How much lettuce is too much lettuce?

[waffleu]

Hello! As of recently Ive been very busy in the morning and I haven’t been giving my guineas their normal morning lettuce (the obviously still have hay and kibble to eat ^_^) but now to make up for it I give them one bunch of lettuce in the afternoon when I get home and one at night. Am I over feeding them?

 

[Roselina]

Hello! As of recently Ive been very busy in the morning and I haven’t been giving my guineas their normal morning lettuce (the obviously still have hay and kibble to eat ^_^) but now to make up for it I give them one bunch of lettuce in the afternoon when I get home and one at night. Am I over feeding them?

Hello I tend to give them a cup of veggies at teatime … so when you get home after work
I give a few slices of cucumber, a slice of pepper red/green, lettuce usually 3 small leaves or from a salad bag
They get a herb either coriander / mint / parsley or other at bedtime

 

[Piggies&buns]

Veg is one cup per pig per day.
As long as you don’t give more than that then it doesn’t matter when in the day you give it to them: some choose to split it in half and feed twice a day, others once a day.

Mine only get their veg in the evening - they have one lettuce leaf each, a slice of pepper, some coriander (cilantro) and cucumber.
At all other times they only have hay available (I don’t feed pellets).

Are you giving them other types of veg as well? Lettuce is not nutrient dense so they do need other veggies daily to ensure they get a variety of nutrients and in particular vitamin c.

Kibble (also called pellets or nuggets) should not be constantly available to them. It is strictly one tablespoon per pig per day. Allowing constant pellets or overfeeding can lead to obesity, reduction in hay intake (and consequent gut and dental problems) and excess calcium intake (which can lead to bladder stone and sludge formation)

Long Term Balanced General And Special Needs Guinea Pig Diets

 

[waffleu]

Veg is one cup per pig per day.
As long as you don’t give more than that then it doesn’t matter when in the day you give it to them: some choose to split it in half and feed twice a day, others once a day.

Mine only get their veg in the evening - they have one lettuce leaf each, a slice of pepper, some coriander (cilantro) and cucumber.
At all other times they only have hay available (I don’t feed pellets).

Are you giving them other types of veg as well? Lettuce is not nutrient dense so they do need other veggies daily to ensure they get a variety of nutrients and in particular vitamin c.

Kibble (also called pellets or nuggets) should not be constantly available to them. It is strictly one tablespoon per pig per day. Allowing constant pellets or overfeeding can lead to obesity, reduction in hay intake (and consequent gut and dental problems) and excess calcium intake (which can lead to bladder stone and sludge formation)

Long Term Balanced General And Special Needs Guinea Pig Diets

Omg thank you for the advice I would hate to overfed them

 

[Roselina]

Omg thank you for the advice I would hate to overfed them

You can also forage for food which is part of your piggies daily veg allowance
( dandelion leaves , nettles etc)
Saskia at LA guinea pig rescue has a great Youtube video of what to choose