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No; as long as they have unlimited good quality pellets. The actual extra amounts needed are comparatively small.
Ideally you feed the pellets twice a day in smaller portions than just topping up the bowl. Some youngsters are very scatty and can pee in their food! That way, less gets spoiled. You will soon get the measure of how much they roughly eat in a day.

Weigh all healthy piggies once weekly throughout their lives (it is a good way of monitoring their health). Start reducing the the amount of pellets very gradually when the weekly growth rate is slowing down. A fully grown adult piggy only needs about half to a handful of pellets.
 
Wiebke said:
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Thanks for the advice. I would weigh them if I could pick them up but I can't yet as they are still too skittish.
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Wiebke said:
No; as long as they have unlimited good quality pellets. The actual extra amounts needed are comparatively small.
Ideally you feed the pellets twice a day in smaller portions than just topping up the bowl. Some youngsters are very scatty and can pee in their food! That way, less gets spoiled. You will soon get the measure of how much they roughly eat in a day.

Weigh all healthy piggies once weekly throughout their lives (it is a good way of monitoring their health). Start reducing the the amount of pellets very gradually when the weekly growth rate is slowing down. A fully grown adult piggy only needs about half to a handful of pellets.
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Would harringtons pellets be okay?
 
obsessedwithanimals said:
Thanks for the advice. I would weigh them if I could pick them up but I can't yet as they are still too skittish.
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Try using a bag (cosy) to pick up your piggies, they are great because you can usher the pigs into the bag, pick them up and have them out on your lap for cuddles without the whole running wild and pinning them to the ground thing. there are lots of people who make them on here but a tea towel halved and sewn up the sides is just as good. :)
 
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