Carrot bushy tops

[Jerrybelly]

This is probably a very daft question...

My piggies get carrots twice a week, but I've never thought to buy them with the bushy tops. I've heard that piggies love them, so I'm going to give them a try. One of my boys is on a very low calcium diet, so I'm incredibly weary about what I give him. I know that carrots are relatively low in calcium, but are the tops too? I can't find any information about the calcium content of the tops, only the root.

I give various kinds of lettuce each day as the green 'leafy' part of their diet (again, I'm terrified about giving kale etc.) so I was wondering whether it would be OK to give the carrot tops as an alternative to lettuce on some days.

I also don't know how much would be a suitable portion? Would the bushy top off one carrot be too much for one pig?

 

[sport_billy]

I tried to find the answer to this a year or so ago and after some research I believe they are quite high in calcium. I think I read it on several bunny forums at the time.

Here's a link to Guinealynx whic gives you a sortable food chart http://www.guinealynx.info/chart.html#chart

 

[Jerrybelly]

So probably too high to give regularly then? It's so difficult trying to provide a varied, low calcium diet 8...

 

[Wiebke]

It is more in the way of an occasional treat.