Do certain breeds of piggy live longer?

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I was taking to the vets receptionist yesterday after yet another little visit with Ted my peruvian, anyway to add to my woes already she said regards my poorly piggy well those kind don't live that long anyway (gee thanks i feel even greater now :)) ) so i was wondering how true this is? Do certain breeds of piggy live longer then others? Has anyone got any experience?
 
Do you think she meant piggies in general?

I haven't heard of certain breeds living longer than others, not to say its not true.

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No she referred to him as a peruvian and then said yes those kinda piggies don't live that long and abyssinians don't either then started talking to someone else :)) x
 
I thought so too especially as hes ill. But food for thought do certain breeds live longer? Is it like dogs mongrels tend to live longer as less health problems down to inbreeding like with pure breds? x
 
I don't know whether some breeds live longer than others, but that was a careless and not very tactful comment your vet made. I wouldn't have been happy either. :(
 
MargaretB said:
I don't know whether some breeds live longer than others, but that was a careless and not very tactful comment your vet made. I wouldn't have been happy either. :(
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wasn't vet shes great, was the receptionist, i thought it rather tactless to be fair but to look at his sitting there he looks ok. I've never read anything about certain breeds living less but shes got it from somewhere. So thought i would see what others have to say :)
 
I haven't really heard that. I 've heard satins can have more problems, and teddys/rexs/swiss can have more skin problems because of their thick coat.
To be honest, I think it is purely due to the piggy: it's personal genetics and just chance.
My first two, Georgie was a short hair and lived till 3 Rosie who is a swiss cross is still going at 7.
 
That was tactless!

I've grown up with perus. The first family piggy lived until nearly 10 years old, and my first own boy was still going very strong at 6 years when he was sadly killed by our neighbour's dog wiggling through their badly maintained fence.

I haven't heard of certain breeds being more long-lived than others. Not that you generally get too much in the way of pure breeds nowadays, with the amount of careless breeding that is going on for the sake of money and which make up the vast amount of piggies that are available, whether in shops, from rescues or from backyard breeders. If anything, it is this careless breeding that is the reason why many piggies seem to live shorter lives.
 
charming! not what you want to hear when you have an ill piggy.

i've heard that satins don't have as long a lifespan but don't know how true that is. there is one for rehome at tameside rabbit rescue and it does say the satin won't have a long lifespan, poor thing.
 
I know upset me as bad enough him being ill without her comments. I had never heard of it before obviously genetics is to play with any animal but not heard certain breeds live less. If he says anything again i will ask where she got that info from.
 
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charming! not what you want to hear when you have an ill piggy.

i've heard that satins don't have as long a lifespan but don't know how true that is. there is one for rehome at tameside rabbit rescue and it does say the satin won't have a long lifespan, poor thing.
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Satins can have a normal lifespan, provided they are not affected by satin disease (osteodystrophy). Because of that, many rescues won't rehome satins to private homes (or only to very experienced people on permanent foster). I've sponsored a rescue resident that lived to over 4 years old despite being horribly overbred.

Skinny piggies have a shorter lifespan due to their higher rate of metabolism.
 
Id probably have bitten her head off for that!

Interesting thought but I doubt there's any truth to it, I would say its just down to genetics etc, some pigs seem prone to getting poorly and some never do. I think if we look after our pets as best we can, take them to a vet as soon as we suspect illness and give them the best treatment we can then we're doing all we can to give them a healthy happy life :)
 
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