VITAMIN C QUESTION!!!! 10 points!!!!?

Question

We took my guinea pig into the vet a few months ago, to give him a check up. The vet said that his coat wasn't shiny enough, and, needs some vitamin c. She said that feeding him an orange slice once a day, would be great! We tried that, and, it turns out, my guinea pig doesn't like orange slices!!!! I know that giving a guinea pig vitamin c drops in the water, IS NOT GOOD FOR THEM!!!! What else can I do???? His coat is very coarse, and, I NEED ANSWERS!!!! Whoever has the best answer, will get, 10 POINTS!!!! Thanks,

~ Hound Lover!

Answer 1

Guinea pigs need 25mg-50mg a day, without vitamin c they get scurvy which is a life threatening disease. My girls don't seem to like fruit at all let alone orange, so I understand your problem. Guinea pigs need 1 cup of fresh produce twice a day, all vegetables have vitamin c, some just have more than others. Try feeding your boy vegetables high in vitamin c http://www.guinealynx.com/diet_order-c.html

If you can't do this then get some kids vitamin c syrup or kids vitamin c chewable tablets. If you get the tablets (I have the tablets, with my girls they get a vitamin c enriched diet with a quarter of a tablet once a weeK), cut them into quarters. This makes it easier for the pigger to eat.

Answer 2

The following table is approximate and shows the relative abundance in different raw plant sources.[86][87][88] The amount is given in milligrams per 100 grams of fruit or vegetable and is a rounded average from multiple authoritative sources:

Plant source Amount
(mg / 100g)
Kakadu plum 3150
Camu Camu 2800
Rose hip 2000
Acerola 1600
Amla 720
Jujube 500
Baobab 400
Blackcurrant 200
Red pepper 190
Parsley 130
Seabuckthorn 120
Guava 100
Kiwifruit 90
Broccoli 90
Loganberry 80
Redcurrant 80
Brussels sprouts 80
Lychee 70
Cloudberry 60
Persimmon 60
Plant source Amount
(mg / 100g)
Papaya 60
Strawberry 60
Orange 50
Lemon 40
Melon, cantaloupe 40
Cauliflower 40
Grapefruit 30
Raspberry 30
Cranberry 13.3
Tangerine 30
Mandarin orange 30
Passion fruit 30
Spinach 30
Cabbage raw green 30
Lime 20
Mango 20
Potato 20
Melon, honeydew 20
Mango 16
Tomato 10
Blueberry 10
Pineapple 10
Plant source Amount
(mg / 100g)
Pawpaw 10
Grape 10
Apricot 10
Plum 10
Watermelon 10
Banana 9
Carrot 9
Avocado 8
Crabapple 8
Cherry 7
Peach 7
Apple 6
Blackberry 6
Beetroot 5
Pear 4
Lettuce 4
Cucumber 3
Eggplant 2
Fig 2
Bilberry 1
Horned melon 0.5
Medlar 0.3

Answer 3

We had to offer our guinea pig orange segments 5 or 6 times before he decided he liked them. Same thing for most other fruits & veggies-- about the only thing that got his *immediate* attention was cilantro.
I've heard that too much orange can cause problems but there are plenty of other foods with Vit. C so just give him a variety of Vit. C-containing foods & if he doesn't like something @ first, try it again in a couple days.
Not sure if this works on guinea pigs, but I can get our rats to try new foods by eating a bit of the food in front of them so they can see & smell what I'm doing.

Answer 4

My guinea pigs won't eat orange slices either, but carrots apparently have a lot of vitamin C in, and most pigs seemed to ADORE carrots! =] Just make sure you feed them enough vegetables.
Also, what guinea pig feed do you use? Make sure it has added vitamin C in.
Hope that helps!

Answer 5

Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is a water-soluble vitamin. Unlike most mammals, humans do not have the ability to make their own vitamin C. Therefore, we must obtain vitamin C through our diet. Function Vitamin C is required for the synthesis of collagen, an important structural component of blood vessels, tendons, ligaments, and bone. Vitamin C also plays an important role in the synthesis of the neurotransmitter, norepinephrine. Neurotransmitters are critical to brain function and are known to affect mood. In addition, vitamin C is required for the synthesis of carnitine, a small molecule that is essential for the transport of fat to cellular organelles called mitochondria, for conversion to energy. Kakadu plum 3150mg

Answer 6

ok my guinea pig went to the vet a few weeks ago. they recommended an oxbow supplement heres the link http://www.oxbowhay.com/link.sp?page=products
thats the first thing out of his bowl in the morning. he loves it! its so easy that i just throw one in his bowl every day and i dont have to worry about having enought vit c in his veggies. some veggies that my vet said were high in vit c are dandiloin greens (avalible at the grocery store or free in your back yard) and red bell peppers. green bell peppers are fine to but red have more vit c (and are sweeter so ur guinea pig will probably like them more). well good luck. i hope this helps.

Answer 7

It's really quite easy. Try giving him other foods that supply Vitamin C, like carrots. My guinea pigs LOVE carrots and eat one baby carrot a day. I also feed my guinea pigs Hartz Bonanza Guinea Pig Gourmet Diet, which supplies your baby (or babies, like me) with 100% of their daily needed nutrition. I feed them that three handfuls a day.

Answer 8

my piggy has a rare disease in which she has a even tougher time retaining vitamin C. here are some tricks you can use for yours:

1. Buy 'vitamin c only' tablets, pour half the bottle into a pepper grinder and once they are in a powder, pour them into a Tupperware container and pour half a teaspoon into his food every day.

2. Buy him special pellets enriched with vitamin c. I feed lily ( my piggy) Forti- Diet, which has tons of vitamin c. you should be able to find it at your local pet store for about the same price as regular food.

3. feed him veggies every night, lots of carrots!

4. make sure he is drinking plenty of water, which makes it easier to produce vitamin c. if you don't think he is drinking enough water, you can buy flavored water drops or just flavored bottled water ( mine likes apple flavor!) Hope this helps!

Answer 9

You can put a small amount of vitamin c tablet in his food.

"To supplement, get the chewable 'Vitamin C only' tablets for adults or children. To ensure proper dosage, divide up the tablet and then crush it, or crush it and then divide it up. If you have a 500 mg tablet, then one cavy needs 1/10 of that daily. It's best to divide it up into two doses, one in the morning, one in the evening. You can mix the powder or chunks in with their pellets or sprinkle it on their veggies. An easy way to crush a tablet is between two tablespoons."

Answer 10

Ok, try giving her green bell peppers and some dill. Both of my pigs seem to like dill as their favs... Its cheap too. Also, if you go to a petshop, you can find orange drops... my pigs don't like orange peels either so I give them the orange drops instead. Also you can try kale, spinach, brocoli, and brussel sprouts... They are in one of the top vitamin C lists.... go to this link below!

http://www.guinealynx.com/diet_order-c.html

I hope I helped u and ur pig!