Examples Needed Of Daily Veggie Diets

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be carful with celery it is stringy and can be a choking hazard
 
All the veg I feed has already been mentioned, also celery is fine to give them as long as it's cut into small pieces :)
 
Oh lordy, this veggie thing will make my head explode! I've only had my boys five months, didn't know anything before I got them so I did a LOT of research on the net regarding their diet. The amount of conflicting information is huge, its enough to make a novice guinea slave scream in frustration. I thought I had it sussed but now it turns out lettuce is high in calcium and so are leafy carrot tops, my boys favourite. What do you do when you have picky pigs and limited veggies? :help:
 
jenny57 said:
Oh lordy, this veggie thing will make my head explode! I've only had my boys five months, didn't know anything before I got them so I did a LOT of research on the net regarding their diet. The amount of conflicting information is huge, its enough to make a novice guinea slave scream in frustration. I thought I had it sussed but now it turns out lettuce is high in calcium and so are leafy carrot tops, my boys favourite. What do you do when you have picky pigs and limited veggies? :help:
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It can be very confusing and the information is conflicting. If you give your boys something they are not too keen on then they can grow to like it. Mine never used to like celery.
 
just feed a selection of mainly leafy greens with a smaller amount of added non-leafy greens and rotate as much as possible. :))
 
I stopped feeding Romaine after my boar Johnny had a stone and all my pigs are now on a bladder friendly diet. They have spring greens, cucumber, celery (chopped up to avoid choking), green beans, coriander, pepper and occasional dill, all in very small portions. I have never fed peas.
 
helen105281 said:
I stopped feeding Romaine after my boar Johnny had a stone and all my pigs are now on a bladder friendly diet. They have spring greens, cucumber, celery (chopped up to avoid choking), green beans, coriander, pepper and occasional dill, all in very small portions. I have never fed peas.
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I am going to be implementing this diet too.
 
missljay said:
I didn't realise guinea pig dietary requirements would be so frigging confusing! ! Lol
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me neither. it's hard enough with healthy piggies! when they have specific health issues then you have to make adjustments again.
 
Mine get

Menu one
Frisée, Lambs Lettuce, Radicchio (crispy salad bag)
celery
cherry tomatoes
cucumber
pepper
broccoli

Menu two
Spinach OR greens
celery
cherry tomatoes
cucumber
pepper
carrot

Treat - melon, grapes, apple.
All day access to hay and nuggets

And they get grass time (if it ever warms up again!)

I hope that's alright, I am clueless having read this thread!
 
I've got six piggies and this is what seems to work for my lot.

In the morning they get a slice of bell pepper with either a handful of curly kale, or a leaf of romaine lettuce or a handful of a herb like coriander or parsley between two. In the evening they get a small chunk of cucumber with either chopped up celery or carrots... :)
 
Well yesterday I shredded 3 cabbage leaves in the morning, they had a sweetcorn cob in the afternoon then a bell pepper and cucumber before bed. They do expect cabbage or lettuce daily though - they go mad for it x
 
Cucumber, celery, pepper and tomato are the staples in my house with spinach, kale, lettuces as treats given by the spinach leaf amount, as these are what we eat a lot of that are piggy safe, corn and carrots occasionally also. My foster boars are 3 in December so they don't get massive amounts of vegetables. We generally eat frozen where possible as they're cheaper,so we couldn't get through mega amounts and the rabbits get only herbs with tiny bits of veg so they don't really help either, anything reduced they get too for variety. Alongside high quality pellets and copious amounts of hay, I do provide a vitamin c supplement by choice too.
 
Really interesting thread. The bunnies get what ever is on offer that is rabbit safe. So the guinea pigs veg is already costing far more as they have pepper and coriander on a daily basis plus a small amount of at least 4 of five other herbs or veg which are rotated twice a week. They don't get celery as neither the people or bunnies eat that and we all share our vegis.
 
God this is a minefield. I try to rotate between bell peppers, celery, coriander, parsley, carrots, cucumber and lettuce. Broccolli, kale and apple given occasionally (although they wheek at top volume when they know anyone else is eating an apple!)

My two won't touch tomatoes - i've tried a couple of times but they won't even have a nibble. I know they can cause mouth sores anyway so not too bothered!

The only thing I have not read conflicting views on is that bell peppers are fine for everyday, is this right? Are there any other veg that can be given everyday? So many conflicting views.
 
Haha feel like such a novice now! I've only had my girls for 2 months and I don't want to give them food that will make them ill x
 
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