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Diet Too much calcium for a youngster?

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Bianka gets some parsley daily since I'm not giving alfalfa products. She's 9 weeks old. I have not put her in with Bella yet so she's in her own c & c pen. I have noticed a decent amount of sludge over time. I really don't want to possibly contribute to stones. But they say give a couple sprigs of parsley daily for calcium. I don't give any other calcium veggies not even cilantro. And no romaine lettuce. Should I cut it down, out? Give something else not so high in calcium? Tia
 

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We don't worry about excess calcium in pigs younger than six months old. They need calcium for their growing bones. All of them will show calcium in their urine. There's plenty of time to worry about reducing calcium after they hit the six months mark.
 
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