Supplements: Vitamin C Chewies?

[GuineaNewbie]

I have opted to give my piggies an additional vitamin c supplement along with pellets, veggies, and hay. I'm just worried about them getting enough vitamin c because I can't give them veggies in the morning because I am WAY too busy. I went and bought Spring Valley Vitamin C only orange flavored gummies. I just wanted to ask how much of the gummie I should give them per day and if the ingredients are okay.

Here are the igredients:

(serving size is two gummies)

Calories: 15

Total Carbohydrate: 5g
Sugars:3g
Vitamin C 240mg
Sodium 10mg
Rose Hips 20mg

Glucose syrup, sucrose , gelatin, fractionated coconut oil, citric acid, color (annatto), lactic acid and beeswax.

Are the ingredients okay and how much should I give them?

Thanks

[Ly&Pigs]

Those aren't suitable. They contain gelatin which is an animal derived product and a lot of sugars.

You could always pre-prepare morning veggies to have them ready for morning feeding and then it would only take a minute to give the veggies to them.

[RosiesMama]

Is it a problem to feed the veggies later in the day? I've been doing it in the evening after work. (Sorry if this is bad advice; I'm very new!)

[akstrohm]

You should feed veggies twice a day (spaced out as much as possible). Exactly what time you feed is not that important. Preparing veggies in advance should make this easy to do.

[rabbitsncavyluv]

I wouldn't feed guinea pigs gummies. You can find plain vit c fruit flavored tablets at GNC or plain liquid vit c that would be better but ditto ly. Feeding the correct amount and types of veggies is good enough.

[1frankie7]

Those have gelatin and as a vegetarian my self I know that that is not vegetarian and Thats Alot of sugar!

[JD In Van]

I'm also super busy in the morning.

What I do is keep two bins in my fridge. One for cuttings of veggies that I throw end peices and rinds and what have you of what ever I'm cooking into and one for pretty much the same of greens (I also pre wash and cut greens bought specially for the pigs that are every day safe such as cilantro and keep them in here so they're ready for use).

Then when I'm in a rush I don't have to cut anything just grab a handful of cuttings, a handful of greens and voila. Breakfast is served. It literally takes me under 30 seconds.

I also try and get less busy family members to get some lap time in with the piggies in the mornings that I'm busy.

[princesspoppy]

If you are so busy in the morning why not try chopping the veggies the night before and putting them in the fridge for the morning. Or,when you make your breakfast make the piggie breakfast. It doesn't take more than 2 minutes. Then in the evening feed them more veggies. Example. My pigs have breakfast between 6 and 7 am and dinner bteween 5 and 7pm. It doesn't take more than a minute or 2 to chop some raw veggies. Extra vit c isn't needed if they are givin a balanced diet. Have a look at Ly&pigs chart.

[MissSofi]

I have bouten 100% vitamin c tablets (got them at costco) and have crushed then into a really fine powder and sprinkly a pinch of the powder over there peletts or veggies each day.