Grasspigs
New Born Pup
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Hi, I have a piggy with calcium pees/ possible bladder sludge (Scribble) and a normal piggy (Custard).
They currently have 1 tablespoon SS grain free pellets, filtered water & low calcium veggies based on the forum sample diet.
This is daily:
•gem/cos lettuce- 1 big or a few small leaves each
• slice of pepper each
•slice of cucumber each
•chunk of celery- cut up small
•a few sprigs of coriander (only scribble will eat)
•small piece of broccoli and carrot each 1 day a week
+unlimited grass in the run on good weather days & a big handful of grass in cage on bad weather days.
I want to give them more variety of veggies as they are getting bored, while still being careful about scribble.
I tend to cut the veg up really small and scatter around the cage for enrichment, so it fits in a cup for both piggies. But would it be better, to feed them separate portions? I feel like I'm not feeding enough veg?
I think i will feed celery every other day, due to the high oxolates, and i may be able to feed spring greens occasionally, when i can get my hands on them, as we dont eat them often and with only 2 piggies, we wouldnt get through the big shop ones fast enough! I could add in green beans occasionally.
My questions:
+ is it ok to feed them more herbs to replace spring greens? As i can grow a lot of herbs (basil, mint, peppermint, lemon balm) is fennel a low calcium herb?
+ Is it ok to feed custard a small amount of another herb, as she doesnt like coriander? even though all the other herbs are higher in calcium (e.g. parsley, basil, mint) and could i give scribble a different herb maybe once or twice a week?
+could i vary the lettuce, with something different a couple times a week, E.g red gem, or red & green leaf lettuce?
+Would it be ok to occasionally feed a small amount of salad bag leaves with higher calcium, e.g. butterhead, chard, escarole, (but rarely spinach)?
+ive been looking at veg with a good individual calcium to Phosphorus ratio on guinea lynx, but is the ratio more important than individual calcium content?
+i have a lot of safe forage in my garden including, apple & birch tree leaves, raspberry & strawberry leaves, blackcurrent leaves, & dandelions? Do i need to look for the individual calcium of these and how often could i include fresh forage as part of their diet?
I need some advice as I want to feed more variety, but while being safe for Scribble and in right proportions.
Please help, I am quite confused, with all this diet stuff
They currently have 1 tablespoon SS grain free pellets, filtered water & low calcium veggies based on the forum sample diet.
This is daily:
•gem/cos lettuce- 1 big or a few small leaves each
• slice of pepper each
•slice of cucumber each
•chunk of celery- cut up small
•a few sprigs of coriander (only scribble will eat)
•small piece of broccoli and carrot each 1 day a week
+unlimited grass in the run on good weather days & a big handful of grass in cage on bad weather days.
I want to give them more variety of veggies as they are getting bored, while still being careful about scribble.
I tend to cut the veg up really small and scatter around the cage for enrichment, so it fits in a cup for both piggies. But would it be better, to feed them separate portions? I feel like I'm not feeding enough veg?
I think i will feed celery every other day, due to the high oxolates, and i may be able to feed spring greens occasionally, when i can get my hands on them, as we dont eat them often and with only 2 piggies, we wouldnt get through the big shop ones fast enough! I could add in green beans occasionally.
My questions:
+ is it ok to feed them more herbs to replace spring greens? As i can grow a lot of herbs (basil, mint, peppermint, lemon balm) is fennel a low calcium herb?
+ Is it ok to feed custard a small amount of another herb, as she doesnt like coriander? even though all the other herbs are higher in calcium (e.g. parsley, basil, mint) and could i give scribble a different herb maybe once or twice a week?
+could i vary the lettuce, with something different a couple times a week, E.g red gem, or red & green leaf lettuce?
+Would it be ok to occasionally feed a small amount of salad bag leaves with higher calcium, e.g. butterhead, chard, escarole, (but rarely spinach)?
+ive been looking at veg with a good individual calcium to Phosphorus ratio on guinea lynx, but is the ratio more important than individual calcium content?
+i have a lot of safe forage in my garden including, apple & birch tree leaves, raspberry & strawberry leaves, blackcurrent leaves, & dandelions? Do i need to look for the individual calcium of these and how often could i include fresh forage as part of their diet?
I need some advice as I want to feed more variety, but while being safe for Scribble and in right proportions.
Please help, I am quite confused, with all this diet stuff