Alternative to pepper?

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All of my pigs have been eating the same veg as each other for a while now, but the past few weeks my boy Hermes has been leaving his pepper. He doesn't even seem to nibble at it throughout the day.

I'm worried that he's not getting enough vitamin c as a result. Is there anything I can give him as a replacement? Ideally something that can be given daily. I've been looking around and it seems difficult to find anything else high in vitamin C that isn't either a cruciferous (eg broccoli and kale) or high in calcium (eg parsley). Any help would be much appreciated!
 
Just add some veggies in, if he's eating pellets they also including Vit C and if your feeding other veggies although they may not be as high as Pepper they also have vitamin C.

Coriander can be fed daily and also has vitamin C.

My girl pebbles went off pepper for awhile but she will eat it again, carrot you could give once or twice a week for variety.
 
I find Brocoli is a good one to have in the fridge also I found Brussel Sprouts as they can be bought in small qauntities and keep well in a bag in the fridge.
I have also attached a link to a veggie site which shows the nutritional value of differnt veggies, so you can compare, although i have read that Red Pepper (capsicum) as known is Oz and US as double the values of other veg.
http://www.healthalternatives2000.com/vegetables-nutrition-chart.html
 
Have you tried all the colours green, yellow, red and orange they all taste so good for variation.
 
like said above have you tried different colours of veg ?

I found that 3/5 of my pigs hate green pepper, even two of the piggies boarding with me don't like it, so i give them red and yellowy orange ones and they're all gone (:

also don't forget here's a list of all the different veggies that are both high and low in vitamin c !


http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=42
 
I can only give my girls peppers twice a week or they will not eat them!
 
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