How much nuggets do you feed?

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Out of curiosity how much dry piggy food do yours get? mine get exel or pah nuggets (pah nugs at the mo because they were out of exel)

I give them a 7oz (my dd's old) baby beaker full split between two bowls daily

Some times they eat it all... sometimes they dont! They dont like an empty bowl though!

They are approx 5&7m old and weight approx 750 and 850 gms

They get fresh food periodicly through out the day! they wheek whenever i go near the cage and look for it
 
both mine are the same some days they eat it all and some days they just pick. mine get musily tho so maybe thats why...
 
Mine always have a supply of dried food, i.e. nuggets. They are loving their Science Selective (purple bag) at the moment ... nothing is wasted.

I don't limit them, I top up their bowls twice daily.
 
i give about 30 gms per pig per day (they are both about 3-5 months old). Used to weigh it so I knew how much they were eating but now just guess as know rough amount). They are never without nuggets as there is always some left when I go to fill it up again!
 
I feed my boys Cavy Cuisine. Just a small handful in each bowl in the morning after their morning veggies, and a small handful at night.
 
I was advised by the vet to cut them out completely but this didn't feel right, especially since I have a growing piggy. It was also difficult to get the balance of protein/ fibre etc right on just hay and veggies so I've now started giving them a couple of tablespoons a day each- one in the morning and one at night. I also add dried herbs from boredom breakers- they especially like the Gingko leaves as well as giving them a variety of hays.
 
I handful per pig per day that is enough for mine but obviously if it goes they get more. I tried withholding the dried and they lost weight. I wouldn't do it again. :)
 
I dont limit the dry food, i usually top up their dishes every morning, if I notice its empty I top it back up to full again lol mine dont like an empty dish!
 
SunshineAndTwinkle said:
I handful per pig per day that is enough for mine but obviously if it goes they get more. I tried withholding the dried and they lost weight. I wouldn't do it again. :)
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Mine didn't lose weight but mini-pig didn't put it on as fast either. It constantly worried me that I wasn't feeding them enough!
 
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