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How Many? Vitamin c

piggielover401

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is this vitamin c tablets fine for my piggies?
 

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Too much vitamin C per tablet. You don't want to overdo vitamin C, as stopping it can cause pseudo-scurvy. Aim for roughly 30 mg. per day. So if you can find a 100 mg. tablet, you can cut it in fourths, and that will be about right. You'd have to split those tablets into 8-10 pieces, and that's hard to do.

Is there a reason you're supplementing vitamin C?
 

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Ok, thank you
 

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What tablets do you recommend?
 

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They do get veggies, I just want to also give them some tablets to boost it up
 

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If you're giving them a good quality pellet (KMS Hayloft or Oxbow), a cup or more of veggies that have some high in vitamin C (like peppers), they're fine. Vitamin C supplementation is needed if a pig is ill or elderly, or doesn't have a good diet.

I'm sure you can google up some plain vitamin C tablet that are 100 mg or less.
 

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is this vitamin c tablets fine for my piggies?
you are from South Africa Arnt you?
even I am from SA and its terribly hard to find piggie stuff here. PM me we can share the info we currently have :)
 

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Your piggies dont need tablets if you're giving them a good ballance of Veggies which have a good amount of vitamin c as @bpatters advised.
 
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