[Stones] HEALTH: Buckley update: new diet (

[Cindy]

Elizabeth, it is so great to hear that Buckley has been feeling much 
better since you changed her diet.  We are new here (our Sunshine had 
stone surgery last month), so we can't offer much advice.  We'd love to 
hear what others have to say about your diet for Buckley, though, as we 
are still working on fine-tuning Sunshine's diet.  Best wishes and 
healing wheeks to Buckley!

Cindy, Sunshine, Tumbleweed, and Friday

Elizabeth wrote:
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> Buckley had been having trouble with a bladder stone.  I switched from pellet food (and unlimited Timothy hay and some veggies) to just unlimited timothy hay and low calcium low oxylate veggies.  I switched her diet almost a month ago.  Since then she hasn't had any pain...  After consulting the food list on the website here's what I'm feeding:
> unlimited timothy hay
> brussel sprouts
> red cabbage
> broccoli (small amounts)
> red bell pepper
> occasionally corn, radish, apple, oats (non-enriched), cereal (with appropriately low calcium content)
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> 2 questions for you more experienced pig owners:
> Is this a good diet?  Should I change something about this diet to make sure she gets proper nutrition?
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> Should I still consider surgery to have the bladder stone removed even though it's not causing her pain?  The stone was about the size of a plastic pin head.
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> Thanks for your advice!
>     -Elizabeth
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