i have a guinea pig who is pregnant and i was wondering how much alfalfa hay should i feed her and should i feed it everyday?? thanks and when they babies are born how much should they get too.
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Erin8607 said:Ideally, you should keep a mix of alfalfa and timothy in the cage for pigs under 1 year old. However, I have many baby pigs that just get the alfalfa based pellets, calcium rich veggies(parsley, kale), and timothy hay and do wonderful growing up into healthy pigs.
Mixing the hay when you have a pig over a year and a pig under a year shouldn't be a problem. It's the extended long term use of the high calcium alfalfa that may (or may not) lead to bladder sludge and/or stones in older pigs who may be predisposed to problems with the higher calcium contents.
Erin8607 said:Should be fine.