veggies, how much and what each day

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Can anyone help a dunce? I have done tons of research but end up rather confused, at the moment the piggies have veggies throughout the day, they norm have romain lettace, carrots, kale, peppers and cucumber daily, then toms, apple, pear, banana a couple times per week, the trouble is different sites say different things on what they can and cant have daily, or what they can and cant have in general, its driving me mad trying to decide what I should and shouldnt buy them, so can anyone help a thick person, is there anything there I'm feeding to often? anything I should be feeding them that I'm not? What do you guys give your piggies?
 
Hi,

I think a small handful twice a day per piggie of a mixture of veg is plenty for them.

I usually give them some pepper and romaine in the morning, and maybe some carrot and a bit of cucumber and (then change it the next day to something else) at night. Too much upsets their stomachs.

as long as they have endless hay, and some pellets as well this should be a balanced diet:))
 
I agree, supermum! I got my first babies a few days ago and have been giving them very small bits of cucumber, pepper, carrot, plum tomato, apple, basil, mint and parsley.

Every list I see says something different and I'm quite paranoid about the many mixed messages :(
 
I'm glad it isnt just me that worries, it is all very confusing, I dont like how different each site is, I have read a site that says peppers every day yet another says once per week lol. Only thing everywhere seems to agree on is no potatoes.

I have so far carried on as normal, I have given tastes of other bits but mostly I stick to the same stuff and hope I havent got it wrong! xx
 
I need a site with a daily diet up so I can copy that lol, its how much of each thing that gets me, I know they need vit c but alot of high vit c foods have calcium that they arnt ment to have much of because of bladder stones or something, it gives me a right headache trying to get it right. I do give mine science selective guinea food as thats the one that contains most vit c I have found (it has 800mg) so I'm hoping that is helping with a balanced diet x
 
I think mine are overfed!

They have romaine lettuce every day with a variation of other veg/fruit from tomatoes, bluberries, strawberries, grapes and broccoli. I haven't given the cucumber for about a month though. They also have apple every other day.
 
i feed my two twice a day and feed 4-5 different things each day. 2 in the morning then 3 in the evening, or the other way round. mine only have leafy greens so i use a side plate and a small handful each is about what they get twice a day. :)
 
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