Should I Change Food?

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AwkwardDuck

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My two boars are coming up to 6 months. They are currently on burgess with mint. But burgess has alfalfa in it. In this case should i change foods? (Note oxbow is very expensive on uk and none of my local pet shops stock it)
 
Burgess is a decent brand of nuggets to feed and as long as your boars don't have a history of bladder stones/issues then it's fine to leave them on it. I feed Burgess excel sparingly, it makes up such a minute portion of their food. I agree with you, the top brand foods are very expensive and it's not always guaranteed that the pigs will eat it.
 
I switched from Burgess, it's not easy to switch but I always slowly mix in anything new over a course of a few weeks, the slower the better! I wouldn't say Burgess is bad but there are better ones :)

I personally found that they mixed over to Versele Laga (order from zooplus) easier as it's a similar texture to the Burgess, my pigs also have Rosewood (available from pet shops) and JR grainless (zooplus) which are cold pressed so it's a bit different in texture and shape but they are very good as they don't contain wheat :)
 
I have noticed the majority of the foods regardless of whether they have alfalfa in them all seem to have a calcium level of around 0.8-0.9. The only issue with alfalfa is to do with the calcium but even non alfalfa foods have the same levels of calcium in them? The only one I have seen which is lower is the Oxbow (which can be ordered as click and collect on pets at home) but even that says 0.35 up to 0.8.

As a new owner I am still confused which one is the best to feed. They are currently on science selective which is what they were fed at the rescue, but I also have 2 other non grainless ones which are unopened as not sure whether to switch them.
 
Pemblebee said:
I have noticed the majority of the foods regardless of whether they have alfalfa in them all seem to have a calcium level of around 0.8-0.9. The only issue with alfalfa is to do with the calcium but even non alfalfa foods have the same levels of calcium in them? The only one I have seen which is lower is the Oxbow (which can be ordered as click and collect on pets at home) but even that says 0.35 up to 0.8.

As a new owner I am still confused which one is the best to feed. They are currently on science selective which is what they were fed at the rescue, but I also have 2 other non grainless ones which are unopened as not sure whether to switch them.
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I’m slowly switching mine over to Grainless so at the moment they get Burgess, Science Selective plus the Science Selective Grainless version.Must admit though they prefer the Burgess!
 
Hi there, I feed mine science selective atm and am not sure to either leave them on it or change to burgess oregano or selective grainless? What’s people’s opinion please
 
Amanda_74 said:
Hi there, I feed mine science selective atm and am not sure to either leave them on it or change to burgess oregano or selective grainless? What’s people’s opinion please
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Out of those ones I'd recommend selective grainless :)
 
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