Examples Needed Of Daily Veggie Diets

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Hi guys.

I was wondering whether any of you could give me examples of what vegetables you'd feed your pigs on a daily basis? Budgeting tip welcome also :D
 
For breakfast I give mine coriander, cucumber, pepper and celery daily then I alternate day 1 and day 2

Day 1 - fine beans or babycorn (they also get parsley or basil on this day)
Day 2 - broccoli or cabbage or sprouts.

They have treats in the afternoon that swap each day so they have either carrot, melon, apple, dried dandelion leaves or ready grass

They have Romaine lettuce for supper every night - I tried changing this to mixed leaves but they sulked as they love the romaine so much.
 
I feed mine veggies before bed and in the morning first thing I wake up... they get the same thing each time I feed it to them but they just can't have enough :P

This is each serving -

Half a cup of lettuce, 6 thing slices of carrot and 2 pieces of red bell pepper :)

I feed green leaf lettuce and also don't feed iceberg lettuce to them, I might also throw in a slice of cucumber or maybe some fruit once or twice a week like, strawberry, apple etc... Also don't feed banana if you do then a tiny bit once a month but heres a great link to safe fruits and veggies and how much you should feed... http://www.guineapigcages.com/forum...vy-Nutrition-Charts-amp-Poisonous-Plants-List
 
I wouldn't feed carrot daily as it is high in vitamin A which can cause liver damage. I only feed a small amount once or twice a week as a treat.

It is also important to give a range of different vegetables as each veg has different nutritional components.
 
Just give fruit as a treat as it is high in sugar, also be careful of citrus fruit as too much can cause mouth sores.
Don't give things like broccoli, sprouts or cabbage daily as they can cause bloat.
 
Have a look at the link I posted just further up this thread and also have a look at this one:

http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/...veg-and-fruit-list-with-vitamin-c-grading.42/

I listed the stuff that I give daily near the top of this thread - I settled on those items as I think it was @Wiebke who gave me that advice. She might have other advice. I would love to give my boys more of a range but they are really picky - they are better now than they were a year ago!
 
Ah yes I would give them parsley more often but my parsley plant is a bit bold now as they eaten most of it :)
So now i'm wait for it to grow more :)
 
Romain lettuce is something I feed daily, sometimes swapped for little gem lettuce
Then I add in things like bell pepper or green beans or peas or corn or tomato ect.
 
BPM7 said:
Romain lettuce is something I feed daily, sometimes swapped for little gem lettuce
Then I add in things like bell pepper or green beans or peas or corn or tomato ect.
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Sorry but guinea pigs cannot eat peas. Lettuce is high in vitamin a and calcium so should not be fed often. I am actually not going to feed it any more.

Welcome to the forum.
 
Once a day mine get a mix of veggies. It can include: kale, spinach, broccoli, cucumber, tomato, lettuce, corn on the cob, cougette (thought they aren't huge fans of this) celery, peppers. Not all those on one go but they normally have a selection of 3/4 of these. I get a lot of it cheap in tesco when its reduced in the evenings, if not then full price it isn't that much. A cucumber is 49p, tesco tomatoes are 1.60 for a bag of them. You can pick it up cheaply :) evening shopping is the best for bargains x PS. I feed lettuce. In moderation its ok, I've never had an issue x
 
piggyfan said:
Sorry but guinea pigs cannot eat peas. Lettuce is high in vitamin a and calcium so should not be fed often. I am actually not going to feed it any more.

Welcome to the forum.
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Lettuce and peas both can be fed, I don't know if your from elsewhere but it's a common thing to feed your guinea pig in the uk, high in vitamins is good, it's the reason for feeding veggies, lettuce is not to high in calcium and peas are good for added taste, not to be fed everyday
 
missljay said:
I thought romaine lettuce was ok to be given daily?
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I've had guinea pigs all my life I've had 6 guinea pigs and always fed them lettuce every day, but every country has different views on Guinea pig diet, in the UK we believe it is fine to feed, but other places don't
 
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