A Few Dietary Questions...

[Jenk]

1) If a bun's accustomed to a certain veggie, how long can she go without a it in her diet before it should be re-introduced (as if it were new to her)? Example: My one bun is used to green-leaf lettuce butsometimes goes a week (or longer) without it, due to good-quality produce being unavailable.

2) Are curly-leaf (bunch) parsley and flat-leaf (Italian) parsley similar enough to be fedinterchangeably? Or if I switch between them for my buns' diet,should the new type be re-introduced (fed slowly at first)?

I prefer the curley-leaf parsley, butit isn'talways available.I can alwaysfind it, but it's sometimes in bad shape and doesn't even smell like anything, much less parsley.

Thank you,

Jenk

 

[polly]

I think it would have to be a while before you would have to reintroduce it maybe a month or more not to sure but if its a weeks or 2 then i wouldn't be to bothered.

as for the parsley they should be simialr enough but feel free to correct me if i am wrong it has certainly never caused me any problems in the past but mine prefer curly too

 

[AngelnSnuffy]

Once they've had a veggie with no digestive issues, you're fine. I believe interchanging them should be fine as well. If you start to notice sludgy urine, back off of it, it has alot of calcium. That shouldn't happen, just wanted to put it out there.

 

[Marietta]

If I'm not mistaken, I think Sas mentioned once that the Italian parsley has less calcium than the curly leafed.

I don't think that after only a week you should need re-introduction, just give a smaller quantity than usual, in order to be sure that things are okay.

Marietta

 

[Jenk]

Marietta wrote:

If I'm not mistaken, I think Sas mentioned once that the Italian parsley has less calcium than the curly leafed.

I don't think that after only a week you should need re-introduction, just give a smaller quantity than usual, in order to be sure that things are okay.

Zoe's not had pellets in a long time, and Emma's currently off of them (possibly for good). So I don't think thatthe high-calcium content of any veggie/ herb would cause them problems. (Of course, I can't say anything for certain anymore.... )

The idea of giving a smaller quantity of a veggie/ herbto start (after a week off of it) makes good sense to me. Thanks!