[Gpdd] [CARE] <What to eat?>

[Staaks, J.P.C.]

Hi all,
I just wanted to share this information with you. I found this
information on a dutch website which I regularly visit (www.knoevel.nl
;they are specialised in the satin disease(OD), and my piggy yaya is a
satin sow, she does not have the disease (yet) but i like to be
informed). It is a list of what they feed their piggies. I'm not sure if
it's totally correct (i still feel like a new slave) and it's a
translation, that doesn't help. So any comments on it would be welcome
(but i trust this site, the other information they have on it is very
useful and corresponds with what you guys tell us). What i really like
about it is that they list the effect of the veggies. I think this might
be useful if you have a piggy with either hard or soft defaction (in
other words, poo).
I hope i don't bore the piggy veterans too much with the long list ;-)
(I would just post the link if you all could speak dutch, it would save
a lot of space, but i don't think that's the case)

# = Absorbs moisture, recommended when your pig has soft defaction
~ = Opposite of #
* = laxative
n = I was not able to translate it so I kept the dutch word

Strawberry
Agrimonie # n
Alfalfa
Stinging nettle #~
Endive*~
Lemon Balm
Apple
Heather
Artichoke #
Shepherd's purse #
Blanched selery
Clover (small amounts!)
Cauliflower *
Cleavers
Bunched up carrots
Coltsfoot
Broccoli *
Knapweed #
Celeriac
Sow/milk thistle
Cucumber (just as an extra)
Mint
Kohlrabi/turnip cabbage
Chickweed
Corn
Dandelion
Mandarin/tangerine
Thyme
Melon
Plantain #
Paprika/ (sweet) pepper
Vetch
Parsnip
Goutweed/bishop's weed/ground elder/ herb gerard
Parsley ~
Grass (not mowed!)
Giant white radish
Rose hip
Orange
Brussels sprout *
Tomato
Fennel
Mangel-wurzel/ mangold
Chicory/ French/belgian endive
Carrot
Don't feed any lettuce, it contains hardly any vitamins, lots of fluid
and contains metals which are not healthy for a guinea pig
By the way they also have lists with calcium and fosfor levels, vitamin
C amounts and which plants are poisonous for piggies. But I think that
is probably on guinealinx (maybe this is too... in that case, sorry) and
i did enough translating for today.
Grtz and wkz
Janneke