Romaine Lettuce?

[iluvguineapigs4]

Who feeds romaine lettuce as their foundation food (food fed everyday)? And have your guinea pigs suffered from it? Liver related? Just curious

 

[Wiebke]

Here is the guinea lynx food chart: http://www.guinealynx.info/chart.html, which is sortable for the vitamin A content if you click on the column second from the right.

 

[iluvguineapigs4]

Here is the guinea lynx food chart: http://www.guinealynx.info/chart.html, which is sortable for the vitamin A content if you click on the column second from the right.

Thanks but this has confused me. Do you reckon you could sum it up for me? Sorry, my simple mind!

 

[Wiebke]

Personally, I would not feed any lettuce daily because they and carrots are the foods highest in vitamin A.

 

[iluvguineapigs4]

Personally, I would not feed any lettuce daily because they and carrots are the foods highest in vitamin A.

Yeah, I'm not going to feed carrots daily, just as a treat but if you look into that Cah ratio sticky it says that Romaine Lettuce can be fed daily. Isn't it good if piggies have a variation of vitamins?

 

[Twoflower]

Cucumbers and Romaine lettuce are two of the only veggies my boys will eat. They will also eat most fresh herbs so I try to get them those as much as possible.

 

[iluvguineapigs4]

Cucumbers and Romaine lettuce are two of the only veggies my boys will eat. They will also eat most fresh herbs so I try to get them those as much as possible.

Do you have any problems with the lettuce? Does it effect their health like Wiebke said? ?/

 

[Twoflower]

Nope. They are just as active as ever. I fed my first Guinea Pig Romaine about every other day and he wasn't sick a day in his life and lived to be about 6.5

 

[Twoflower]

Don't give them too much of course, anything is bad if given too much of. They usually each get a leaf per day.

 

[iluvguineapigs4]

Nope. They are just as active as ever. I fed my first Guinea Pig Romaine about every other day and he wasn't sick a day in his life and lived to be about 6.5

Ahhh, that's good! Do you feed your current ones romaine everyday?

 

[iluvguineapigs4]

Don't give them too much of course, anything is bad if given too much of. They usually each get a leaf per day.

Yeah, yeah. Of course. Don't want them to get ill. That's how much mine will get.

 

[iluvguineapigs4]

Anyone had any problems with Romaine?

 

[Wiebke]

Having lost one of my older pigies to liver failure, I have become a bit more cautious where vitamin A is concerned. The ph : ca ratio doesn't take vitamin A into account.

 

[iluvguineapigs4]

Having lost one of my older pigies to liver failure, I have become a bit more cautious where vitamin A is concerned. The ph : ca ratio doesn't take vitamin A into account.

Oh, sorry for your loss Okay, thanks for the advice. It's just that I can't afford gourmet meals for my piggies like some people can! It's not that I'm poor or anything, it's just that my parents don't pay for them and I have to supply them with everything. I get money to look after them so they are really well looked after. My foundation foods are sweetheart cabbage and romaine lettuce. But don't worry, I won't overfeed the lettuce. Only a leaf a day. It will be mixed in with other herbs and veggies/fruit so a good variation of vitamins and nutrients

 

[Twoflower]

My current boys get it about every other day.

 

[Username]

I'd like to know, too! I have to stock up soon for my new piggies

 

[Username]

Hm. I meant to say "I'm glad to know too". I'm on my phone most of the time.

 

[PigTastic]

I give it to mine maybe every other day too, just a leaf or two.