How To Reintroduce Greens

[quietone]

Hello,
I was lucky enough to adopt three rescue piggies almost two months ago. In my enthusiasm to spoil them, I let them eat as much grass, etc, as they liked. Two of them were fine, but my smallest girl Wispa developed diarrhoea. The vet gave her a course of probiotics which have really helped. She also said to reintroduce greens gradually.
I was wondering if anyone had any advice on how best to do this. Are there any recommended foods and in what quantities should I be giving them?
Sorry for all the questions. My previous pigs have never had any issues with this, and I want to do the best for my girls as they had a really rough start in life.
Thanks!

 

[sport_billy]

we introduced a veg at a time and waited to see if it was tolerated. I would start with peppers, coriander and parsley first from recollection.

Try pepper at breakfast and see how it goes. Make sure lots of hay available

Sending lots of vibes

 

[rome_italy]

maybe it is not the grass... here actually only the vegs are considered by the vets the culprit of any diarrhoea, not the grass even in huge amounts. By the way each body is different and there is not a general rule for everyone. I also bloat eating a pizza or a plate of spaghetti... and I don't bloat at all eating legumes or broccoli... and I bloat like a balloon if I follow the special diet prescribed two days before abdomen ultrasound! now I have learnt the lesson, I don't listen to the doctors and I eat only the forbidden foods befofre the ultrasound... and the ultrasound doctor is satisfied... although he cannot believe it!
Try one food at a time and consider that there might be just ONE veg that is the culprit or a veg mixed with another veg... or mixed with the pellet. Maybe you don't know but cereals and flours mixed with sugars contained even in carrots or fruits make a mess into the gut. For example bread+jam... or pellets+fruits/carrots (many pellets still contains flours). Then you think bad of the grass but it might be a mistake and only a coincidence... (hay is made of grass...)

 

[quietone]

Thank you so much for the replies. I'll restock on some supplies today!
When she was bad at the start, we withdrew all greens and attempted feeding her a few things to see what made it worse. Unfortunately fresh grass was the thing that seemed to aggravate it. My husband mentioned that sillica in the grass could be a factor.
I'll report back with her progress

 

[rome_italy]

silica is in hay, too... and is necessary for eroding the teeth. Hay (and grass) is the only natural food for the gut of the piggies. The only one able to keep alive the good bacteria, preventing also bladder infections (which starts from the gut usually). But there are a lot of grasses and the one which is cultivated in private lawns and grows so fast is very rich of water and a sensitive gut may suffer. My piggies eat that (watery) grass now (wild garden are all burnt) but eat also cold vegs from the fridge and wet vegs (and grass sprayed with water). Probably their gut is strong. Sometimes intolerances are weird...
Now you need to fix your piggie's gut; but you should keep a journal because sometimes the mix does some strange reaction.