Overweight guniea pigs

[Strawberry_Calf4]

I looked up normal weights for them and I got a new scale for my piggies and they are all double what they are supposed to be.
I'll list gender age and weights here

Porkchop (Male) (2 years old) (over 4.4lbs) (the scale limit is 4.4pounds and every time I set him on it errors so he's over the scale weight limit.)
Ginger (female) (1 year old) (4lb 6.2oz)
Willow (female) (4 months old) (3lb 6.2oz)

What do you guys think about this? Is this this a concern? If so what should I do about it?

 

[Piggies&buns]

Weigh something you know the weight off - a bag of sugar for example.
Now we use grams here so I have had to convert everything on google.
It is showing that your 4 month old piggy is 1500g - I’d be very surprised if that was correct!

However, there is no normal weight range for piggies because the their adult weights can vary quite a lot.

The way you know what is healthy for an individual piggy is not what the number on the scales says, it is by checking their heft.
Put your hands around their ribs - if you can feel their ribs then they are fine and you don’t need to do anything.

If you cannot feel the ribs because there is too much fat, then they would be overweight.

If that was to be the case and they are overweight you would need to see a vet and check their diets to make sure you are over feeding unhealthy items.

Weight - Monitoring and Management

 

[Strawberry_Calf4]

I weighted a bag of chocolate chips on the package it says 255 grams and the scale says 255 grams so it's accurate.

You definitely can't feel ribs on any of them.

I just don't get it because it's not like they have a outrageous diet or anything and I let them run around the house pretty often

Weigh something you know the weight off - a bag of sugar for example.
Now we use grams here so I have had to convert everything on google.
It is showing that your 4 month old piggy is 1500g - I’d be very surprised if that was correct!

However, there is no normal weight range for piggies because the their adult weights can vary quite a lot.

The way you know what is healthy for an individual piggy is not what the number on the scales says, it is by checking their heft.
Put your hands around their ribs - if you can feel their ribs then they are fine and you don’t need to do anything.

If you cannot feel the ribs because there is too much fat, then they would be overweight.

If that was to be the case and they are overweight you would need to see a vet and check their diets to make sure you are over feeding unhealthy items.

Weight - Monitoring and Management

 

[Piggies&buns]

I weighted a bag of chocolate chips on the package it says 255 grams and the scale says 255 grams so it's accurate.

You definitely can't feel ribs on any of them.

I just don't get it because it's not like they have a outrageous diet or anything and I let them run around the house pretty often

Tell us their diet - what items are you feeding them and the quantities?

As I say the number on the scales isnt the way to gauge as there is a wide range - for example I have two 1 year old piggies who weigh both around 1000g when compared to your 1 year old who is weighing in at 1800g. When thry were 4 months old they weighed around 650g whereas your 4 month old is weighing in at 1500g (google conversions dependent) - but the fact you don’t seem to be able to feel any ribs on any of them is where the concern is.

 

[Strawberry_Calf4]

Tell us their diet - what items are you feeding them and the quantities?

As I say the number on the scales isnt the way to gauge as there is a wide range - for example I have two 1 year old piggies who weigh both around 1000g when compared to your 1 year old who is weighing in at 1800g. When thry were 4 months old they weighed around 650g whereas your 4 month old is weighing in at 1500g (google conversions dependent) - but the fact you don’t seem to be able to feel any ribs on any of them is where the concern is.

They get a table spoon of pellets each in the morning and about a cup of vegetables every evening and they have unlimited hay of course

I give them Romaine lettuce
Bell pepper.
Kale occasionally
Carrots
Tomatoes
Parsley sometimes
Ect

And like once a week they each get a strawberry or a piece of watermelon

Though they all will be getting vet appointments to be more accurate.

 

[Piggies&buns]

They get a table spoon of pellets each in the morning and about a cup of vegetables every evening and they have unlimited hay of course

I give them Romaine lettuce
Bell pepper.
Kale occasionally
Carrots
Tomatoes
Parsley sometimes
Ect

And like once a week they each get a strawberry or a piece of watermelon

Though they all will be getting vet appointments to be more accurate.

I would cut out the carrots and fruit. Neither of those things need to be in the diet due to their high sugar content. A very small piece of carrot or fruit (never both in the same week) once a week is fine as a treat but if there truly is a weight issue then it would be best that they don’t have any.
Mine get a carrot peeling at Christmas when I’m making Christmas dinner and a blueberry or thin slice of apple in the summer - so literally twice a year!
Tomatoes are high acidity so should be kept very limited as to not risk cheilitis.

Otherwise the diet is fine - you’re not overfeeding pellets which would be a main consideration.
It might be, if the vet determines they are overweight, that pellets are kept down further. I only give pellets a couple of times a week.