Weighing

[A Heart for piggies]

How much typically are guinea pigs meant to weigh?for both boars and sows?

 

[piggyfan]

Between 800 to 1400g. It really varies depending on age and breed so weight charts seem pointless to me.

 

[AbiS]

Every piggy is different. It is more about them maintaining their weight and not losing any.

 

[A Heart for piggies]

All my piggies have put on weight this week only Bea hasn't put on as much as everyone else :-(

 

[Stewybus]

Yes, the reason you weigh them weekly is that often the first sign of anything wrong is a drop in weight. It's best to weigh them at the same time each week eg an hour after breakfast. If you weighed them an hour after breakfast one week them early afternoon the following week you'd probably find they'd all lost a little weight.

 

[LisaAli]

It can vary greatly.. anything from 800 gms to 1.6 kg, The important thing is weighing your piggies on a weekly basis then you can see trends and react to any sudden weight gain or weight loss.. a weight loss of 30- 40 grms could be the difference in a full or empty bladder. Investigation should be carried out anything greater than 60gms weight loss..

Lisa & Ali.. x

 

[A Heart for piggies]

Bea only put on about 30g this week everyone else about 60g