Concerns Of Guinea Pig Size

[Katie1988]

Hi I'm a little concerned with Peri's size, she is 6 months old and should be half the size of a full grown piggy but she's only grown a little really.

Peri is long but not chunky if you get what I mean. Her parents were big healthy pigs so surley she should be the same?

The vet said Peri looks healthy and said she may be at her max size now! I hope she has a growth spurt in the next few months, what do you think?

 

[Poppy'sMum]

Are you weighing her regularly? What does she weigh now? Has she gained weight since you got her?

 

[Wiebke]

Hi I'm a little concerned with Peri's size, she is 6 months old and should be half the size of a full grown piggy but she's only grown a little really.

Peri is long but not chunky if you get what I mean. Her parents were big healthy pigs so surley she should be the same?

The vet said Peri looks healthy and said she may be at her max size now! I hope she has a growth spurt in the next few months, what do you think?

Hi! What weight is she? I have had several small piggies that have eventually reached the lower end of adult weights (800-900g). they have been growing very slowly but for longer.

As long as your girl is a good weight/size ratio (as your vet thinks), I would not worry. Even small piggies that stop at 600g can live a perfectly normal and healthy life span.
The Importance Of Weighing - Ideal Weight / Overweight / Underweight

 

[Freela]

Have you weighed her? There is a wide variety of normal pig weights. My biggest sow was almost 3 pounds at her heaviest and was very solid looking- wide ribcage, very broad face, etc. My smallest was about 900g at her max. She never looked skinny or emaciated, she was just small- small feet, small face, etc. The two I have now are somewhere in between. There's a big range of normal.

 

[Squidgypigs]

I agree with everyone above to weigh her. But wanted to add that our Peppa-Pea & Ethel-Seal are both just over six months old, and look tiny in comparison to our recent additions which are all large ex-breeding pigs. But both are healthy and are far from skinny when you pick them up.
There is a wide spectrum of healthy piggy weights/heights. People are the same - my 63 year old mother in law is 4ft 8 (not even the smallest of family!) My 21 year old nephew is 6ft 8.