Archive for March, 2009
Ratewatchers D.I.Y. Diet
Ratewatchers D.I.Y. Diet has evolved out of the need for an easier way to feed a balanced diet for guinea pigs. The initial reason was to find a diet for Henry, who had already been through two bladderstone operations, the second of which was very ‘draining’ on him. We have looked at different ways of [...]
March 24, 2009
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The diet is too high in Phosphorus, do I just ‘up the Calcium intake?’
Ratewatchers diet is about amount and portion as well as the Ca:Ph balance. It is insufficient to just increase one type of foodstuff or another without weighing it first. How do you know what is enough?It is suprising the difference that a small amount of certain foods can make. It is also suprising the amount [...]
March 23, 2009
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What Ratewatchers Isn’t…
Ratewatchers is at the start of its journey into investigating diet in guinea pigs. It is obvious to most that the correct diet for guinea pigs would be the one that nature created for them all those years ago, much like the climate that was given to them and can only be artificially created for [...]
March 13, 2009
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