Poison to pigs! Stuff you must know!

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OK! I just got alot of shocking info about what can poison your pig silently and painfully.

1. I know some folks that feed their piggie's oranges. That's perfectly fine, but, some pigs love the taste of the peels of oranges. BUT! Orange peels have a substance in it that kills guinea pigs! 1 out of 5 pigs die from eating orange peels. Not that high of a risk, but why chance it?

2.Peanuts. A HUGE NO NO! ALOT of people feed their piggies peanuts? You would be suprised. As alot of people know, peanuts are very allergenic. Well, because guineas have a very small metabilism, they are more likely to swell up? I was suprised when i heard about this one.

3. Red lettuce. Alright, alright. i know ALOT of pig owners feed their guineas lettuce. Well that is OK! But, red lettuce has been proven to cause ALOT of different varieties of disease that may lead to death.

Well guys i have alot of other cavy killers so let me know if you are interested. :)
 
Other than the oblivious (Chocolate, candy, ect) heres a few more;
Iceberg lettuce, Potatoes, Rhubarb, Dairy products, anything spicy, Beans and any food that was previously frozen.
 
potatoes are NOT deadly if cooked before feeding, they are a very usefull feed in the winter when mixed with bran and fed warm, likewise potatoe peelings are fine fed as above.
i have been feeding pototoes like this for 40 odd years .
 
my guineas eat the orange innards but leave the pith and peel behind.. But interesting to know. Do you have any referance links? It would be interesting to do the background reading, wherever you found them! :)
 
When you say red lettuce, which do you mean? Mine have been having small bits of radicchio from a salad packet, I googled it before and came up Guinea safe, but if there are known problems then will stop!
 
Reference links would be quite interesting. I don't know how things are done in the US but I've never heard of anyone feeding peanuts to piggies
 
I've been feeding red lettuce to my piggies for the past few months! I checked that it was OK first, and they love it. I'm worried now! :...
 
2krae said:
OK! I just got alot of shocking info about what can poison your pig silently and painfully.

1. I know some folks that feed their piggie's oranges. That's perfectly fine, but, some pigs love the taste of the peels of oranges. BUT! Orange peels have a substance in it that kills guinea pigs! 1 out of 5 pigs die from eating orange peels. Not that high of a risk, but why chance it?

2.Peanuts. A HUGE NO NO! ALOT of people feed their piggies peanuts? You would be suprised. As alot of people know, peanuts are very allergenic. Well, because guineas have a very small metabilism, they are more likely to swell up? I was suprised when i heard about this one.

3. Red lettuce. Alright, alright. i know ALOT of pig owners feed their guineas lettuce. Well that is OK! But, red lettuce has been proven to cause ALOT of different varieties of disease that may lead to death.

Well guys i have alot of other cavy killers so let me know if you are interested. :)
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Do you have the info to substantiate these claims? I'd be interested to read them.
 
Sure guys :) I'll get the link from my brother. I will get it to yall at my earliest open in time. And JerryBelly everything will be OK with your piggies :) Just be sure there is no change in behavior in them anytime soon. Keep in mind that red lettuce will very rarely effect your pigs, but just to be safe, i would sop feeding them that, and phone a vet if your worried about them.
 
Hmm. hey do piggies like potatoes? i never thought of given stryper a potato. they arent dangerous, are they? well i guess i could always cook it to kill any germs... let me know.
 
fluff said:
potatoes are NOT deadly if cooked before feeding, they are a very usefull feed in the winter when mixed with bran and fed warm, likewise potatoe peelings are fine fed as above.
i have been feeding pototoes like this for 40 odd years .
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I didnt know this! :o:oThank you!
Do the have to be boiled?/

I've done research before and I just listed the food off the top of my head. Sorry if I was wrong guys:red:red
 
I've fed my lot the odd bit of potatoe when I've been cooking they all love it and no one has died!

Same for red lettuce and orange
 
I was always under the impression Potatoes were a big no no too!

My Dad tried to give my piggies a cooked one once and I had a complete cow at him for it... *goes to apologise!*
 
2krae said:
OK! I just got alot of shocking info about what can poison your pig silently and painfully.

1. I know some folks that feed their piggie's oranges. That's perfectly fine, but, some pigs love the taste of the peels of oranges. BUT! Orange peels have a substance in it that kills guinea pigs! 1 out of 5 pigs die from eating orange peels. Not that high of a risk, but why chance it?

2.Peanuts. A HUGE NO NO! ALOT of people feed their piggies peanuts? You would be suprised. As alot of people know, peanuts are very allergenic. Well, because guineas have a very small metabilism, they are more likely to swell up? I was suprised when i heard about this one.

3. Red lettuce. Alright, alright. i know ALOT of pig owners feed their guineas lettuce. Well that is OK! But, red lettuce has been proven to cause ALOT of different varieties of disease that may lead to death.

Well guys i have alot of other cavy killers so let me know if you are interested. :)
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Thanks for the info! Looks interesting, would love to see some links for it.

Sorry alot reminded me of this http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.co.uk/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html
 
i remember years ago when i was a child (30-35 yrs) we used to cook potatoes for our pigs in the winter. we never had problems and no-one died. after joining this forum and reading that they shouldn't have them it made me feel really bad about what we had done all those years ago. now i don't know what to think:{
 
If you search the internet you will find a lot of confusing, conflicting and downright ridiculous information.

If you are not experienced or knowledgeable is must be hard to know what it correct and what is complete twaddle. Re-posting twaddle as fact causes others to get confused and misinformed.

In the sticky threads (at the top of each section of the forum) are sources of information that the more experienced members have posted over time. They are an invaluable source of information and I feel they should be utilised far more by newer members as they can be relied upon far more than plucking random pages off the internet.
 
I would rather steer clear of the whole potato feeding, they are a member of the deadly nightshade family - a highly poisonous plant to most animals, including us en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanaceae

And times move on, people find more and more things out when keeping pets so just because you did something for years, it might not actually be advisable now (like keeping rabbits and piggies together).
 
I sometimes give our Piggys Red gem lettuce-don't know whether to avoid it now. :{
 
ZaraPiggie6 said:
I've fed my lot the odd bit of potatoe when I've been cooking they all love it and no one has died!

Same for red lettuce and orange
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I've given mine bits of sweet potato (literally like a 1cm x 1cm cube!) but never potato potatoes - I'd say they were too high in starch if nothing else, but then my pigs are on a diet :x
 
i feed my girls iceberg lettuce too as the one suffers from bladder sludge so she has to have watery veg in her diet to flush her bladder out incase she doesnt drink enough, i was told this by the vet 2 weeks ago
she only has a little along with cucumber :)
i changed her nuggets too as the old ones had alfafa in them , the ones i use now don't as alfafa is high in calcium
it has proven very effective to her as her sludge has almost disappeared :)
fingers crossed it will stay that way as i don't want to put her through surgery for it
she has bell peppers & hay too but thats about it now
her poops are fine on this diet :)
i agree with suzy, don't post unless you are an expert in the diets of guinea's as all piggies & owners are different & have had different experiences
 
For those worrying about having fed red lettuce, etc., I usually work from this chart as it's the most comprehensive I can find. It lists both red and green varieties of lettuce as suitable for daily feeding, and interestingly, mentions not only oranges, but specifically lists the peel separately as something they can have even more often than the fruit.
 
SpinningNickel said:
For those worrying about having fed red lettuce, etc., I usually work from this chart as it's the most comprehensive I can find. It lists both red and green varieties of lettuce as suitable for daily feeding, and interestingly, mentions not only oranges, but specifically lists the peel separately as something they can have even more often than the fruit.
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That's the list i work from also ;) very easy to follow
 
2krae said:
Hmm. hey do piggies like potatoes? i never thought of given stryper a potato. they arent dangerous, are they? well i guess i could always cook it to kill any germs... let me know.
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they MUST be cooked before feeding, see my previous post about feeding them.
 
POTATOES are fine to feed.
as i have wrote before, peelings are cooked then strained and mixed into bran and fed warm in the winter, i have been doing this for 40 odd years.
do i need to post pictures of my pigs eating them?
 
fluff said:
POTATOES are fine to feed.
as i have wrote before, peelings are cooked then strained and mixed into bran and fed warm in the winter, i have been doing this for 40 odd years.
do i need to post pictures of my pigs eating them?
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Why does almost every single site recommend against them if they are fine to feed when cooked? it's really frustrating when it comes to guinea pig facts - their food allowance is a mine-field of do's and don'ts, can's and cant's mallethead i was reading about allowed plants/weeds the other day - god i wish they had accompanying pictures, a gardener I'm not!
 
fluff said:
POTATOES are fine to feed.
as i have wrote before, peelings are cooked then strained and mixed into bran and fed warm in the winter, i have been doing this for 40 odd years.
do i need to post pictures of my pigs eating them?
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You don't have to cook them or at least I don't

But yes the op shouldn't be posting with did and donts until they know it's fact
 
Sodapops said:
Why does almost every single site recommend against them if they are fine to feed when cooked? it's really frustrating when it comes to guinea pig facts - their food allowance is a mine-field of do's and don'ts, can's and cant's mallethead i was reading about allowed plants/weeds the other day - god i wish they had accompanying pictures, a gardener I'm not!
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its the same if you start delving in to what foods us humans should /should not eat, if you believe half of what you read then most of us would be walking skelatons.
off to cooked some spuds...............:))
 
fluff said:
its the same if you start delving in to what foods us humans should /should not eat, if you believe half of what you read then most of us would be walking skelatons.
off to cooked some spuds...............:))
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I must admit i didn't see the issue with potatoes other than that they contain a lot of starch.. i also read that cooked foods are a big no-no mallethead you learn something new everyday - very interesting thread.....
 
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