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I spoil my pigs....as most of us do :) can't help it, they are too cute to say no to!
Every day they get all their salad and veggies. These consist of romaine lettuce, bits of carrot, broccoli (mainly stems) parsley and coriander. I've been told it should just be lettuce and one other vitamin c thing :s
On the road to overfeeding and or picky pigs?
What do you feed yours from day to day?
 
Mine have coriander, cucumber, pepper, celery every day for breakfast and on one day they also get broccoli and a tiny bit of melon including skin and on the next day they get baby corn, tiny bit of apple and either basil or parsley.

Then for tea they have a bowl of either mixed salad leaves or romaine lettuce.
 
I have strange boys. They won't touch pepper or celery. The only fruit they bother with are cherries. They can take or leave baby corn. Fuss pots :)
 
Toby & Barney are really fussy too. The things I listed are the only things they will eat - I have tried them on loads of stuff including beans, sprouts, cabbage, kale, courgette, tomatoes, different fruits etc and they wont touch any of it.
 
Aww such loved piggies,

Mine have romaine lettuce and pepper in the morning and in the evening they get cucumber and carrot, i give them some apple every now and then as well and when i get paid i buy them some kale as a treat which they adore! :nod:

I might try them on some corriander as a treat, i didn't know whether they we're allowed it before...
 
Apparently they can eat all herbs. Parsley, coriander and basil being the top three. Surprisingly mine hate Rosemary but love thyme. Parsley is an easy way of giving them the vitamin C they need. Just don't leave them with the whole bag....
 
Mine are addicted to cucumber... Peppers went down well especially the green and red ones!
I really want to get them on the herbs but can't find any! Might just end up growing my own. Lettuce they love love love! Kale and spinach are big loves too!

When I get the chance I buy them a salad bowl for them end up chewing on the bowl and loose interest in the green stuff! Celery is on my to do list as well!

A new major love is Brussel sprouts!
 
You can get bags of fresh herbs from Tesco or Aldi.
Mine luuuurve the lettuce too. It's their first pick out of the bowl every time. :)
 
jesss said:
Mine are addicted to cucumber... Peppers went down well especially the green and red ones!
I really want to get them on the herbs but can't find any! Might just end up growing my own. Lettuce they love love love! Kale and spinach are big loves too!

When I get the chance I buy them a salad bowl for them end up chewing on the bowl and loose interest in the green stuff! Celery is on my to do list as well!

A new major love is Brussel sprouts!
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Lidl sell live herbs and if you're lucky they sometimes grow back x
 
Mine east cucumber, lettuce, peppers, celery, Apple now and then, broccoli, tomatoes now and then, parsley, green beans, baby sweet corn, odd cauliflower and parsnips
 
Mine get cucumber lettuce spinach peppers broccoli sprouts cabbage celery coriander parsley basil baby corn full size corn (not a whole one I cut them up) swede turnip carrot broad beans fine beans parsnip they get a bit of banana as a treat but only once every few months.

They generally get 5/6 types a day. They get a full rabbit bowl full between 3 pigs.
 
... mine love fresh herbs but I have heard that most of them are high in calcium so need to be fed in small quantities
 
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