PIcky Eaters - worried about too much calcium and not enough Vit C

[Claire K]

Morning,

I have 2 very picky babies (9 wks) who, despite being given many new foods to eat will still only touch Cauliflower Leaves, Kale, Cucumber, Carrots and parsley!

I am worried that giving them 2 small meals of this each day will give them too much calcium in their diet but if i dont give them it to eat, they wont get their vit c each day and become ill as they wont touch anything else i give them.

I have tried tomato, sweetcorn, peppers, broccoli, grapes, brussell Sprouts and they wont touch them - fussy little monkies!

PLease help as I dont know what to do.

 

[piggyme234]

Kale and parsley have vit c in. There is a sticky about calcium rations but I don't know how to add links. For the vit c you can look on the guinealynx website. What they eat now doesn't sound too bad to me but you can look at stuff yourself and work it out from there.

 

[Wiebke]

Work your way through this thread: http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=30297

I think that your diet is not bad as a whole. Some piggies are just fussy! Simply persist with offering them other food, and hopefully, eventually, they'll relent.

 

[Claire K]

Thanks for that. I have printed the thread off so can now use it as reference.

Thanks so much for your help - again !

 

[Laura-CCC4]

At such a young age, calcium is not an issue, though I do understand your frustration at their stubbornness to try other foods! It's mainly the pigs over 6-8 months who need to watch what they eat - no need to fret over calcium for another few months.