Examples Needed Of Daily Veggie Diets

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sophieandhoney said:
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!
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I think that's too many tomatoes - tomatoes should only be given once or twice a week as they can cause mouth sores if fed too often
 
PiggieOwner said:
I think that's too many tomatoes - tomatoes should only be given once or twice a week as they can cause mouth sores if fed too often
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Yeah I have read that before, but there are no sores in the girls mouths and the vet didn't know why it would do that. They get one each most days.

I will keep an eye on it tho.
 
i always use lettuces/lettuce mixes as the staple of their diet. i think it's difficult to stick with a majority leafy green diet as most are either lettuces or more gassy things, which are also said to be bad in large amounts :roll:

we top up twice a week for them, so just get a different selection each time. we always have thyme and coriander in because bisc rabbit has those everyday. eddie isn't that keen on coriander though. :roll:

complicated though all this isn't it :))
 
So could I grow coriander and parsley for them in doors?
that might be good....hmmm.
 
I grow herbs and kale for the rabbits, unfortunately they mostly eat it as it's in their free-range area :D
Yesterday the piggies had, coriander, basil, tarragon, a grape each, a bit of savoy cabbage, spring greens, cucumber and green beans
 
Mine have bell pepper every day and usually celery and cucumber.They have lettuce two or three times a week, corn on the cob once a week and green beans twice a week.They gave broccoli and carrots once a week and herbs or pak choi if cheap.Tomatoes apple cabbage and grape are now and then.
 
I give my pigs red leaf lettuce daily, is this okay? I usually give them a leaf or two of red leaf lettuce, a slim baby carrot each, either a small cherry tomato or half a cherry tomato each, and either some green or yellow bell pepper or a mixture of both (about 1/8 of a pepper each). I sometimes give a slice of cucumber and cut it into quarters but I'm taking it easy on that for the time being. I talk with a woman that owns six skinny pigs, a furry pig, and a bunny. I've kind of copied her pigs diets as she's had urinary issues with a couple of the pigs and wants to keep their diets low in calcium to try and avoid that issue. I hope I'm doing the right thing with their diet...
 
I have had a couple of bladder stone issues and have followed someones advice on low calcium veg.

Mine get round leaf lettuce daily with peppers and celery. Then once a week i give baby corn, cherry toms, apple, couple of leaves of spinach,curly kale, watercress and rocket.

They only get a handful of nuggets too between 3 of them. I then buy the 3 hays from hay for pets as well as farm hay and they eat tremendous amounts of it. Maybe 2 x per week they will get a handful of readigrass too.

All my boarders get the same except where veggies is concerned then they get what is on their care sheet :)
 
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Breakfast: 1/4 cucumber (Marley LOVES cucumber and expects to have it every day) & 1 large handful fresh grass (dried grass in the dead of winter but he doesn't like it as much)

Dinner is either: carrots, carrot tops, romaine lettuce, celery, green beans, fine beans, kale, cabbage, mixed greens, sugarsnap peas/mange tout, peas, broccoli, baby corn, spinach etc (or a mixture). He always expects a large handful of fresh grass in the evening with dinner too.

I generally give him one or two handfuls of the veggies listed above, chopped into 1cm square pieces. He also adores tomatoes so A few times a week I give him one with dinner or 1/4 apple. Sometimes, he even gets a 1cm square piece of banana! Marley could eat watermelon forever but I only give him a small piece every now and then. He's not a big fan of raspberries or strawberries but he sometimes gets one of them too for variety.

He also has fresh hay at all times and a handful of nuggets in his bowl which I replace daily. I always give him more hay than he can eat as he likes to burrow through/nest in it.
 
My two boars have been getting cucumber, pepper and celery in the morning with carrot instead of celery every 3rd day and a tomato every now and again. In the evening they have a selection of green things (about a handful in total between the 2), spring greens most nights with some coriander and then either romaine, mixed lettuce, parsley, broccoli stalks, dandelion greens or fresh grass. We haven't tried kale yet but will soon, cauliflower greens will be tried tonight. Some nights they get a very small piece of fruit during lap time, they seem to like everything they have tried so far - apple, melon, pear, strawberries, grape and kiwi!

They have nuggets on hand all the time but only seem to eat them during the night. They have loads meadow hay as bedding which is topped up in the evening and they have timothy hay in a hay feeder.

One has gained 60g in the 2 weeks we have had them and the other 72g so I hopefully we are getting it right - they seem to be sharing nicely so far anyway!
 
Ok so I had heard of the whole calcium/bladder stones thing and I thought I was doing quite a good job of feeding Marley a relatively low calcium diet. But, looking at the chart someone posted I'm not sure anymore.

These are the foods he gets most often:
- Cucumber. He won't stop wheeking unless he gets some at breakfast but it's higher in calcium than I thought.
-Celery.
-Carrot tops.
-Carrots
-Broccoli
-Romaine lettuce (but only once a week as I knew it had a high calcium content)

Green beans, baby corn, mange tout, tomatoes and other fruit etc are all more occasional and are usually served in smaller amounts.

Are the foods in my list ok? Or are they too high in calcium?
 
I have just read (and am mortified) that celery is quite high in calcium - and my guys have it every day for breakfast.

So confused.
 
I've decided to just go with the flow now lol so many conflicting comments! I'm just guessing every thing in moderation will have to do :)
 
I fed my girls all sorts, mainly peppers, cucumber and celery, but they got far too much apple, carrot and spinach! Non got bloat, most lived until ripe old ages. Only ever had one food problem when someone fed iceberg to mine when we were on holiday. I just fed what I had spare in the fridge, when I did not have anything they got grass and dandelions. They got variety! I never fed lettuce after the iceberg incident.
Just like humans, moderation and variety is what is required. Do we pay the same attention to our diets, ( just a thought )? In the wild, guineas have a poor diet, they are fibervores, they need fiberous foods, young bramble leafs, plantains, vetch is what they would graze, apple tree bark and wood to chew at.
 
Hi guys I've just looked at the link abi s suggested its good loads of info , thanks.
 
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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What is in spring mix? I have been giving mine lettuce everyday :( romaine or red (can't think of the name)
 
Honestly, all of mine have always got the odds and ends from whatever I'm cooking/eating, with added dandelion leaves. All have lived to a ripe old age and been very healthy, so don't worry about it too much!
 
hattie.r said:
Honestly, all of mine have always got the odds and ends from whatever I'm cooking/eating, with added dandelion leaves. All have lived to a ripe old age and been very healthy, so don't worry about it too much!
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Me too! Same with celery, I didn't know the stringy bits could be a problem until I joined here. My 10 pigs over 10 years have never had a problem!

I'm not saying don't take care, but try not to worry too much!
 
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