[Gpdd] [CARE] Vitamin C content

[Penny Charlesworth]

Sorry to read about your computer Debbie.

My source for the Vit C content of veggies is Myra Mahoney's "Really Useful 
Guinea Pig Guide ". We can't believe all that we read!! I have never found 
out how much Vit C is contained in grass but someone somewhere must have 
worked it out. I give it to the Piggyfriends because it is their natural 
food, they love it, it keeps their teeth working hard and it is FREE!

I have been feeding runner beans and peas to my herd for many years. I give 
the piggies a wide variety of veggies and these are but two of them. The 
beans are particularly well received and I always have a glut of them in the 
garden.They eat all of the pod and when they  have finished there is a pile 
of beans left. I wouldn't buy them as the ones in the supermarket always 
look tired and dry. Hardly any vitamins left in them. I don't know about the 
fat content but I would suspect that it lies in the bean itself.

Penny.
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Subject: [Gpdd] [CARE] Vitamin C content


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>I just wanted to correct an error made by Penny, who said that peppers and
> tomatoes had a lower vitamin C content than cauliflower and carrots. 
> According
> to Seagull's Guinea Pig Compendium
> _http://www.aracnet.com/~seagull/Guineas/VitaminC.html_ 
> (http://www.aracnet.com/~seagull/Guineas/VitaminC.html) ,  RED
> peppers and summer tomatoes have fairly high levels of vitamin C - 
> certainly
> more than carrots! Of course, one must be careful with acidic fruits like
> apples  and tomatoes, as too many can cause mouth sores. Dandelions are 
> high in
> Vitamin  C, but contain oxalic acid, so could cause the formation of 
> bladder
> stones in  excess.
>
> Has anyone been able to ascertain the Vitamin C content of fresh grass? 
> Like
> Penny, I feed this almost every day, and it is a great favourite, but I 
> have
> never known how much vitamin C it contains.
>
> I only give mine a vitamin C supplement in their water when they appear
> slightly under par - well, to be honest, it's usually if they have lost a 
> little
> weight on two consecutive weigh-ins, or if they have been under stress, 
> like
> when they are first moved indoors for the winter or a cagemate goes to The
> Bridge. I'm sure I read somewhere that if one gives a constant supplement, 
> one
> raises their need for vitamin C and they will develop scurvy if ever the
> supplement is withdrawn. Like Penny, I try to rely on fruit and veg.
>
> Are runner beans and peas really okay for guinea pigs? I thought I read
> somewhere they had too high a fat content? I give a very few as a special 
> treat
> when I have them in the garden, but not otherwise. They do like the leaves 
> of
> the pea plants though!
>
> Condolences to any one who has recently lost a piggie and not received
> condolences from me - a cat piddled on our computer keyboard and destroyed 
> it,  so
> we could receive emails but not write them.
>
> Debbie and the 14 Dolly Mixtures
>


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