How often do you feed Veggies?

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I'm just wondering because I'm not sure if I feed them too much or not enough.

It really depends with me when they get veggies, sometimes every day and sometimes once a week depending what I can get my hands on.

What about you?
 
I try to give my two something every day if not twice a day, they like herbs too so give them a variety of them too in a hanging ball and they keep really good in the fridge for a couple of days.
 
I feed a shallow dish full twice a day, usually consits of 2 or 3 of the following: cucumber, celery, cherry toms, spinach, rocket, lettuce, cabbage, carrot, apple, peppers, cress, kale, sometimes strawberries and grapes.

Between 3 piggies.
 
i feed veg and some fruit everyday, about a cup ful each, i honestly think once a week is nowhere near enough x
 
I feed mine twice a day, first thing in the morning (cant get away with not as get lots of wheeks the min the light goes on) and then when I get home and again very impatient furry piggies waiting!

At weekends I give them veggies 3 times a day
 
Mine have something every day :). Faves are pepper and toms.
I grow alot of veg here in the garden so they do tend to be spoilt :D.
I cannot get away with not giving any as peppa will squeak if she sees me (or hears me out in the garden).
Do any of you give vit C tablets too?
 
Usually every other day with readigrass alternating. That said, my mum usually takes them a little something every day. They get the 'proper' veggie amount every two days but my mum might give them the left overs of what shes making for tea, or just give them a little something when they squeak at her. :D

I have 20 pigs to feed and considering they get well over a kilo of veggies every time they get them I'm happy that they're getting what they need. That's worked for me for years so I won't switch them onto daily veggies - but it's what works best for you and your pigs that you should be going off.

That said, once a week isn't enough - they definitely need more than that for the vitamins and nutrients. :)
 
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i feed mine some veggys in a morning and at night, id feel really bad if i forgot to give them their veggys, they get a mixture of red peppers, green peppers, cucumber, parsley, lettuce, spring greens, dandilions, and whatever else i can get my hands on, and they get a fruit treat 2 times a week, strawberrys, apple, pear and blueberry. they eat better than me :)):)):)):)):))
 
Twice a day here. I have 4 kids so I usually end up with loads of carrot and swede peelings that end up being munched by the pigs:)) and if I didn't feed them twice a day I think my eardrums would burst with the constant wheeking every time i open the fridge!
 
I give veggies four times a day:
07.00 Breakfast veggies
16.00 Hello I am back from work-veggies
17.30 I am making diner and have some veggie waste...
23.30 Wheek - wheek - wheek, o it is my bedtime wheek, time for the goodnight veggies
 
Everyday, as soon as I get home from work :)

They sometimes get some veg in the morning with their hay, but not every day
 
3 x a day here - breakfast, when we get in from work and then a wee snack last thing at night. Misty would soon let us know if we missed one!
 
Mine always are fed their veg/fruit at teatime and they certainly look forward to it! :(|)

It is important to fed veggies and/or fruit every day as piggies need the Vitamin C.

I always look out for special offers on veg and fruit, stocking up and keeping in the fridge. However, I always get food to room temperature before feeding unless it is really hot weather and the piggies appreciate munching on something cool. Obviously fresh grass in the summer time is very welcome and free.
 
Mine have vegetables twice a day. When I got Marble and Amina there were fed vegetables once a week and were lacking in vitamins. Their poops were tiny and unhealthy and Amina had brittle nails.
 
Once a day they get a whole bowl of veggies, always with something green and leafy, then with a chopped up bit of celery, cucumber and pepper. If there good piggies, they get half a celery each when i get home for a bit of a snack :)
 
7am - piggy food, and veg (usually carrots and kurley kale)
5pm - veg (usually greens, cucumber, and brocholli)
8pm - top up of hay.

And if we are offered 'stuffs' from the market stall, or have peelings from any of their other favourites they get those too. But always at least TWICE a day.
 
I give mine veggies once a day - tonight they had parsley, apple, cauliflower, sprouts and red pepper. Tomorrow it's more parsley, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, sprouts and lettuce. I often go to Tescos of an evening and buy a lot of reduced items. The veggies are always still in perfect condition and the apples were ready diced and 1p a bag! I got all of the above for about 45p.

I would do them twice a day, but I often work late and I think what they do get is more than adequate, they're feasting away right now as I type!
 
my 3 piggys get veggies twice a day. They are quite fussy and wont eat alot of variety (especially my male hes soooo fussy).

I wanted to ask, my piggys have constant access to hay, and I also make sure they have a large bowl of guinea pig food every day. Alot of people on here mention nuggets, do I need to feed my piggys these? Ive never fed them to any piggys Ive ever had as Ive only just heared of them. What are they made up of? I know that when I go to P@H the piggys in there only seem to have hay and these nuggets. Are the necessary even though my piggys have a varied diet?
 
Nuggets are instead of guinea pig muesli. Nuggests are IMO better because
- They contain no colourants etc
- They stop selective eating.

They look less interesting to us by my piggies never complain and gobble them up.

HTH
 
I feed mine once a day, I started with twice a day but I found this too difficult to keep with when I have days that are totally different from each other. They get about three quarters of a cup per pig per day as in one sitting a cup each seemed like too much. When I had just Miss Piggy and Bailey I did it more every other day but they'd get a larger amount when they were fed. Find something that suites you but I say more every day/ every other day as once a week isn't enough.

I love tesco reduced veggie section, I must look really sad because I'll stand there for a good couple of minuites scrubberling through the foods looking at what I can get for the piggies :(|) for a good price, herbs are literally like 15p drool so lots of nommies for the piggies for a very good price.


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my 3 piggys get veggies twice a day. They are quite fussy and wont eat alot of variety (especially my male hes soooo fussy).

I wanted to ask, my piggys have constant access to hay, and I also make sure they have a large bowl of guinea pig food every day. Alot of people on here mention nuggets, do I need to feed my piggys these? Ive never fed them to any piggys Ive ever had as Ive only just heared of them. What are they made up of? I know that when I go to P@H the piggys in there only seem to have hay and these nuggets. Are the necessary even though my piggys have a varied diet?
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Agreed with Connie. Nuggets are instead of muesli so either musli or pellets are a necessary part of their diet. It's up to you with what you use but generally pellets have more benefits, for me when I used muesli they always left one colour so they were missing one part of what they needed and i was chucking away a fair part of each bag which they can't do with pellets (selective eating). My piggies love their pellets so although sometimes it can be hard to wean them off what they are used to I don't think taste is much different but obviously every pig is an individual.
 
I feed veg at least once a day - mostly twice a day and give a mixture of Wagg Guinea Pig crunch and Kleenmama pellets for their dry food. If it's grass weather I get some grass out of the garden in the morning as well.

Also a load of hay.

My favourite food bowl is one from Kennelgate which is two bowls in one and I put the Wagg in one and the Kleenmama in the other.

I've gone from the higher pet bowls to cat sized bowls which are lower because it seemed so uncomfortable to have to lean in a higher bowl for food.
 
Well, I feed my 2 girls veggies twice a day-

A big pile of fresh lettuce in the morning, and their carrots, peppers, apples, grapes, cucumber, zuchini, etc. in the night. rolleyes
 
We feed ours little bits of veggies lots of times a day, but then that's easy for us because we both work mostly at home. The more often they get some interaction, the less bored they are.

But even when we're busy, we'd never feed veggies less than once a day.
 
Ive only had my lil girls just under a week and I'm feeding mine veggies morning and night. Words for us here so far :)
 
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