{"topic_id":"exotic_pet_nutrition_mini-pig_safe_greens","category":"exotic-pet-nutrition","context":"---\ntopic_id: exotic_pet_nutrition_mini-pig_safe_greens\ncategory: exotic-pet-nutrition\ntitle: \"Mini-pig safe greens & vegetables — omnivore; pelleted chow base, veg/fruit supplement, harmful foods\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"VCA Animal Hospitals (vcahospitals.com/know-your-pet/feeding-your-mini-pig)\"\nsource_file: [\"pdf-raw/safe-greens-2026/mini_pig_diet.txt\"]\ndate_parsed: 2026-08-05\ntokens_estimated: 200\nverification:\n  method: paraphrase\n  claims: 4\n  passed: 4\n  date: 2026-08-05\nrecovered: false\npath: exotic-pet-nutrition/exotic_pet_nutrition_mini-pig_safe_greens/01_exotic_pet_nutrition_mini-pig_safe_greens.md\nsource_document: \"VCA Animal Hospitals (vcahospitals.com/know-your-pet/feeding-your-mini-pig)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"VCA\"\n  title: \"Mini-pig safe greens & vegetables — omnivore; pelleted chow base, veg/fruit supplement, harmful foods\"\nurl: \"https://vcahospitals.com/know-your-pet/feeding-your-mini-pig\"\nretrieved: \"2026-08-05\"\nref: \"VCA Animal Hospitals (vcahospitals.com/know-your-pet/feeding-your-mini-pig)\"\ndoc_type: \"veterinary consumer version\"\nneeds_review: false\nlicense: paraphrase\ncopyright_note: \"Source (VCA vcahospitals.com / LifeLearn) is not openly licensed; per COPYRIGHT_POLICY §3 every claim is a paraphrased derived fact summary (numbers and proper nouns preserved, sentences rewritten), not a verbatim quotation.\"\nauthority_tier: T4\nauthority_tier_basis: \"T4:welfare-org / professional-reference\"\nauthority_tier_date: 2026-08-05\n---\n\n# Mini-pig safe greens & vegetables — omnivore; pelleted chow base, veg/fruit supplement, harmful foods\n\n## Claims\n\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Mini-pigs are omnivores; the base diet should be a commercially available, nutritionally balanced pelleted chow formulated for mini-pigs, offered first so the pig consumes a balanced ration.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Safe greens include fresh or frozen vegetables and leafy greens such as celery, cucumbers, peppers, zucchini, carrots, squash, pumpkin, sweet potatoes and leafy greens; starchy vegetables like potatoes should be limited and canned vegetables avoided (high salt).\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Fruits such as apples, grapes and pears may be fed in moderation because of high sugar content; fresh hay (timothy, orchard grass or brome) adds dietary fibre.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Foods harmful to mini-pigs include salty items (chips, pretzels), caffeine (coffee, tea, chocolate), commercial hog-growth feeds, un-pitted stone fruits and un-shelled nuts.\n","sources":["exotic-pet-nutrition — Mini-pig safe greens & vegetables — omnivore; pelleted chow base, veg/fruit supplement, harmful foods (retrieved 2026-08-05)"],"source":{"authority":"exotic-pet-nutrition","title":"Mini-pig safe greens & vegetables — omnivore; pelleted chow base, veg/fruit supplement, harmful foods","url":"","retrieved":"2026-08-05","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"VCA Animal Hospitals (vcahospitals.com/know-your-pet/feeding-your-mini-pig)","verification_file":"[\"pdf-raw/safe-greens-2026/mini_pig_diet.txt\"]"},"source_document":"VCA Animal Hospitals (vcahospitals.com/know-your-pet/feeding-your-mini-pig)","source_file":"[\"pdf-raw/safe-greens-2026/mini_pig_diet.txt\"]","trust":{"authority_tier":"T4","fidelity":"paraphrase","license":"paraphrase","display_grade":"C"},"tokens_estimated":200,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}