Mike221
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Cavy Slave
- Joined
- Oct 7, 2016
- Posts
- 127
- Joined
- Oct 7, 2016
- Messages
- 127
Hi all,
Our 2 piggies kind of lost interest in pellets completely and veggies partially.
We feed them only Oxbow hay, Oxbow pellets and fresh veggies ( we try to follow the diet table from this page so they get enough vitamin C and not too much calcium).
We also mix up those veggies as much as possible. ( DAILY: either green or red or romaine lettuce, yellow bell pepper, FEW TIMES PER WEEK: cilantro, parsley, cucumber, green and red bell pepper, baby carrot ONCE IN A WEEK OR TWO: brocculi, snacks such as apple, kiwi, strawberry).
Everything was good until couple of days ago. At the same time both pellet bag and hay bag got empty so we had to buy new ones.
Since we bought new pellet beg, they did not want to eat those. So I assumed they were stored badly or just gone bad. Expiry date is 2019.
So I went to other store and bought 1 more pellet bag with different expiry date and different batch. same thing, they are not eating.
My wife says they dont have as intensive smell like the old bags we had. They like almost have neutral smell.
Regarding veggies, they used to be sooo excited when the veggies would be served.
Now they eat them, but slowly throughout the day. And no real excitement.
Cilantro is their favorite, everything else not so much anymore.
So we are a bit worried here.
Are we overfeeding them?
In the morning they get fresh hay, water, veggies and 2 tbs of pellets.
In the evening they get fresh hay, water and 2 tbs of pellets.
And they were fed the same amount for the last couple of months.
They are both around 9 months old now and still growing.
We weight them weekly. One is 1150g and other one 1050g.
They havent lost any weight so far.
I've attached couple of pictures just to show the amount of food they are getting.
Should we feed them only hay for a couple of days? Maybe they will miss veggies?
Any other idea?
Thanks for reading.
Our 2 piggies kind of lost interest in pellets completely and veggies partially.
We feed them only Oxbow hay, Oxbow pellets and fresh veggies ( we try to follow the diet table from this page so they get enough vitamin C and not too much calcium).
We also mix up those veggies as much as possible. ( DAILY: either green or red or romaine lettuce, yellow bell pepper, FEW TIMES PER WEEK: cilantro, parsley, cucumber, green and red bell pepper, baby carrot ONCE IN A WEEK OR TWO: brocculi, snacks such as apple, kiwi, strawberry).
Everything was good until couple of days ago. At the same time both pellet bag and hay bag got empty so we had to buy new ones.
Since we bought new pellet beg, they did not want to eat those. So I assumed they were stored badly or just gone bad. Expiry date is 2019.
So I went to other store and bought 1 more pellet bag with different expiry date and different batch. same thing, they are not eating.
My wife says they dont have as intensive smell like the old bags we had. They like almost have neutral smell.
Regarding veggies, they used to be sooo excited when the veggies would be served.
Now they eat them, but slowly throughout the day. And no real excitement.
Cilantro is their favorite, everything else not so much anymore.
So we are a bit worried here.
Are we overfeeding them?
In the morning they get fresh hay, water, veggies and 2 tbs of pellets.
In the evening they get fresh hay, water and 2 tbs of pellets.
And they were fed the same amount for the last couple of months.
They are both around 9 months old now and still growing.
We weight them weekly. One is 1150g and other one 1050g.
They havent lost any weight so far.
I've attached couple of pictures just to show the amount of food they are getting.
Should we feed them only hay for a couple of days? Maybe they will miss veggies?
Any other idea?
Thanks for reading.
