Weekly veg and fruit plan?

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I have done a lot of research on piggies and also plan to take an online class I found about them. I have been a piggy owner for about 2 years and In my research I have found the amounts of vitamins and calcium and phosphorus needed in their diet. However I have a hard time planning ahead and getting each veg they need to fulfill these amounts. Right now I just feed lettuce every day an alternate between peppers carrots and sometimes basil. Does anyone have a plan of some sort of a weekly feeding schedule of what veggies/fruits to feed in order to reach their nutrition goals.
 
Hello. I feed lettuce pepper cucumber and a green bean every day - sometimes forage dried or other and supper every night but is once a week of celery leaves, willow leaves , mint and coriander ( that’s 2- 3 times a week)
They have science ( grain free ) selective pellets and piggy parcel urinary support pellets 1/2 a tablespoon each product for 2 piggies
They rarely get fruit a bit of one of these alternating monthly, apple peel a strawberry top , a bit of melon , a bit of banana peel
They have filtered water changed daily
Hope this helps
 
Please dont overthink amounts of individual nutrients. Calcium:phosphorous ratio is not something we use as it hugely complicates things, doesn’t take the diet as a whole into account and also there are local considerations such as the hardness of water.

The four safe veg that you can feed every day are lettuce, cucumber, bell pepper and coriander (cilantro).
There four veggies meet the nutritional needs of vitamins without being too high in calcium/oxalates.
Anything else can be added in rotation at once or twice a week.

High calcium veggies can be given in a small amount and at just once a week - things such as parsley, kale, spinach etc.

Fruit and carrot should not be fed, but if it is then it is only very small amount and no more often than once a week. The sugars in them are not healthy and fruits are not something they would naturally eat.

Most calcium comes into the diet via pellets and drinking water.
Pellets kept limited to one tablespoon and water should be filtered in hard water areas.

Mine get the basic four every single day but they do get another veg added in a couple of times a week but it depends what I have got in - I don’t buy specifically for them, I buy for us and our meal planning and they will then have a bit of it.
Mine, if they are incredibly lucky, might get a one small piece of carrot peeling at Christmas or a slice of apple once in the summer - I didn’t do it this year.

I don’t feed any pellets so I can feed the high calcium veggies such as kale and spinach without concern about overdoing the calcium.

Our guide explains everything fully

Long Term Balanced General And Special Needs Guinea Pig Diets
 
I had been feeding carrots more often than I should have do you think they will be ok
 
I had been feeding carrots more often than I should have do you think they will be ok
I’m sure they will be - we all learn as we go along - I didn’t realise parsley shouldn’t be fed as often when I first got my boys
Our little piggies will devour anything won’t they !
 
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