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can guinea pigs eat purslane

Can Guinea Pigs eat Purslane?

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Also known as verdolaga, pigweed, little hogweed, or pursley, and moss rose, purslane is a plant reach have smooth, reddish, mostly prostrate stems and alternate leaves clustered at stem joints and ends. It can also reach 40 cm in height.

Can Guinea Pigs eat Purslane?

Can guinea pigs eat purslane, if they can how much can they eat?

Let’s take a look at its nutritional data and find out more.

In particular, its acidic, water, sugar, fat, salt, calcium and phosphorus content is of most interest as far as piggies are concerned.

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Purslane, raw
Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy 84 kJ (20 kcal)
Carbohydrates 3.39 g
Fat 0.36 g
Protein 2.03 g
Water 92.86 g
Vitamin A 1320 IU
Thiamine (vit. B1) 0.047 mg (4%)
Riboflavin (vit. B2) 0.112 mg (9%)
Niacin (vit. B3) 0.48 mg (3%)
Vitamin B6 0.073 mg (6%)
Folate (vit. B9) 12 μg (3%)
Vitamin C 21 mg (25%)
Vitamin E 12.2 mg (81%)
Calcium 65 mg (7%)
Iron 1.99 mg (15%)
Magnesium 68 mg (19%)
Manganese 0.303 mg (14%)
Phosphorus 44 mg (6%)
Potassium 494 mg (11%)
Zinc 0.17 mg (2%)

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As you can see purslane contains a little calcium, phosphorus, a is a little acidic, it also contains a hint of fat.

The vitamin c content is also very good.

With this in mind guinea pigs can eat common purslane but only once or twice a week due to its phosphorus, calcium and acidic content.

For more foods that guinea pigs can and can’t eat, check out our guinea pig food list.

Can guinea pigs drink vinegar

Can Guinea Pigs drink Vinegar?

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Vinegar is a liquid that mainly of acetic acid (CH3COOH), which is produced by the fermentation of ethanol by acetic acid bacteria, and also water.

These days Vinegar is now mainly used as a cooking ingredient, but historically, as the most easily available mild acid, it had a great variety of industrial, medical, and domestic uses, some of which (such as a general household cleanser) are still promoted today. (Source)

However is it something that guinea pigs can drink and if they can how much of it can they drink.

Can guinea pigs drink vinegar?

Unfortunately, guinea pigs can’t drink vinegar at all. It is far too acidic and will hurt them if they drink it.

Their lips cannot handle the acidic nature of vinegar not to mention their tummies.

So that’s well worth steering clear of.

Even if it’s just a little bit of vinegar.

If your guinea pigs have drunk a little bit of vinegar then it might be worth seeking the advice of a vet to see what course of action to take.

For more food and drink and that guinea pigs can and can’t have, check out our guinea pig food list.