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Old 11-19-08, 01:35 pm
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Re: How much food do you give to your piggies?

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Originally Posted by chris_w View Post
well I got some kinda shopping list together now...

Lettuce
Carrots
Strawberries
Cucumber
Apples
Cherry tomatoes
Broccolli
oranges
banana's
I hate to be the bearer of bad news but this isn't a good shopping list. Too many fruits and treat type veggies and not enough leafy greens. A good shopping list would be a variety of leafy lettuces (romaine, red leaf, green leaf, butterhead/boston), cilantro, bell pepper for daily veggies. Then try your pigs with things like zucchini which can be fed daily. I'd also get other leafy greens like mustard/turnip greens and kale which can be fed 2-3 times per week.

Then you can feed cucumber about every 2-3 days, carrots (1 baby carrot or equivalent per day), broccoli is very gassy so no more than once or twice per week (1 small floret per pig) and they can have 1-2 small cherry tomatoes per day.

You've got way too much fruit on that list. Fruit should be fed very sparingly once or twice per week. Banana is a fruit best avoided because it can cause bloat and bloat is a severe medical condition in pigs.
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