Dried herbs, forage

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Beemz

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I’ve bought some bags from Zooplus, a huge mix of dried forage and decided I had so much I’d just mix the whole lot together.
My question is can the pigs have too much of this? I was wondering about concentrated minerals? Thanks
 
Personally, I only give one-two teaspoonfuls to my three pigs a day. Hope this helps!
 
We give ours a sprinkle in their bowls, our house bun Miley has a small handful sprinkled into her hay :)
 
Thing is my stuff is like dried whole leaves and big pieces, it’s not small enough sprinkle.
 
I meant not small enough to sprinkle.

I just need to know if dried forage needs to be limited and to how much.
Unless I just count it as hay?
 
I don't know how much you're ACTUALLY meant to give, but as my home-made recipe includes some dried carrot, I only ever give a little.
Maybe you could chop up the leaves, before giving to your pigs?
 
I wouldn't give more than a small pinch per pig as a treat more than once or twice a week as it's high in calcium and minerals. On the advice of my vet I'm stopping it altogether.
 
Forage is meant to be feed sparingly.
Even if you have large leaves you can still mix this in with hay.
As with any food, each item contains a different vitamin and mineral content. So for example if you had a dietetic pig, you would steer clear of items with high sugar contents.
However if you have a healthy Piggie, they are safe to be be feed daily, sparingly.
 
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