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Dempiggies

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Hello all,
I just read post low calcium foods and read someone losing a piggy to stones. Very ☹️. I saw kale was high in calcium. I feed my 5 piggies kale daily. I’m assuming this is bad. It’s really not a lot split between 5 pigs and they get romain lettuce, bell peppers, cucumber and a little carrot. Should kale stop. I’m scared now thinking I’ve fed my piggies wrong. Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you.
 
Yes kale is a high calcium veg and all high calcium veg should ideally be fed sparingly, no more than once per week.

With that said, pellets and water (if you’re in a hard water area) contribute a lot of calcium to the diet, so strictly limiting pellets to one tablespoon per pig per day (it will amount to so very little, just 6g of the pellets I feed), choosing a low calcium pellet and filtering drinking water will go a long way to reducing calcium intake.
 
Once a week is fine. As I say though limiting pellets and filtering water goes further towards lowering calcium intake
 
They get burgess excel w mint pellets 1/4 cup for 5 pigs in the morning, hay unlimited, and probably too much veg at night. I use tap water for them. I’m too new of a guinea pig owner still learning. Thanks for your help 😁
 
Dempiggies said:
They get burgess excel w mint pellets 1/4 cup for 5 pigs in the morning, hay unlimited, and probably too much veg at night. I use tap water for them. I’m too new of a guinea pig owner still learning. Thanks for your help 😁
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It would be worth investing in a filter jug so you can filter the tap water if you live in a hard water area, it really will go a long way to reducing calcium intake
 
I'd also cut the carrots out to once a week too as they are high in sugar for piggies
 
Dempiggies said:
I saw a sample diet and it showed a relative of kale. Would that be better then kale or just leave it to once a week?
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I feed one big leaf of leafy greens/ spring greens every days because it is lower in calcium. Is this what you were talking about? It's a good alternative 🙂
 
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