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PriscillaPig
Should I have feeding schedule For Poncho and Pepe,or should food be always available?
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My schedule is as follows:
Dried food topped up in the morning if needed (mine don't eat a lot of pellets so I don't always top up) and then left down all day - so readily available. They have more in the winter than in the summer.
Hay - mixture of different hays topped up 3 times a day - so always available
Veggies - fed twice a day, once at breakfast time, 2nd at tea time. About an hour after I put it down I go back and take the veggie bowls out - there is rarely anything left but if there is I do remove it.
I don't think you need to be too strict in terms of times but piggys do learn routine really well so I try and keep veggie times as regular as I can! Hay and water should always be available. I would be careful about leaving veggies down all the time as, especially in the summer, they can go a bit yuck after a while - which is why I always go back and take out the bowls and left overs.
Not saying this is the 'right' way but it works for me and my piggys!
Dried food topped up in the morning if needed (mine don't eat a lot of pellets so I don't always top up) and then left down all day - so readily available. They have more in the winter than in the summer.
Hay - mixture of different hays topped up 3 times a day - so always available
Veggies - fed twice a day, once at breakfast time, 2nd at tea time. About an hour after I put it down I go back and take the veggie bowls out - there is rarely anything left but if there is I do remove it.
I don't think you need to be too strict in terms of times but piggys do learn routine really well so I try and keep veggie times as regular as I can! Hay and water should always be available. I would be careful about leaving veggies down all the time as, especially in the summer, they can go a bit yuck after a while - which is why I always go back and take out the bowls and left overs.
Not saying this is the 'right' way but it works for me and my piggys!
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PriscillaPig
Cool, so the staple foods should always be available.
Thank you
Thank you
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My lot have dry food and hay topped up every morning and evening.
Have their 'tea' (veggies and/or fruit) around about 10pm
Have their 'tea' (veggies and/or fruit) around about 10pm
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