For those who use Cavy Cuisine / Performance...

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Does it matter if you feed Cuisine to babies, or can it be harmful? Alternatively can the Perfomance be harmful for adults? Just in a bit of a predicament as we have an adult in with a 5wk old baby, and can't separate their foods. Thanks.
 
I *think* the cavy cuisine perfomance is based on alfalfa and the normal cavy cuisine on timothy hay, so potentially the performance shouldn`t be fed to adult piggies as too much alfalfa in the diet isnt good for them. I dont see why you cant give both normal cavy cusine and give baby a little alfalfa cubes by hand if you think it necessary?
 
It is recommeded pregnant and nursing Sows and piggies under a year to be given alfafa hay :) Hope that helps a little ;)
 
Boureki said:
Pumpkinpiggie said:
It is recommeded pregnant and nursing Sows and piggies under a year to be given alfafa hay :) Hope that helps a little ;)
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Thanks!
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Your welcome :) it will not harm whichever one you feed out of those two wish it was sold local to me then my lot would be on it ;) hate buying online.
 
We get ours online too from SPH, I've never seem it in shops. Does anyone know why adult pigs shouldn't really have alfalfa (apart from nursing/pregnant etc)?
 
i was thining of getting the cavy performance for meeka to help her maintain her weight, shes 1 year old will this food be ok for her?
 
Alfalfa is a big contributor to stones. Oxbow recently did a study on it. Where mine are mixed I give Cuisine, they only have Performance if they're all youngsters.
 
spudnik said:
i was thining of getting the cavy performance for meeka to help her maintain her weight, shes 1 year old will this food be ok for her?
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I think Burgess Supa Guinea Excel pellets are really good for building up!
 
Black Jack said:
spudnik said:
i was thining of getting the cavy performance for meeka to help her maintain her weight, shes 1 year old will this food be ok for her?
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I think Burgess Supa Guinea Excel pellets are really good for building up!
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she wont eat them lol i got a big bag of them and none of my 7 would touch them! i had to go back on to science selective which they are all currently on
 
karenrgpr said:
Alfalfa is a big contributor to stones. Oxbow recently did a study on it. Where mine are mixed I give Cuisine, they only have Performance if they're all youngsters.
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Thanks Karen, I was sure there was a reason!

Does anyone know where you can get Alfalfa especially for our little baby, and how old they should be before I stop supplementing them? Thanks!
 
spudnik said:
i was thining of getting the cavy performance for meeka to help her maintain her weight, shes 1 year old will this food be ok for her?
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Go for the Cavy Cuisine. If she's over a year the Performance will be too much calcium for her.
 
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