Overfeeding?

[custardcream]

Hi,

I know there has been a few posts regarding over feeding, I have looked at these and the sticky thread, but I was wondering if you could let me know if I am overfeeding?

My Mum looked after my 2 GP's at the weekend, and she said that I do give them a lot of food. On a normal day they get -

Timothy Hay (Excel Herbage at the moment, since I tried them on this and now they do not eat the normal Hay from P@H!).
I refill their bowl with pellets, so it just covers the bottom, this is normally gone by the morning.
Fruit and veg wise they get - 3 large leaves of romain lettuce, a few slivers of pepper, 1 thick slice of cucumber (about 1cm thick), couple of stalks each of corriander/parsley, and now and again half a sweetcorn, or a few smallish squares of apple.

They get that once in the morning and once at night. They do not get treats unless its a few dandelion leaves, and they go out for roughly 3 hours a day if the weather is good.

Sorry for the long post, but could you tell me if this is too much? They are 3 and a half months old.

Thank you in advance.

Alex

 

[piggy person]

my vet says use more forage more than fruit and veg
becouse it kepps them busy and it doesent make them too fat
use plenty of hay and grass

 

[custardcream]

Thank you!

I like to give them a few different bits of veg a day as I don't want them to get bored?! I suppose because I do this, it seems like I am feeding them a lot, when really it is just small bits of a lot of things!?

I will maybe reduce it to 3 veg a day and lots more Herbage hay.

Thanks again.

 

[Wiebke]

Thank you!

I like to give them a few different bits of veg a day as I don't want them to get bored?! I suppose because I do this, it seems like I am feeding them a lot, when really it is just small bits of a lot of things!?

I will maybe reduce it to 3 veg a day and lots more Herbage hay.

Thanks again.

Please give 5 veg/fruit a day, but reduce the amounts slightly; each portion per piggy should be about 50g/1 cupful per piggy per day. It may be useful to weigh things out once so you get a feel for the amounts needed,

 

[custardcream]

Please give 5 veg/fruit a day, but reduce the amounts slightly; each portion per piggy should be about 50g/1 cupful per piggy per day. It may be useful to weigh things out once so you get a feel for the amounts needed,

Ok, I will do that. I will start measuring it in cups so I can make sure they get enough. Thank you for the advice.