Fruits or veggies highest in vitamin c?

Question

feeding my pregnant guinea pig and want to make her super heathy.

Answer 1

They should get about a cup of veggies per pig every day. Fruits should be feed more sparingly (once or twice a week) due to high sugar content. Here's a good list:

Red bell peppers

Green bell peppers*

Tomatoes

Cilantro

Parsley*

Romaine lettuce

Turnip greens*

Turnips

Purslane (!)

Beets

Asparagus

Green beans

Celery (chop finely to prevent choking on the strings)

Swiss chard

White corn

Chinese Cabbage (Pok-Choi)

Cauliflower

Mustard greens*

Squash

Broccoli*

Dandelion greens

Baby carrots (feed sparingly, one small carrot per pig every other day is acceptable)

Spinach (!)*

Alfalfa sprouts

Collards

Watercress

Kohlrabi*

Cucumber

Endive

Brussels sprouts*

Kale*

* =High vitamin C content (at or above 60 mg per 100 g)

(!)=Feed sparingly due to high oxalic acid content (at or above 0.6 g per 100 g)

Tangerines*

Oranges*

Lime

Kiwi*

Bananas

Apples

Blueberries

Strawberries*

Raspberries

Pears

Plums

Mangoes

Melon (honeydew, watermelon, cantaloupe*)

Papaya*

Cherries

Nectarines

Pineapple

Grapes

Apricots

Lemon*

Grapefruit*

Blackberries

Peaches

* =High vitamin C content (at or above 30 mg per 100 g)

More: http://www.guinealynx.info/nutrition.htm...

Answer 2

Fruits FTW

Answer 3

Kiwi fruit. Good source and inexpensive.

Answer 4

Kale, a rule you can follow is the darker the leaf the more nurtitious it is. guineapigcages.com has a veggie chart.

Be careful of such rich veggies, variety is key, if you feed to much of one for example kale, it may result in sludge or stones. That is what the chart will help you avoid.  

Alfalfa hay for the mom and babies is recommended although any type of hay is better than none.

keep her exercise up too. It will help prevent complications during birth. suggestions: Move her bowl and water far apart. Her hay should be away from those two things.

Guinealynx.com is a good site that has all sorts of information about guinea pigs. I recommend checking out the reproduction page.

Do Not give vitamin C water drops. They change the taste of their water and can deter a piggy from drinking the water they need, plus once they hit light they are useless anyway. Skip the wheels aswell, it is better to find natural ways to give your piggy what they need.

Answer 5

oranges / broccoli

Answer 6

Kale is one of the best forms of vitamin C and my piggies love it.  Also add Vitamin C drops to their water and get them pellets that have Vitamin C like Nutriphase.