Calcium Help! Young and Slightly Older Guineas

[Biscoffi & Toffee]

Hi all, we recently had to get a new playmate for Toffee, as his friend Biscoffi (R.I.P) unfortunately had a undiagnosed congenital heart problem (found in postmortem) that filled his lungs with fluid over time. He literally went from 100 - 0 within 2 hours from playing and being a nutter to then not coming out for his veggies and died shortly after. So we ended up with a new little one called Teddy. He is a bit of a pain in the bum for eating his veggies but we already have started making progress for his vitamin C.

The issue that we are going to come across in a few months is, Toffee is 2 months older than our new boy (They are both bonded now so separation is not really a possibility) so Toffee will not be able to have the same Calcium that Teddy needs so I was wondering if anyone has any advice on how we administer our Teddy his calcium without ending up with problems from Stones with Toffee. We have started giving Syringes for the daily needed vitamin C to ensure that our new boy has enough (He is the PICKIEST eater ever. We have tried almost every veggie in existence now and he still only eats lettuce ).

So please can you help me figure out what we are meant to do in a month or so when Toffee no longer needs his calcium to grow and Teddy does

 

[Piggies&buns]

How old are they both?
The diet for any pig of any age is the same :

- unlimited grass hay, and some fresh grass where available
- one cup of veg
- one tablespoon of pellets
- filtered drinking water
High calcium veg kept limited to no more than once a week.

Both piggies can just eat the same diet. You don’t ever need to feed them anything different in terms of calcium.

In terms of vit c, if the new piggy is young and a pet shop piggy then they can be picky as they aren’t usually fed a wide enough variety. Usually they learn what is safe through being with another piggy who is fed a varied diet.
Pellets are fortified with vit c, and there is vit c in grass and some in hay. If he starts to eat a wider variety of veg then he won’t need vit c (he may not need it anyway) and you will then have to ensure you wean off supplements slowly.