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That is a very nice chart you pointed out, pigsforlife and Jenni. Very thorough. One thing is has is serving size! Hooray! It's so nice to see charts with serving sizes. When planning a piggies diet serving size is very important.
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Thanks for the compliment on my charts. I do have to say though that those aren't serving sizes. Basically it's a list of how much of a particular thing (such as A, C, Ca, etc.) is in a serving of that size. If you notice most of the weights for the veggies are in 100 gram portions. That doesn't mean you should give 100 grams of that particular veggie per feeding. Fruits need to be severely limited to once or twice per week in very small amounts, ie: 1/8th of an apple per pig.
For a truly balanced diet, you'd want to use the Ca : Ph ratio calculator. Serving size isn't quite as important as making sure you have a good ratio. I've studied piggie nutrition for 2-2 1/2 years now and am considered by many around here to be this forums guinea pig nutritionist.