content, which stops a selective eater picking out favourite bits and leaving the rest — a genuine problem with mixed feeds, where an animal can end up eating an unbalanced diet by choosing around it. It's available for rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, gerbils, chinchillas, degus and ferrets, often with junior and life-stage-specific options.
Tiny Friends Farm is a more traditional mixed-ingredient food, with named products like Russel Rabbit and Charlie Chinchilla, and it suits owners who prefer a food with visible variety in the bowl, or animals who show no tendency to pick and choose. Supreme also makes a range of small animal supplements, including vitamin C and digestive care support, sold separately from the main foods.
Choosing the right one for your pet
If your small pet already has a habit of leaving certain pieces in a mixed feed, a single-ingredient food like Science Selective removes that problem entirely, since there's nothing to pick around. If you're happy with how your pet is doing on a mixed food and they're maintaining a healthy weight, there's no need to switch just for the sake of it.
Whichever range you choose, hay should still make up the largest part of a rabbit or guinea pig's diet, with a measured portion of pellets or mix alongside it rather than as the main event.
Switching between foods
Small animals can be just as particular about a change in food as cats and dogs, and switching too quickly can lead to a period of a pet eating less or having loose droppings. Mix the new Supreme food in gradually with whatever your pet is currently eating over a week or two, rather than swapping the bowl over in one go.
If your pet is a fussy or selective eater already, expect a mixed food like Tiny Friends Farm to show that habit up more clearly than a single-ingredient pellet would, since there is simply more to pick between in the bowl.
Common questions
- Is Science Selective better than a mixed food?
- It suits animals who tend to pick out favourite pieces from a mixed feed, since every pellet has the same nutritional content. Whether it's "better" for your specific pet depends on how they're doing on their current food and whether selective eating is actually a problem for them.
- Can rabbits and guinea pigs eat the same Supreme food?
- No, Supreme makes species-specific formulas, and a rabbit's nutritional needs differ from a guinea pig's, most notably guinea pigs' dietary need for vitamin C. Always choose the product labelled for your specific pet.
- How much hay should my rabbit eat alongside Supreme pellets?
- Hay should make up the majority of a rabbit's diet, with a much smaller measured portion of pellets alongside it. Check the feeding guide on the specific Supreme product for the recommended pellet amount for your rabbit's size.
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Written by Matt Garnett, who runs Giddy Pets and is a lifelong pet owner — not a vet. This is general information, not veterinary advice, and it cannot replace an examination by the vet who knows your animal. How we write these guides.