Vegetables No peppers.

HannibalLecter said:

The hypothesis is that some pigs metabolize romaine lettuce differently. It's not a coincidence as many members have tested it quite thoroughly by removing all veggies, and then re-introduced them one by one, more than once, to find the culprit of the sludge - Romaine was the cause in many cases. Some also have issues with cilantro. But as we can't do any actual scientific research we can't be certain why -or if- that's the case.

I would also avoid feeding red bell peppers daily as they are high in sugars.

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bpatters said:

@Traysea , you need to re-read the charts here and at GL. They're based on different amounts of the vegetable, and you can't just compare the two numbers.

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bpatters said:

I wouldn't recommend romaine lettuce. Some pigs do fine with it, but others excrete excess calcium. I think you can decrease the risk of kidney stones by feeding red or green leaf lettuces rather than romaine. And lettuces aren't generally running over with vitamin C.

Corn is far too sweet to be fed on a regular basis, although the husks and silks can be fed for roughage.

I'd be very surprised if you can't teach your pig to eat peppers by dicing them VERY finely (think of a pencil eraser in 10-12 pieces) and sprinkling them on his pellets. Do this for several days, then offer him a larger piece. He'll get enough by accident to get accustomed to the taste, and then you can feed in larger pieces. I taught my pigs to eat eight or ten vegetables this way.

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