is Lettuce bad for guinea pigs?

[dancegal]

Hi I read it from someone that lettuce can be bad for guinea pigs as it contains lactucarium and read it can cause Diarrhoea and can be dangerous to them and therefore should not be fed daily. Can someone please clear this up for me please as i dont Believe them. I know iceberg is bad and they never fed it. But i feed green lettuce everyday to my pigs and always have done and they have never been ill from it

 

[piggyfan]

Lettuce is fine as long as it is not iceburg. I would not feed the same food everyday though as they need a balanced diet.

 

[Rodentopia]

Mine have a mixed veggie bowl every night one of the staples is lambs lettuce or round and its fine as long as you are feeding a varied balanced diet with it, it fine. If fed on its own it contains no nutrients so why it shouldn't be a sole staple

 

[dancegal]

I am trying to find a good range of new veg. But i thought it was a load of rubbish, as fed before and my girls do have lettuce along with other things, and also trying new things as dont know what they have had before, if anything

 

[iamsnape]

Romaine is high in calcium so you need to watch out for the white spots in their wee but generally lettuce is fine except iceberg. You can get mixed leaf bags, I buy them for mine so I know they're getting a variety of leafy greens without the hassle of buying loads of different things! The ones I get have different types of lettuce (green/red) in, spinach, rocket, and sometimes chard/red chard.

 

[biscandmatt]

i feed a variety of lettuces

 

[sport_billy]

We feed Lettuce probably 4 times a week in an evening and interchange it with Parsley, coriander or celery leaves. As piggy fan has said avoid Iceberg. Hope your new arrivals are settling in well. Did you name the black piggy yet?

 

[dancegal]

We feed Lettuce probably 4 times a week in an evening and interchange it with Parsley, coriander or celery leaves. As piggy fan has said avoid Iceberg. Hope your new arrivals are settling in well. Did you name the black piggy yet?

Yes i never feed iceberg . Yes thank you they are settling in well and becoming more brave and relaxed, as they has no human interaction in there last home. The black one is now called Phoebe

 

[helen105281]

They can eat all but iceberg, but any lettuce can cause bladder issues. My late Johnny had an inoperable stone and this was the result of us feeding romaine lettuce every day before we knew better. All my pigs are now on a bladder friendly diet which includes no lettuce at all and parsley and other high calcium veggies as occasional treats only. We also never feed readigrass.