Can celery be fed daily?

[Claire W]

My in laws are staying for the weekend and they have brought some celery for the piggies.

I stopped feeling celery a couple of years ago as my piggies at the time didn’t like it apart from Edward (who is still with me) but buying celery for one pig was a waste as neither me or my husband likes it

I have given them some for their tea and they loved it. I’m just wondering if I can feed it daily?

I have looked at Wiebke’s sample diet as that’s the diet I follow and there is a chunk of celery on the plate

 

[Guineapigfeet]

I feed celery daily. Mine have all loved it and I haven’t seen any reason not to. I don’t like it either!

 

[flowerfairy]

I love celery and have it daily. The guinea pigs have some 3 or 4 times a week with no problems.

 

[VickiA]

I’m sure they can have a chunk each day.

 

[Swissgreys]

It's fine to feed daily if they like it.
Mine have always loved celery.

 

[weepweeps]

I was giving celery every day and someone said I shouldn’t! Pepper and Percy loved it. Maybe I should start again?

 

[Tigermoth]

Well yes. Except apparently this week it is evil. But in a couple of weeks it will be favourite again

 

[Merab]

Mine love celery and when I have some they get a chunk every day.

 

[AidaB]

Hector loves a bit of celery, Hamish sometimes eats it.
I treat us all every other week, but I get a pot of hummus to go with my share.

 

[ThatPurpleB]

Celery is on the example plate of daily veggies on this forum's food guide. So I've fed it daily for months since seeing it.

 

[eileen]

I feed it every other day!just an inch chunk.

 

[Tara95]

Oh wow I didn't realise this! So helpful to know they can have it daily! I've always been wary about buying celery as believed they could only have it every 3 days or so due to calcium! Will give my pigs a chunk now! x

 

[piggieminder]

I was given a list of things not to feed bladder pigs by my vet and celery was on it! I had already stopped feeding it because I noticed it seemed to be a trigger for Spike's sludge.
Now Spike has gone mine get it occasionally as a treat if I buy it for myself. It seems to be one of those grey area things. Different pigs seem to react to different foods.

 

[ThatPurpleB]

I think the leaves are high in calcium but not the sticks.

 

[piggieminder]

That is correct @ThatPurpleB but it's not because of calcium the vet is concerned about the sticks.

 

[Free Ranger]

Mine love it but I give a bit maybe every 3 or 4 days. One of my vets was wary about it once during a bladder stone discussion although she did say it was just a gut feeling for her boar. My neighbour's pigs get loads and seem to have no trouble but they live outdoors and perhaps this affects their metabolism...?

 

[ThatPurpleB]

That is correct @ThatPurpleB but it's not because of calcium the vet is concerned about the sticks.

Any idea what's in the sticks that's bad for bladder piggies? I vaguely remember someone once mentioning oxalates with celery but it's not something I ever checked.

 

[piggieminder]

I think it maybe oxelates.

 

[JaimeGraceUK]

i give sticks of celery daily but if they come with leaves i give it on the odd occasion

 

[artcasper]

Mine have a piece every day......no one human in the house eats it .... just a slither not loads...

 

[Jasicorn]

Don't forget to cut in in chunks though and be careful they may choke on the stringy celery.

 

[WheekHearted]

All mine eat it up. That, dill and fennel seems to be a favorite to all of mine. With other things, carrots, mint and tomato there's some who like it more than the rest. Oh cucumber and sweet peppers they all like and wil eat but will leave some of it.