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can guinea pigs eat mizuna

Can Guinea Pigs Eat Mizuna?

Otherwise known as Japanese water greens 水菜, shui cai, kyona, Japanese mustard, potherb mustard, Japanese greens, California peppergrass, or spider mustard. Mizuna has a mild pepper flavour and is used in stir fries, soups and nabemono.

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So can guinea pigs eat mizuna, and if they can, how much of them can be eaten?

Lets take a look at their nutritional data and find out more. In particular, their calcium, phosphorus, calcium, fat, and acidic content is of interest as far as guinea pigs are concerned.

Amount Per 100 grams
Calories 27
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0.4 g 0%
Saturated fat 0 g 0%
Polyunsaturated fat 0 g
Monounsaturated fat 0.1 g
Cholesterol 0 mg 0%
Sodium 20 mg 0%
Potassium 384 mg 10%
Total Carbohydrate 4.7 g 1%
Dietary fiber 3.2 g 12%
Sugar 1.3 g
Protein 2.9 g 5%
Vitamin A 60%
Vitamin C 116%
Calcium 11%
Iron 8%
Vitamin D 0%
Vitamin B-6 10%
Vitamin B-12 0%
Magnesium 8%

source google

As you can see Mizuna contains a little sugar and that’s about it. It also contains an extremely high amount of vitamin c as well.

This means that guinea pigs can eat mizuna pretty much every day and it is extremely good for them.

A great vegetable to add to their diets.

So guinea pigs can eat mizuna