Elder Guinea Pigs Weight

[TrufflElla]

Is 920 grams a good weight for a sow around 5 years old?

 

[sport_billy]

What as she previously weighed?

 

[TrufflElla]

What as she previously weighed?

I'm not sure as I haven't been weighing her.. I didn't now that you were supposed to weigh them either weekly or daily

 

[sport_billy]

Ideally weighing weekly so you can check for weight loss etc....

Piggies do tend to lose weight as older 920g is an acceptable adult weight especially for a smaller framed piggy. Are they eating pooing okay? I would weigh weekly from now on

Have a read of this thread here The Importance Of Weighing - Ideal Weight / Overweight / Underweight

 

[TrufflElla]

Ideally weighing weekly so you can check for weight loss etc....

Piggies do tend to lose weight as older 920g is an acceptable adult weight especially for a smaller framed piggy. Are they eating pooing okay? I would weigh weekly from now on

Have a read of this thread here The Importance Of Weighing - Ideal Weight / Overweight / Underweight

Yes I will start weighing her weekly, I have seen over the past year she has lost weight but she is beginning to put it back on and I believe this was because of loosing her cage mate, yes she is eating fine! She's a very greedy piggy and pooping is fine also, thank you for the info and link

 

[Glynis]

Loosing a mate can really upset them. You could also try putting a stuffed toy (cut off any sharp bits or small bits) in for company

 

[karonus]

Our Boar Astro is currently down to 970 gms at about 5 but this is mostly down to no bottom incisors (at one stage he was 1400) but is happy. Our old Diva Star was her heaviest at 1000 gms but as she got to 5 she dropped first to 900 gms and then went down as far as 800 gms. As they get older they lose muscle mass from the bum.