How Much Water To A 500mg Vitamin C Tablet?

[Dilly's Piggies]

I purchased some chewable 500mg vitamin C tablets, anyone know how much water I should dissolve these with?

 

[Tiny]

Human or pig?

 

[Dilly's Piggies]

Human or pig?

Guinea Pig... lol

 

[JenniferG]

Why would you want to? They should get enough from their fresh veg?

 

[DM030819]

I purchased some chewable 500mg vitamin C tablets, anyone know how much water I should dissolve these with?

Apparently 10mg - 30mg is the recommended dose for a pig so a tablet would be at least 17 doses (if you were giving 30mg a day).

Is there a reason why you want to give extra Vitamin C? It's recommended to only give it when a piggy is ill as excess Vitamin C can cause health issues.

 

[Dilly's Piggies]

Apparently 10mg - 30mg is the recommended dose for a pig so a tablet would be at least 17 doses (if you were giving 30mg a day).

Is there a reason why you want to give extra Vitamin C? It's recommended to only give it when a piggy is ill as excess Vitamin C can cause health issues.

One of my sows is suffering with bacterial cystitis and is not eating her veg. I have to keep her on a low calcium diet which means I cannot feed her many dark leafy greens that are higher in vitamin C as she is susceptible to bladder stones, and she absolutely hates bell pepper, the only veg she will eat are lettuce and cucumber, she is not getting enough vitamin C so my vet has said to give her supplements. I'm waiting for the Oxbow vitamin C hay tablets to be delivered so I had to buy human tablets, whereas the only tablet I could find is a 500mg or a 1000mg, and I have no idea how to dose this. I know what I'm doing with my piggies I just needed the ratios. Thank you.

 

[DM030819]

Typical isn't it, the one thing that's good for her and she won't eat it.

My bladder sludge pig refuses to drink water so I have to get it into him in ither ways.

I'd probably go for dissolving it in 20ml, then giving 1ml a day. That'd be less than the 30mg dose but more than the minimum.

I would probably throw it away after a couple of days and start with fresh. I've never used it but I would imagine that the mixture would go off/weird after a few days.

 

[Dilly's Piggies]

Typical isn't it, the one thing that's good for her and she won't eat it.

My bladder sludge pig refuses to drink water so I have to get it into him in ither ways.

I'd probably go for dissolving it in 20ml, then giving 1ml a day. That'd be less than the 30mg dose but more than the minimum.

I would probably throw it away after a couple of days and start with fresh. I've never used it but I would imagine that the mixture would go off/weird after a few days.

I bought a pack of 25 tablets so I'm just mixing one up giving her a small amount and then throwing the left overs away right after, I know that vitamin C loses it's potency extremely fast when added to water so it's useless keeping it, I just mix a new one up every day. I've been mixing in about 50ml of water and giving her 0.5ml of the 1cc/ml syringe, judging by what you've said though this is probably not enough? She has perked up a lot though so hopefully it's doing some good at least! I'm terribly bad at maths, got an E for it haha! But obviously getting dosages right is very important when it comes to medication so I needed to come here and ask. I just can't wait for those Oxbow tablets, it has it all figured out for me...

 

[JenniferG]

This is what my Kiwi was prescribed by the vet - 1000mg in 25ml of water. This provides 40mg in 1ml. Give 1ml daily.

 

[Dilly's Piggies]

This is what my Kiwi was prescribed by the vet - 1000mg in 25ml of water. This provides 40mg in 1ml. Give 1ml daily.

Perfect, thank you!

 

[JenniferG]

Also, Romaine lettuce is nutrient dense, so that would be a good choice if using something else at the moment.

 

[Dilly's Piggies]

Also, Romaine lettuce is nutrient dense, so that would be a good choice if using something else at the moment.

I'll be sure to get some more romaine for her, she does love her lettuce, I feed mostly curly and little gem though as romaine is harder to find in my area, I need to go into town for that. Any other recommendations which she may like to try? I just wish she would eat her peppers, all my other 7 piggies love peppers and she's typically the only one that hates it, and she's the only one that's sick and needs it. She was a rescue piggy and I didn't get her until she was 8 months old, I've had my others since birth or 8 weeks so maybe that's why, she just wasn't offered peppers when she was young, she has always been picky since I got her.

I offer them all cucumber, celery, cherry tomatoes, green beans, curly, little gem or romaine lettuce, spring greens, small piece of carrot and of course bell peppers daily, she will steer clear of the peppers, have a nibble on everything else but will devour lettuce and cucumber. She loves kale too but obviously I can't feed this to her anymore, it's a shame. I will never give up on the peppers though, maybe one day she will try it!

 

[JenniferG]

That is a shame...have you tried different coloured peppers?

 

[DM030819]

I bought a pack of 25 tablets so I'm just mixing one up giving her a small amount and then throwing the left overs away right after, I know that vitamin C loses it's potency extremely fast when added to water so it's useless keeping it, I just mix a new one up every day. I've been mixing in about 50ml of water and giving her 0.5ml of the 1cc/ml syringe, judging by what you've said though this is probably not enough? She has perked up a lot though so hopefully it's doing some good at least! I'm terribly bad at maths, got an E for it haha! But obviously getting dosages right is very important when it comes to medication so I needed to come here and ask. I just can't wait for those Oxbow tablets, it has it all figured out for me...

I hope you didn't think I was being patronising CavyConnoisseur. Usually when I post I try to cover any problems, just for any less experienced piggy owners that might read the post.

I'd definitely keep trying the peppers, it took me weeks to get my three to eat them!