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Which Vitamin C Tablets Are Best?

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I've never given my pigs tablets on top of their food but I'm going to start, I'd rather be safe then sorry in terms of Vitamin C :)

Is there any particular type that is better? I know dissolvable ones are a no go, but other then that are there any not to go for?

Thank you :)
 
If you are going to use them oxbow do animal vitamin tablets :-) especially in the case of a pellet free diet a multivitamin is a good idea IMHO with vitamin levels in vegetables varying all year and then varying with how long they've been stored its not possible to really know what you're giving them.
 
Lucyspiggies12 said:
I wouldn't use vitamin C tablets, just give them veggies which are rich in vitamin C
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Ditto to that , Vit c supplements, should not be necessary, just make sure they are getting a "modest" amount of mixed vegetables every day ,

just make sure you don't overdo it!

If you want to give a vit C boost , a small slice of red pepper contains a large amount of vitamin C
 
I'm having some problems with my Oxbow Vit C tablets. My piggies won't take them so I crush one up and put it on their food. This was fine when the bottle was first opened but , now I have had the bottle a while, the tablets have gone a bit soggy and are impossible to crush.

I keep an eye on what my piggies eat and, as long as they're all eating the vit c rich vegetables, I don't give them any tablet.
 
gizzy said:
Ditto to that , Vit c supplements, should not be necessary, just make sure they are getting a "modest" amount of mixed vegetables every day ,

just make sure you don't overdo it!

If you want to give a vit C boost , a small slice of red pepper contains a large amount of vitamin C
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I'm having some problems with my Oxbow Vit C tablets. My piggies won't take them so I crush one up and put it on their food. This was fine when the bottle was first opened but , now I have had the bottle a while, the tablets have gone a bit soggy and are impossible to crush.

I keep an eye on what my piggies eat and, as long as they're all eating the vit c rich vegetables, I don't give them any tablet.
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I'm pretty confident Badger gets enough but Boris isn't a fan of Pepper (of any colour), which is why I'm looking into tablets, mainly for him as he's so picky and he nevers finishes even the smallest bits of pepper! Will try and tempt him with some other bits though :)
 
I have a piggy who has a low immune system and gets ill regularly, he has daily Oxbow vit C tablets as per the vet . :)

I wouldn't recommend vitamin drops at all in case it stops the pigs drinking the water, they also don't last long. The tablets are easy for me as my piggy takes them as a treat.
 
Can I just say having just noticed this thread - I have never used vit c as my boys have always eaten a large variety of veg I specifically got for vit c content such as red pepper, and I thought ate vit c rich food.

However a recent xray of one of my boys (the greediest may I add!) showed deficiency. Which mortified me. So I am now using obxow tablets.

Any vit c they don't need, they will pee out. I would recommend a supplement personally.
 
It's like humans. A supplement shouldn't be necessary if the diet is good, but in some cases it's better to have a vit C tablet than scurvy (I've seen the effects in a guinea pig and its not nice). Personally I don't give my lot any supplements, but there are planty of Vit C rich foods that you can try: red peppers are top, but parsley, kale, broccoli are also good (although the last two are also high in calcium, so not good for pigs prone to bladder stones).
 
My boys ate all the veg listed above and still deficiency showed in his xray.
 
Poor guy. Definitely a supplement needed then. There may be difficulty in absorbing Vit C? May be worth investigating with your vet to make sure he's levels are good with the tablets.
 
He is currently in the vets after an op, I just wanted to point out that I thought I had covered this and was horrified he showed a deficiency.

So I am now supplementing both boys just in case, I also thought they got lots from their food. I was really shocked. Perhaps he has trouble absorbing yes, but even so is rather be safe now. He has had bloods ran so will get the results from those tomorrow anyway but I just spotted this and thought I would say....
 
someone sent me some tablets that they didn't need anymore, and i think they're the nature's own cherry-c vitamin c tablets. you have to break the capsule open and then mix the right amount of powder with water, but it's easier than trying to crush a normal tablet. :))
 
I really disagree with this. I think some pigs don't process vitamin c as well. If it is suggested that one slice of red pepper is enough vitamin c for a day, my boys eat peppers almost daily along with many other supposedly vitamin c rich foods yet Rodney has a deficiency.

I don't think it is always as cut & dry as that...
 
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