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Post by petsgalore on Sept 8, 2002 8:58:26 GMT 7
hi there,
i know for a fact that cavies do not produce their own vit C, anyone with ideas of how to administer this?
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Post by pards on Sept 9, 2002 9:55:35 GMT 7
Feed them pellets with stabilized vitamin C, vegetables with high vit. C content is quite enough. If you decide to supplement them, I prefer going with those children's vitamin C tablets and feed it to them directly.
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Post by petsgalore on Sept 9, 2002 10:00:06 GMT 7
Thanks, m currently feeding them with Oxbow Vit C Supplement which are chewables.
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Post by emmababy on Sept 9, 2002 20:28:44 GMT 7
I'm using LM liquid vitamins which i put in their drinking water. I also feed them small pieces of cucumbers everyday.
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Post by petsgalore on Sept 10, 2002 2:04:36 GMT 7
emmababy, what's LM? Cucumber pieces? I should try that. Oxbow's Xtra C supplements are really expensive.  |
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Post by pards on Sept 10, 2002 10:07:22 GMT 7
I've seen the oxbow vit. C. if i'm not mistaken it's about S$10 - S$12 right. pretty expensive. the kids vit. C I bought costs about 4.65 only for 100 tablets (brand is Cetrinets) - I think even cheaper if you buy at chinese drugstores. It's in 100 mg. tablets so you can cut 1 tablet into 4 to give to 4 piggies.
I don't think you should try the LM liquid vitamins. You can never tell how much water each piggie drinks. And vitamins loose their potency in water quickly - I think for vitamin C it's only good for a few hours. Tablets are better 'coz you can tell exactly how much they take (assuming you hand feed it to them like I do).
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Post by pards on Sept 10, 2002 10:10:07 GMT 7
By the way, I don't think you should give vit. C supplements regularly 'coz large doses is also not good for piggies. I mean if you give them good pellets and feed them vegetables everyday, I think they might already get enough Vit. C. For my piggies, I give them the supplement about 3 times a week only.
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Post by emmababy on Sept 10, 2002 11:32:26 GMT 7
Well from what i read from the net...i think piggies need certain amount of vitamin C everyday. Anyway for the LM liquid vitamins...u can also add two to three drops of it to the veggie/fruits that u feed them. It cost me $7. But since i used it in their drinking water, i have to buy it every month. If u just used it on the veggie & fruits. it can last for a long time. I think there are also other brands. U can go look around.
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Post by petsgalore on Sept 11, 2002 0:01:59 GMT 7
hi pards,
oxbow xtra c retails at S$24 per bottle, or was it S$29.50? Can't really remember.
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Post by pards on Sept 11, 2002 12:52:53 GMT 7
Oh - I remembered wrongly then...  |
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Post by pards on Sept 11, 2002 12:57:06 GMT 7
This is the multivitamin supplement right ? Not sure about the content but maybe can read the label and tell us how much Vitamin C there is ... One thing "bad" about the multivitamin thing is that the vit. c content is way too small. Add that to the fact that you have to change water everyday ... this makes LM kinda a waste to buy. Well from what i read from the net...i think piggies need certain amount of vitamin C everyday. Anyway for the LM liquid vitamins...u can also add two to three drops of it to the veggie/fruits that u feed them. It cost me $7. But since i used it in their drinking water, i have to buy it every month. If u just used it on the veggie & fruits. it can last for a long time. I think there are also other brands. U can go look around. |
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Post by emmababy on Sept 11, 2002 15:01:05 GMT 7
Yeah it's a multi vitamins. It states that it contains 60 mg of Vit C per ounce of solution. Recommended dosage is 2-3 drops per ounce of water or food for young pigs & 3-5 drops for adult piggies.
So i guess, if u want it to be more cost saving. Just drop a few drops on the fruits & veggie & feed it to them daily. For me, i started putting vitamins in their drinking water ever since i had them. So they already acquired a taste for it. If i don't put vitamins in their water, they don't like to drink the water.
I've bought a bottle that is tinted green in colour. It's supposed to prevent ultra violet rays from the sun to destroy the vitamins in the drinking water. So i guess it's ok. Moreover, they usually finish the bottle in a day so i change the water daily. I think they should be able to get the right amount of vitamin C. If they don't have, they would have gotten Scurvy or something by now.
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Post by petsgalore on Sept 11, 2002 16:01:21 GMT 7
wow! so many suggestions... a friend just introduced another type of Vit C, which is actually meant for dogs (yes, dog need vit c too!)
I just feed half a tab per piggy... so, i guess that's okay then.
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