Newbie Veg Question...

[Tigermoth]

I'm so sorry, this has probably been covered a million times but a search hasn't proved very helpful so just going to ask the question if that's ok (sorry, I know it's annoying when the same questions keep on getting asked).

I've read the pages about what veggies to give. 50-60g per pig per day, and the lists of what is acceptable daily/weekly/occasionally etc. My question is... if you are giving a slice of pepper, how big a piece do you actually put down? Do you leave it whole for them to nibble through? Or is it better to chop it into bitesized bits (in which case, what is bitesize?) Or is that personal piggy preference?

And do I expect to put it in there and they will just head over and eat it up? Or will they dip in and out? If they dip in and out, how do you know that both pigs are getting their share, rather than one getting too much and the other not enough (except by weighing them and watching their weight, but I'd rather be proactive than have to react to weight loss!) Same with the nuggets, do you put them down and expect them to bob backwards and forwards to them over the day?

Thanks

 

[artcasper]

i use two bowls.. i have a fat greedy piggy who scoffs everything in sight but the other puts on weight and they don't fight over the food so i know they are both getting food.. i cut my pepper into little chunks, i did post a photo a while ago with sizes - will try and find it.. i find a visual always helps ! and my food is gone - theres nothing left in the bowls - maybe a bit of cucumber - not their fav but it will still get eaten lol !
Make sure you remove pepper seeds - you prob know that ...

 

[artcasper]

 

[Tigermoth]

That is really helpful, @artcasper, thank you. You know, I'd been thinking you'd need separate bowls for the nuggets but I can see here it can all go in together. That's good, I was thinking it was a lot of bowls otherwise! I'm so dim sometimes *sigh*

 

[artcasper]

That is really helpful, @artcasper, thank you. You know, I'd been thinking you'd need separate bowls for the nuggets but I can see here it can all go in together. That's good, I was thinking it was a lot of bowls otherwise! I'm so dim sometimes *sigh*

I am no expert but this works well for my two girls ! They only get a sprinkle of nuggets in the morning now they are older.

 

[Kerrie74]

We've got 10 guinea's.

I don't even know how big the pepper should be when I chop it up so I just give smallish bits, not just that, I'm weary because I had one guinea where pepper gave him gas and another gets slightly bloated from it. I follow the IC diet which is on the forums. The veg usually goes right away!

In regards to pellets, some people give twice a day some people once, mine tend to go back and fourth to their pellets.