Low or no calcuim dry food

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Does anyone know the name of the dry food/pellets with no or low calcuim in them as ive to put my guinea pig on a low calcuim diet?

Jackie
 
Wagg guinea pig crunch has a low calcium content :)
 
Reduce the amount of pellets you feed somewhat; guinea pigs in Germany and Switzerland live to a very normal and healthy old age without getting pellets. There is sadly not yet a really low calcium product out. Please also remember that calcium is in the water, so if you are living in a high calcium region you may have to include that in your considerations.

Here is a food chart that you can check for their calcium content. I assume that you are dealing with bladder stones or interstitial cystitis?
http://www.guinealynx.info/chart.html
 
Yes my guinea pig Junior had surgery 10 days ago to remove a bladder stone and the vet says he had bladder sludge so they also flushed out his bladder. The vet says ive to put him on a low calcuim diet and to maybe stop giving dry food to prevent another stone forming, so i was wondering if there were any dry food/nuggets with little or no calcuim i could give him as he loves his dry food.

Jackie
 
There are announcements of a lowered calcium product for guinea pigs with bladder problems and sensitive tummies coming out at some point, but no dates yet when it comes into circulation or how low the calcium content really is.
Sorry, this link is dutch: http://www.supremepetfoods.nl/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/G-Pig-MMF-sheet-website.pdf

Please feed your boy mostly on timothy hay; it is the lowest in calcium.

You may find this link helpful: http://www.guinealynx.info/stones.html
Please be aware that bladder stones can have different compositions, but the most common are calcium carbohydrate.
 
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