Pellets
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No, they're just a convenient way to make sure they get the vitamins and minerals they need. Make sure they have a very good quality hay, and feed them vegetables with a lot of color.
You might be able to order Vita-Drops Multi-vitamins. We don't ordinarily recommend multi-vitamins, because if given too freely, the pig may wind up with a fat-soluble vitamin overdose. But I've given them to senior pigs that had hair loss and a very dull coat, and they worked just fine. Don't put them in the water bottle, as it suggests, but sprinkle a few drops over the veggies three or four times a week.
You might be able to order Vita-Drops Multi-vitamins. We don't ordinarily recommend multi-vitamins, because if given too freely, the pig may wind up with a fat-soluble vitamin overdose. But I've given them to senior pigs that had hair loss and a very dull coat, and they worked just fine. Don't put them in the water bottle, as it suggests, but sprinkle a few drops over the veggies three or four times a week.
- Lynx
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Read all the dietary info here and try to emphasize greens. Collect fresh grass etc. to increase the variety.
www.guinealynx.info/diet.html
www.guinealynx.info/diet.html
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I can't read it -- it won't enlarge enough. But I can tell from looking at it that it's unnecessarily complicated.
I took two of my pigs off pellets because one had recurring problems with stones. I fed them, daily, red or green leaf lettuce, tomato, bell pepper, a chunk of carrot, and radicchio. When I could get it, I fed them fresh corn husks (the inner green ones) and corn silks. And depending on what else I had in the refrigerator, they might get some English cucumber or slices of summer squash or some celery.
They're not picky, and you don't have to plan a rotating variety for them. I buy whatever looks the freshest and feed it until it's gone.
I took two of my pigs off pellets because one had recurring problems with stones. I fed them, daily, red or green leaf lettuce, tomato, bell pepper, a chunk of carrot, and radicchio. When I could get it, I fed them fresh corn husks (the inner green ones) and corn silks. And depending on what else I had in the refrigerator, they might get some English cucumber or slices of summer squash or some celery.
They're not picky, and you don't have to plan a rotating variety for them. I buy whatever looks the freshest and feed it until it's gone.
- Lynx
- Celebrate!!!
Ditto bpatters. Yes, unnecessarily complicated. Simpler here:
www.guinealynx.info/fave.html
www.guinealynx.info/fave.html