Is Chikory and Escarole ok?

[amarallj]

Just wanted to know if Chikory and Escarole are ok to feed my boys???

Thanks for your help.

Lisa

[Coiler]

Hi Amarallj, their is all the info you need, good luck http://www.guineapigcages.com/forum/...arts-info.html

[Ly&Pigs]

I don't think I have either of those on the charts as the nutritional info is rather hard to find. Both are fine to feed and I believe they are either daily or every other day foods. I will have to check my sources to see for sure.

[Mummy]

I feed them daily as part of my leafy green mix of red and green leaf, escarole, and curly endive. This particular combination has a very good ca/ph ratio.

[TX_2_Pigs]

Originally Posted by Mummy

I feed them daily as part of my leafy green mix of red and green leaf, escarole, and curly endive. This particular combination has a very good ca/ph ratio.

What are your portion sizes per item per pig? Is it like, 50g red leaf, 50g green leaf, etc and is that for the full day?

I am trying to fine tune my menu and don't quite have my portion sizes right yet. When I chop up what I have, it makes way more than my piggies can eat. One good sized romaine leaf chopped up and I have almost 2 cups already without adding anything else. I want to be able to portion it out so that it is brainless.

And the grocer at Whole foods told me that Escarole is flat-leafed endive.

[Mummy]

I have quite a few pigs, and I make an enormous salad of pretty much equal parts of everything.

Each pig gets a pretty big handful - way more than 1 cup. I think I once weighed it, and each pig gets 3 ounces of very wet salad.