Lettuce And Calcium

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HansPiggies said:
Hi, sorry bit confused, can't find where on the sticky it says about lettuce...?
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you're right - lettuce isn't on Wiebke's sticky. My view on lettuce comes from lots of threads and looking at websites. There is a lot of conflicting information about whether it can be fed and how often. What I am saying is, there is no nutritional value in it for guinea pigs and therefore no reason why is needs to be given.
 
PiggyOwner said:
you're right - lettuce isn't on Wiebke's sticky. My view on lettuce comes from lots of threads and looking at websites. There is a lot of conflicting information about whether it can be fed and how often. What I am saying is, there is no nutritional value in it for guinea pigs and therefore no reason why is needs to be given.
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Ah ok, well it is hard to know, any one can write anything on the Internet really. I feed it because of a lot of things I've read lol Long as we're doing what we think is best and mine love it and have never had a problem feeding it so far :)
 
Maybe it's iceberg lettuce you're thinking of piggyowner? I've read in lots of places that that is bad and low in nutrition!image.webp
 
HansPiggies said:
Ah ok, well it is hard to know, any one can write anything on the Internet really. I feed it because of a lot of things I've read lol Long as we're doing what we think is best and mine love it and have never had a problem feeding it so far :)
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I agree . It's hard to know .
 
PiggyOwner said:
I have heard from somewhere that lettuce is high calcium ! The information is so conflicting ! Even Wiebke says so in her sticky. I rarely give lettuce nowadays . The debate about whether it's bad can continue - basically - there's not much in it that is good for guinea pigs !

whenever I get confused , I refer back to the sticky ...

https://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk...or-a-balanced-general-guinea-pig-diet.116460/

... and as many of you may already be aware, the " core " of my guinea pigs' diet is taken from a diet recommended by some experts ...

1 piece cucumber
1 sprig of dill or coriander
1 small piece of spring green
1 piece green pepper
2 pieces of celery
1 french bean.

... twice a day per piggy
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Oooh that's pretty much identical to what I feed mine :)
 
I alternate between spring greens and red/gem/romaine lettuce...
 
lettuces are low calcium and the best choice of food for bladder piggies, according to our vet (specialist) - mollie has IC and a problem with calcium salts and her main fresh food is now lettuces :) (although i always fed them anyway!)
 
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