I love my three silly gp girls more than I love most anything. They make me giggle every day with their antics.
You can find vitamin c powder or crystals at health food stores, add some to her water each day. Gps need about 20-50 mg of C a day. Once she starts liking her veggies (romaine lettuce is the best for her) you can cut back on the powdered C. My three girls all eventually decided they love romaine, and also those tiny grape tomatoes. Tomatoes are great for vitamin C.
Limit alfalfa; it is fattening and contains a bit too much calcium for gps. Most likely the feed you are giving her is made from alfalfa, so if you give her alfalfa hay too she might get bladder stones. Good timothy hay is the best. It’s good to see another oxbow fan! Their gp food is good for them, without all of the calcium.
Oh my, gp baths. Unless they have long hair and poo problems, they don’t really need them. Maybe once a year. I had to bathe two of mine once a week for six weeks in a stinky sulfur-lyme dip because of ringworm. It was just awful. They hate baths. And you always risk a cold.
Also, a good thing for them if they will eat it is corn silks. Supposedly these help with preventing stones and general urinary tract health. I get ears of corn from the store, cut off all of the exposed silk tops, and then pull the soft silks out, wash them well, and feed them to the girls. They love them, and look just like they are eating angel-hair pasta.
Fortunately, there are lots of good gp links, with great info. There is a great email list too, if it is back up and running. These good links are listed on my gp page 2, along with pictures of my darlings, past and present. I wrote a column about their care for a local newspaper, and it is there also.
http://home.hiwaay.net/~keiper/gpigs.htm
Cavy spirit is one of the best, http://www.cavyspirit.com/
Calliope, your pigs are darling!!! I noticed you live in TN, have you ever been to the gp rescue in Knoxville?
Have fun with your precious pig-wig!