Iceberg lettuce?

[beautifulcat83]

Hi all
Just been reading the 'guinea pig shopping list' above, and it lists iceberg lettuce as a danger food? I sometimes give iceberg and sometimes leafy lettuce, is this wrong?!
Thanks
Cat

 

[Hannah_lg]

you should feed them iceberg lettuce to guinea pigs or rabbits dont ask me why becouse i dont know why

but any pother lettuce is fine jsut not iceberg i get hot house lettuce and there love it

 

[kellyandpiggies]

Iceberg giving no nutrition and is also a natural diretic (causing diarrhoea) other lettuce is fine, but in moderation

 

[karisrou]

I found that my piggies love Romaine Lettuce, and so I just avoid the iceberg and go for that.

 

[maisydaisystar]

try romaine lettuce mine love this too, one of their favourites

 

[Glynis]

Duke loves cos lettuce, but i don't give him heaps other wise we get sloppy poos :

 

[Alison]

Mine like gem lettuces and occasionaly the mixed bags of lettuce from Tesco's. I have fed iceberg lettuce before but very small amounts as it contains a lot of water.

 

[Lucinda]

Mine like little gem and romaine best. They also like watercress, rocket and lambs lettuce.

 

[Pampered Piggies]

Iceberg lettuce has a high water content and no nutritional value for a guinea!
Even a small amount can give piggies the runs! :-\

Romaine, lambs lettuce, lollo rosso, rocket etc are all ok but not too much at once

As romaine is quite a big leaf i sometimes get some other treats and wrap them inside it.. my piggies go mad for it especially if there is parsley inside.. although it does make them go abit 98)

 

[Little M]

Iceberg lettuce contains a drug in the sap, it's similar to opium in poppies! it can make your buns / guineas poorly if too much is eaten also it takes a long time for the body to remove it, so if fed every day the concentration can be quite high resulting in ill creatures kidney faliure etc

 

[tinkerbell*]

i always throught that piggies could have lettace and i have always fed mine iceburg lettace and they ahve never ever had bad tummies! i recently brought my new baby pig and the bloke who sold me her was shocked that i gave my pigs lettace.... thing is....................... both my pigs lived untill they are 6yrs and 8yrs... no medical problems and no upset tummies!

hmmmmmmmmm weird!

 

[karenrgpr]

Lettuce has to be fed in extremely large and concentrated amounts for Laudanum to have any effect. It depends how much you give them. Rabbits, particularly babies, are far more at risk from diarrohea. As a treat lettuce is fine in small amounts.