So I've been feeding my Guinea pigs about half a leaf of romaine lettuce every day for the past couple days now because I was worried that they might have not enough vitamin c in their diet. Since I've been doing this, they seem to be much more happy.
My question is, is this sustainable Long term, or is it unsafe?
Romaine lettuce every day?
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Sef
- I dissent.
Many of us have found that regular amounts of romaine can cause calcium deposits in the urine, so I would not feed it daily. Why do you think they aren't getting enough vitamin C? What kind of pellets are you feeding them? Most high quality, fortified pellets have ample Vitamin C, but there are a variety of other vegetables that contain vitamin C and can be fed regularly such as the bell peppers: red, green, yellow and orange. See:
http://www.guinealynx.info/chart.html#chart
Avoid veggies that are gassy or higher in calcium.
http://www.guinealynx.info/chart.html#chart
Avoid veggies that are gassy or higher in calcium.
I don't know why I think that- it's just the pellets I'm giving them aren't blatantly saying that they provide enough vitamin C, and I don't want to assume it does.
I rotate between red leaf, green leaf and romaine lettuce so that my guinea pigs get a variety and not too much romaine. If you are worried that your piggies aren't getting enough vitamin c from their diet, you can change it or there are supplements you can get for them. The reference forum on this site has a pretty comprehensive list of things to choose from.
The brand is kaytee, it's just the normal green pellets. Thanks for the responses guys. I'll try to rotate out the lettuce as well!
Edit- is romaine "Gassy?"
Edit- is romaine "Gassy?"
Actually on second thought I'm not sure it's kaytee... I'll have to go look because I don't think it is. Also where I live both of those pellets aren't very available... I try to get the highest quality stuff I can find, but sometimes it's hard to find good stuff.
I've heard romaine lettuce is a bladder irritant. Given the choice I feed them other greens with only small qualities of romaine but sometimes Romaine is the only leafy, green vegetable available.
Pinkman is a growing boy so he gets more of everything, at least high-calorie foods and high calcium foods. Pellegrino is more than four years old, so I am more careful aboutg what I feed him.
Pinkman is a growing boy so he gets more of everything, at least high-calorie foods and high calcium foods. Pellegrino is more than four years old, so I am more careful aboutg what I feed him.
I used to order Oxbow online but then discovered that a small local pet supplies store (no animals and mainly cat and dog stuff) kept it in stock along with Timothy Hay and was cheaper than online.
We dont tend to give ours romaine and usually vary between Red and Green leaf, Butter Lettuce, Escarole, Endives, radicchio. We also give them Spring Mix.
We dont tend to give ours romaine and usually vary between Red and Green leaf, Butter Lettuce, Escarole, Endives, radicchio. We also give them Spring Mix.