[Gpdd] [Care] am i doint this right?

[Penny Charlesworth]

Rachel,

There really are some rotten vets out there. What with the bleach story and 
now your's.

Of course your piggies should be eating veggies. What did the vet suggest 
you should be doing? I get so mad when I read about vet's incompetence. When 
you consider how much they charge for this useless ( and often dangerous 
information ).............

Give your piggies all the hay that they can eat. The Piggyfriends all get 
celery, cucumber, carrots, romaine, cauli leaves, occasional cabbage leaves 
plus all sorts of goodies from the garden - dandelions, clover and other 
assorted weeds, which I won't name in case you don't recognise them and 
fresh grass every day. Occasional parsley, apples and tomato - the latter 
two are both acidic so are a treat rather than any every day item. I have 
never had any trouble with them ( in 30 + years of piggy care ) but some 
people consider them a no-no. Some piggies are prone to mouth sores so cut 
apples up small.

For their dry food I use a dry goat mix as this is recommended by the CCT 
and Cavies Castle as some of the prepared mixes are too calorific.

The rescue lady knows more about piggies than your vet ever will. Listen to 
her advice and find another vet asap!! There are some good ones out there. I 
found one eventually but am lucky enough to live within driving distance of 
Cavies Castle.

As for the amount you give them I think of it this way. If it has all gone, 
they would like some more. They'll soon shout at you if you haven't given 
enough. You can't overfeed a guinea. They know more about their food 
requirements than your useless vet.

Good luck with your piggies.

Penny and the Piggyfriends.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rachel H" <rmhenise at yahoo.com>
To: <gpdd at gpdd.org>
Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 4:33 PM
Subject: [Gpdd] [Care] am i doint this right?


>I took my piggies to the vet for the first time on friday and the vet told 
>me that i shouldnt really be feeding them veggies or alfalfa....now i am 
>aware that they are prone to kidney stones but my two girls are only 24 
>weeks old and the person i adopted them from told me to feed them alfalfa 
>till they are one year.
>
>  Daily i feed them about one cup of veggies between the two.  It is mostly 
> romaine lettuce, carrots and i switch between green peppers and tomatoes. 
> i ocassionaly give them oranges and sometimes they eat apples when they 
> feel like it....i am going to introduce them to cabbage also....they get 
> unlimited timothy hay and pellets (timothy and alfalfa) the reason i feed 
> them this is because the lady whom i adopted them from told me that is 
> what she did....so im quite confused!
>
>  do i listen to the rescue lady whose taken care of probably hundreds of 
> piggies or a vet???   please tell me if any of you feed your guineas 
> veggies daily and how much and what kind....oh yes and the vet said they 
> look perfectly healthy....
>
>
>  thanks!
>  Rach
>
>
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