Betsy
Anniversary Herd
Is the calcium content of this high? It's also known as black kale. I'm restricting the amount of calcium my piggies get as my Rainbow Piggy Velvet had bladder sludge and stones.
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Cavolo Nero or Black Cabbage
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Alisa3114
Teenage Guinea Pig
Good question, I hope some knows. I hadn't seen Black kale before but they were selling it off for 10p in Asda this week so I bought some for the girls to try and they love it.
Betsy
Anniversary Herd
Mine 4 remaining piggies love it too. But if it is high in calcium that is another thing off the menu ......
Bill & Ted
Forum Buddy
Bill and Ted love Cavolo Nero too, I‘m sure sure of calcium content eithet
Leafy Lou
Junior Guinea Pig
I would imagine it is quite high in calcium as its dark cabbage really 
Poor piggies its a shame we can't extract the calcium out for them!
Poor piggies its a shame we can't extract the calcium out for them!
Bill & Ted
Forum Buddy
Wonder if the calcium is in the leaf or the stalks? My two leave the stalks, spoilt boys
Alisa3114
Teenage Guinea Pig
The girls do too, it does seem rather hard when you try breaking it up.
Betsy
Anniversary Herd
Mine just eat the whole lot when they are allowed it.
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DMS260820
Apparently the stalks are where the most fiber is, and then the rest in the leaves. Don't know, just looked it up
Bill & Ted
Forum Buddy
I can imagine that, some of it is quite difficult to eat, we always get the “end of the bag” when it’s not quite as fresh and the boys have turned their nose up!
Black kale is simply a variety of kale and should be treated as such. If you are aiming for a low calcium diet, then please leave it out.