Happy Cavy
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Cavy Slave
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I got those for my piggy awhile back. She loves them but they're very hard. I have to break a tablet into small pieces.
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Sounds like their urinary tabs which are like a rock.I got those for my piggy awhile back. She loves them but they're very hard. I have to break a tablet into small pieces.
I tried wetting the tablet. That's a lot much better. I like the Oxbow tablets and treats (they don't contain sugar unlike other treats), but I worry that Hunter will hurt herself trying to eat them. I just purchased their hay and pellets after learning from @Artista that kaytee is a bad product. I tried to find the one she suggested in the pet stores here so I can get Hunter off Kaytee faster, but no one sold KMS.
@Artista, I've read both here and on Guinea Lynx that so many people's pigs just would not eat the new Oxbow Vitamin C tablets. Maybe Mooshy would like them, but most likely she probably wouldn't. They are as hard as a rock.
On a different note, I give the Oxbow Joint supplement tablets to my two very senior pigs and they just love them. They seem softer and they break in half very easily. Why can't Oxbow make all their supplements like that.
I've given my senior pigs vitamin C supplements. One was losing weight and her coat was dull, and the C really helped with those two issues. I used the Oasis Vita Drops.
That's the multi-vitamin. They have just vit C that's orange color. I'm pretty sure that's what bpatters is talking about.I'm just looking at my local PetSmart. Is this the same Vita Drops you use ? https://www.petsmart.ca/small-pet/f...tamins-guinea-pig-supplement-drops-14327.html
You don't want to give a multivitamin to a pig on a regular basis (as recommended by the manufacturer of the vitamin) unless there's some specific reason the pig needs it. Some of the vitamins in the multivitamin bottle are fat soluble. Guinea pigs are just balls of fat and fur, and they can easily get too much of the fat soluble vitamins. I've given them to an older pig recovering from an illness a time or two, but I give less than half the recommended dose, and only every other day. I also don't put them on it for more than just three or four weeks at the maximum.
Regarding the Oxbow tablets, mine have loved them, and would willingly take them from my hand.
I'd ALWAYS prefer natural sources of vitamin C, such as peppers, rather than liquids or tablets. Too much vitamin C, particularly that from non-food sources, can contribute to bladder stones.
If a guinea pig is getting a good quality pellet with a stabilized vitamin C in it, and is getting fresh veggies with vitamin C, I wouldn't add a supplement unless the pig is/was ill, or is elderly, like over 6.
@Artista, my two seniors are both over the age of 8 years. Since starting them on the joint supplements I have noticed they move around much more. They just seem more comfortable.
The Solgar store where I purchase the vitamin C from is. "Solgar.ie." There's some seller on Amazon trying to gouge people by charging $40.00 a bottle. That's absolutely ridiculous. I think I pay around $15.00 plus shipping for a bottle of 90 tablets.
Wow, I never heard this before. My vet even said you can't overdo vitamin C. I have read something about if pigs are given a very high level of vitamin C over a period of time and then it is suddenly decreased that they can get scurvy even if the new lower level is adequate. Do you have a source about the contribution to bladder stones? I'd like to know more about that!I'd ALWAYS prefer natural sources of vitamin C, such as peppers, rather than liquids or tablets. Too much vitamin C, particularly that from non-food sources, can contribute to bladder stones.