"Lettuce" tell you the truth

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White pee is normal but you should start adjusting diets if there's a gritty residue left behind when a spot dries out.

Coriander (Americans call it cilantro) can be fed almost daily. It's great stuff, pity it's so pricy!
 
Blimey, I can't withdraw romaine from my boys - I'd have a piggy mutiny on my hands! They love it - when they've been poorly its the only thing they will eat along with grass and dandy leaves.

Ours have celery, carrot, cucumber, sometimes apple, tomato and romaine most days - but only a bit of each. Occasionally they get kale, cabbage or spinach. We also pick dandy leaves sometimes for a treat or if they are off their food.
 
Thanks DSL, i'll give parsley twice a week and corriander the other days, think that would be ok? x
 
ok panicky piggy mum here.... after i claen up after floor time there is often white dusty bits left on the floor (laminate flloring) that has soaked thru the old duvet cover i use for them to run.poop all over...... is that normal or no?
 
I dont think loads is normally but its not a serious illness dont worry! Its just there's a lot of calcium in their wee, try doing what I'm going to do, give parsley once or twice a week and corriander the other days if you can? x
 
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I didn't know before this thread to much parsely was bad for them as it was top of the shopping list. My piggies don't eat many veg so have been giving them quiet a bit of parsely and no white wee! Can I ask there are so many things we shouldn't be giving them all the time so what do you give them? ^-^
 
you can give them lots of things, just in variety and moderation, one day you could feed spring greens, carrot, tomato, corriander, slice of apple and then the next day cucumber, lettuce, basil, pepper, celery :) :)
 
Yep, like maisynpoppy says, you don't feed the same thing every day. Variety is the key. You also don't need white wee to get bladder stones so don't assume that because their pee isn't white they won't get bladder problems.
 
They are aloud lettuce but not everyday.

Cause Lettuce is something like a Wet food just like tomatoes. They'll get ill if they have to much. Too much of a good thing! 0:)
 
daftscotslass said:
According to the rescue my poor piggy Bart had never seen anything but dried food and carrots his entire life (about 3 or 4 years). It took very gradual introductions of food to eventually get him eating the same as the others.
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srry I'm a bit behind just catching up on threads, but this is what happened to heath too. he had n hay, was bedded on straw, and was nly fed dry food and carrot.

hes pee looks a bit odd still I'm wondering if this is caused by all the calcium he had. now he is introduced to other veg he wont touch carrot, so i avoid giving it t him much, just the odd piece now and then

lettuce wise, i usually feed mine little gem, when they occasinally get lettuce, if not then they get cs lettuce if ive paid a visit to lidl
 
when i got Xavier he was in a cage with some dried food, water and a few pieces of old carrot :(

the boys love romaine lettuce and spinach but they dont get it very often...Xavier used to like little gem lettuce sometimes.

i usually give mine foods having a high water content lke cucumber because i dont see them drink alot, and i worry!
 
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