[Gpdd] [CARE]<Jem's Boys> and lettuce

Penny Charlesworth piggyfriends at tesco.net
Thu Nov 30 13:05:51 EST 2006


A tiny, tiny bit of information to add to Janneke's post. Lettuce contains 
laudanum. I remember reading somewhere that years (maybe centuries!) ago 
mothers used to feed their children lettuce to make them sleep.

Penny.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Janneke Staaks" <jannekestaaks at hotmail.com>
To: <jemma.sene at Exeter-PCT.nhs.uk>; <Gpdd at gpdd.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 9:05 AM
Subject: [Gpdd] [CARE]<Jem's Boys>


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> Hi all, and Jem,
> I don't think it is a big problem (but if you are unsure go to the vet, 
> your
> own instincts are usually the best and now that i read it for the second
> time, brown doesn't sound good). First of all, many pigs don't drink when
> they are provided with enough vegetables. Do they know how to work a water
> bottle? If you are unsure, take them on your lap, let little drops fall on
> your finger, close to their mouth (one pig at a time).Suus and yaya only
> needed one trial to understand where the water was coming from. it took my
> mom's pigs 6 months to figure this out! Thank god for cucumber ;-). (btw i
> don't feed yaya cucumber anymore because it upsets her belly, anyone with
> similar problems try leaving out cucumber, for normal pigs it's fine)
> I shouldn't feed pigs lettuce because they contain nitrates (i hope i
> remember this correctly but it is something toxic) a lot of water and
> nothing much that has any nutritional value. It's not that bad but adds
> nothing too, there are a lot of other alternatives. I remember when i was
> young (hihi) that my grandpa had rabbits and when he fed them lettuce 
> their
> shed would smell really yukkie. We used to have rabbits too and we weren't
> allowed to feed them lettuce because my mom claimed it smelled very bad. I
> don't remember the color but from other experiences, smelly urine usually
> also has a darker color.
> What you can try is provide the boys with a water bowl until they figure 
> it
> out.
> Good luck with your boys!
>
> Btw Leah, we loooved your pigtures, we are soo envious of your clean house
> (ours has poo in it, it shows that BB and BS are better mannered piggies
> *big wink*)
>
> Glynis, we are still keeping paws crossed for duke!Jan has the yukkie 
> stuff
> that leah describes too, but considering that he is sick allready i'm a 
> bit
> worried. is his mucus whitish??(that is what jan's color is)
>
> Grtz&wkz
> Janneke from the winky girls
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