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I am not sure if this is best on the food or the health/illness threads as they are both applicable.
To cut a long story short we adopted 2 boys 6 weeks ago and have been back and forth to the vets with both boys having two bouts of peeing blood. We’ve had Baytril / Metacam but symptoms seem to return. Next steps are x-rays.
But, I have also been reading that diet can play a part in piggies who are prone to bladder issues. They have a leaf of romain lettuce, a slice red or yellow pepper and slice of cucumber daily. They have each lost some weight so I had been giving sweet potato to try and help weight gain.
Having just read the diet guide for piggies with bladder issues it suggests that cutting lettuce and root veg could help. So I take it I should be cutting out lettuce and the sweet potato?
Would a daily veg plate be ok to include cucumber, red pepper, celery and coriander? What would a leafy substitute for lettuce be...?
They were fed lots of kale and spinach before we got them and I have switched to grain free science select and filter their water.
Advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
To cut a long story short we adopted 2 boys 6 weeks ago and have been back and forth to the vets with both boys having two bouts of peeing blood. We’ve had Baytril / Metacam but symptoms seem to return. Next steps are x-rays.
But, I have also been reading that diet can play a part in piggies who are prone to bladder issues. They have a leaf of romain lettuce, a slice red or yellow pepper and slice of cucumber daily. They have each lost some weight so I had been giving sweet potato to try and help weight gain.
Having just read the diet guide for piggies with bladder issues it suggests that cutting lettuce and root veg could help. So I take it I should be cutting out lettuce and the sweet potato?
Would a daily veg plate be ok to include cucumber, red pepper, celery and coriander? What would a leafy substitute for lettuce be...?
They were fed lots of kale and spinach before we got them and I have switched to grain free science select and filter their water.
Advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks