Low Calcium Diet?

[Pigmad]

Hi everybody, just asking for a bit of advice really..........


My sow Rose is still having her bladder problems, so ive decided to put her on a low calcium diet,this is what she has now........

-Just Grass, (using as advised by Vedra) 1 big handful a day per pig
-p@h pellets, big handful between her and cagemate
-veggies...... peppers, cucumber, celery, lettuce, tomato, melon,green beans, grass from the garden, dandelion leaves from the garden, she has carrot and cabbage once a week now due to there high calcium content, apple as a treat etc.

Is this ok? Or is there anything else i should cut down on?

 

[Claire W]

As you already know, my Connie is also having bladder problems so is on a low calcium diet. Your food list sounds fine to me as that is what I feed too but mine are a little more fussy. Mine are not keen on peppers. tomatoes and green beans so I feed them melon and stir fry as well x

 

[tanya1]

My pumpkin has bladder problems and i have found out it is more important to have the correct calcium/phospherous ratio in the diet rather than low calcium. Guinea lynx has a great exel calculator to work out if the diet is balanced. I found i had to actually add in some higher calcium foods as i had gone to low, which can cause more problems.

hope its of help x

http://www.guinealynx.info/charts.html