Vitamin C Requirements

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tiana n tiny

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please, the vets around me don't know anything about guinea pigs..... how do I give my piggies vitamin c? because I currently give them my vitamin c, orally
 
Do they accept it? How many mg is it? I crush a tablet and put it on a slice of cucumber for mine. I buy ones specially for guinea pigs.
 
You can get a vitamin c solution to put in their water bottles but the rspca have advised me that as long as they have enough vit c high veggies supplements are not required :)
 
Mine get a pepper piece or celery every day plus other veggies and some nuggets and they are fine
 
Vitamins that go in water are a bad idea as the water tastes odd and guinea pigs will not drink it. They do not get the full dose either.
 
CheshCharl said:
You can get a vitamin c solution to put in their water bottles but the rspca have advised me that as long as they have enough vit c high veggies supplements are not required :)
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Vit C solution wrecks their water and makes it taste nasty. Not a good idea to add these to water.
 
:agr:Yeah, that why I asked the rspca lady who was organising my adoption, I'd read a lot online about the water supplement and thought it was the best thing to do (obviously before I found this place lol) but I've never been keen on giving animals supplements unless it's essential, it's a bit like us, if you eat right you shouldn't need to take vitamins :tu:
 
A good quality pellet with stabilised vitamin c and a selection of daily veg will give a healthy piggy all the vitamin C they need. Peppers, in particular, are high in vitamin c. A poorly piggy, however, requires up to ten times the amount of vitamin c as a healthy piggy. In this case it is a good idea to supplement. Oxbow Daily C capsules are generally well-liked.
 
yea, so giving them fresh veggies should be constant.,...,. and @piggyfan, I don't know the milligram, but I do crush it and administer to them orally... the vet shops around don't sell supliments for smaller animals.
 
tiana n tiny said:
yea, so giving them fresh veggies should be constant.,...,. and @piggyfan, I don't know the milligram, but I do crush it and administer to them orally... the vet shops around don't sell supliments for smaller animals.
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Well animal ones are 50mg so I am guessing it should not be higher. Which vegetables do they get?
 
feed a slice of pepper daily for vitamin c. no need for supplements except in times of illness when they may need extra help. :)
 
guinea pigs should have fresh vegetables everyday. They can also have leftovers from: salads,fruit salads or leftover from dinner. carrots is the only vegetable that they can eat everyday, and they dont have to be peeled.broccoli is also a favourite of my guinea pig , and they canhave this a few times a week the other vegetables are : corriander, peppers, raspberries leaves,courgette,green cabbage,celery,cucumber,corn on he cob, and tomatoes. fruit (only to be given 1-2 times a week) : banana pears apple grapes strawberries blueberries and kiwi.
foods to be avoided : seeds and nuts, chocolate, iceberg lettuce, rhubarb,tomatoe leaves, mushrooms,daisies,green beans,dairy products, bread, buttercups and daffodils, sultanas. hope this helped.
 
Taylor said:
guinea pigs should have fresh vegetables everyday. They can also have leftovers from: salads,fruit salads or leftover from dinner. carrots is the only vegetable that they can eat everyday, and they dont have to be peeled.broccoli is also a favourite of my guinea pig , and they canhave this a few times a week the other vegetables are : corriander, peppers, raspberries leaves,courgette,green cabbage,celery,cucumber,corn on he cob, and tomatoes. fruit (only to be given 1-2 times a week) : banana pears apple grapes strawberries blueberries and kiwi.
foods to be avoided : seeds and nuts, chocolate, iceberg lettuce, rhubarb,tomatoe leaves, mushrooms,daisies,green beans,dairy products, bread, buttercups and daffodils, sultanas. hope this helped.
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Guinea pigs cannot eat carrots daily as they are high in sugar and vitamin A.
 
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hi this is nothing to do with guinea pigs , but am new to this website so can you tell me please what does it mean when someone quotes me?
 
Taylor said:
guinea pigs should have fresh vegetables everyday. They can also have leftovers from: salads,fruit salads or leftover from dinner. carrots is the only vegetable that they can eat everyday, and they dont have to be peeled.broccoli is also a favourite of my guinea pig , and they canhave this a few times a week the other vegetables are : corriander, peppers, raspberries leaves,courgette,green cabbage,celery,cucumber,corn on he cob, and tomatoes. fruit (only to be given 1-2 times a week) : banana pears apple grapes strawberries blueberries and kiwi.
foods to be avoided : seeds and nuts, chocolate, iceberg lettuce, rhubarb,tomatoe leaves, mushrooms,daisies,green beans,dairy products, bread, buttercups and daffodils, sultanas. hope this helped.
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Have to be careful with Carrot however as they are high in sugar.
 
piggyfan said:
Guinea pigs cannot eat carrots daily as they are high in sugar and vitamin c.
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yh they can if you ask any pet store they will tell you that carrots are proberbly the highest in vitamin c. thanks
 
Taylor said:
yh they can if you ask any pet store they will tell you that carrots are proberbly the highest in vitamin c. thanks
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Sorry but carrots are not high in vitamin c as others vegetables and I would never listen to a pet shop.
 
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Taylor said:
yh they can if you ask any pet store they will tell you that carrots are proberbly the highest in vitamin c. thanks
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This just proves most pet shops are not pet savvy at all! I see a pet shop feeding piggies potatoes once! I reported them...poisonous. pet shops are just a money making mill and they have quotas to fill in selling animals.
 
Taylor said:
hi this is nothing to do with guinea pigs , but am new to this website so can you tell me please what does it mean when someone quotes me?
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It means they are replying to something you have said.
 
Taylor said:
hi this is nothing to do with guinea pigs , but am new to this website so can you tell me please what does it mean when someone quotes me?
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A quote is how I have replied to your above post, see your post in the pink box - That's a quote, its a way of replying to someone in a post.
 
GloriousGuineaGirl said:
This just proves most pet shops are not pet savvy at all! I see a pet shop feeding piggies potatoes once! I reported them...poisonous. pet shops are just a money making mill and they have quotas to fill in selling animals.
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i agree. my local pet shop doesnt care what happens to any animal unless they are making money.
 
Since I've had my guinea pigs I have given them the vitamin C water supplement. They seem to like it as their water goes down. I have read about guinea pigs have vitamin C deficiency, so that's why I bought it and they are not very keen on bell peppers (which are high in vitamin C) I wasn't sure what else to give them that has vitamin C in it.
 
Lianne said:
Since I've had my guinea pigs I have given them the vitamin C water supplement. They seem to like it as their water goes down. I have read about guinea pigs have vitamin C deficiency, so that's why I bought it and they are not very keen on bell peppers (which are high in vitamin C) I wasn't sure what else to give them that has vitamin C in it.
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If you want to give vitamin c then please by tablets and not add it to the water. I use these.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Oxbow-Daily-Vitamin-Supplement-Chinchillas/dp/B0029LQGFQ

This will show you vegetables which contain vitamin c.
http://www.guinealynx.info/diet.html
 
What is it so bad that I shouldn't give them a water supplement, surely it's safe otherwise pets at home wouldn't sell it
 
Lianne said:
What is it so bad that I shouldn't give them a water supplement, surely it's safe otherwise pets at home wouldn't sell it
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I give my guinea pig vitamin C through water doesn't do him any harm
 
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