vegetables&diet

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hello i suggest you cabbage and parsley for treats and i always use pearls and apples for deserts and my piggies are really happy about their diet



8:00 Dry food &parsley
12:00 parsley (a little) and apples(a little again)
19:00 parsley &Dry food


Bon Apetite :D
 
Too much parsley is not good, as it can cause bladder stone...it should be given very little and not very often :)
 
also i thought too much cabbage wasnt good?

maybe you could give them more of a varied diet? :)
 
Variety is good O0 I feed mine romaine lettuce, cucumber, carrot (on occasion), sweetcorn, corriander, to name a few, sliced apple (occassionally as they are acidity). They also can enjoy peppers (mine are not a fan).

My mind has got blank now
 
There is a huge list of vegetables they can be fed and all 3 you have mentioned can cause problems if fed in excess.

Parsley is high in calcium and can cause bladder stones, especially if fed 3 times a day (which is a ridiculous amount!)

Cabbage is fine in limited amounts every other day, it is very gassy and, depending on the type, can also be high in calcium.

Too many apples can cause mouth sores but they're fine as a treat occasionally.
 
My herbivores often get a varied veggie diet consisting of whatever I've bought for them (I try to change it around every so often depending on what's in season or what they haven't had in a while) and vegetable cut-offs from meals when we're preparing them, if the vegetable is safe.

I've only ever given mine the same thing a few days running (for example, if I've bought some lettuce I'll feed that within the week before it turns to mush) but not so much the same thing three times a day.

Go to your local super market (or if you have one, vegetable market, sometimes veggie market guys will give you the clip offs of vegetables for free!) armed with a list of danger-foods you should avoid and come home with some experimental foods for your piggie. You may find that he loves veggies you've never heard of (I'd never heard of kale before I got a piggie)!
 
Be aware that the clip offs may be moldy or a bit yellow.,that is why they are clipped off.Also the outside leaves of non organic greens will have a higher residue mof pesticide.

My gps only get what I would eat myself.
 
Same here Mary, I don't feed Parsely only as a very rate treat. Little and often is my motto and since doing that we've had no white pee! It's a learning curve, work out what works for you and your pigs.

When I give cabbage (usually spring greens) I only give a small amount per pig, if they don't gobble it all up within 15 mins I know I've gave too much.
 
Maryh, don't worry - they aren't.

We remove cabbage leaves, we cut off the ends of carrots and shed the skin to make the carrot appeal more to the 6 year old and we're an organic household. I would eat the clip offs myself -- in fact, if they didn't get it it would go into soup -- but I'd much rather my pigs and rabbits had a variety of root vegetables added into their diet*.



*Vegetables safe for piggy and bunny consumption**
**Bunnies and pig housed in separate areas of the house.
 
a about the variety subject of course the parsley is not the only thing i give to my piggies its just cos that they love it.Carrot cucumber apples and tomatoes are in their menu u can change the parsley but the parsley is the thing that they love very much so i give them it but u said it can cause problem because of calcium i can reduce it 0:)
 
Yep, that's wise too O0 I gave mine flat leaf parsley today O0 I believe the flat leaf is lower in calcuim than they curly parsley but not sure for certain. I know they love it but it should definetely be fed in moderation.
 
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