A diet without Pellets - your input for my project.
I think you must be careful supplementing with fat-soluble vitamins like A & D. The body can store these vitamins and any excess is harmful. If your piggies get time outside in the sunlight, this is the most natural way for them to get vitamin D. I don't know of any vegetable sources.
Hope this helps
Hope this helps
-
- I Love Lucy
Sadly, my guys never get outside as I'm positive our entire apartment complex grounds are treated with god knows what. I do, however, have huge bay windows in my living room, so they get a lot of bright light, although not direct. Do you think that's sufficient?
Would it be better for someone who can't take pigs outside and doesn't get much light in doors to supplement or to not supplement? Maybe a very occasional supplement? I'm hoping someone will have an answer...
Would it be better for someone who can't take pigs outside and doesn't get much light in doors to supplement or to not supplement? Maybe a very occasional supplement? I'm hoping someone will have an answer...
-
- Knee Deep
Thought I'd bring this back up, I'm starting my "project" this week - in fact, just pulled the pellet dish and weighed my victims er I mean pigs that I'm using.
Fudge is 1245 grams
Raven is 1040 grams
Hannah is 1085 grams
I still havent' worked out all the details of the project, but I need to get started on the main "experiment" considering I only have about 4 1/2 weeks.
Fudge is 1245 grams
Raven is 1040 grams
Hannah is 1085 grams
I still havent' worked out all the details of the project, but I need to get started on the main "experiment" considering I only have about 4 1/2 weeks.
- Brianna
- Forum Fan Club
Erin, I didn't realize that this was an old thread so I read it from the beginning. I saw that you can do your project on reproduction. Since you have so many pregnant pigs, can you do some sort of projects on the pregnancies, deliveries and whether the babies thrived or not?
- katk925
- Do the Dewlap in '05
When I brought home a rescue girl that was having diarreah from the switch to good food my vet put her on a no pellet, high timothy, low veg (dark greens only, not high water ones, like romain) diet to help her digestion settle into the new diet. After a week I started going back to the added pellets and large variety of veg. Now she has nice perfect poops!
~kat
~kat
If I wanted to start a pellet free diet for my pigs, what veggies and what amounts would I want to feed?
I think if someone wants to go pelletless they should supplement with fresh organic wheat grass since it has a lot of natural nutrients in it, and possibly a vitamin B complex supplement as well (just make sure it doesn't have animal products or byproducts, unnatural dyes, etcetera).
- PinkRufus
- Contributor in 2020
Here's some pellet free diet information:
https://www.guinealynx.info/records/viewtopic.php?t=82
https://www.guinealynx.info/records/viewtopic.php?t=82