Guessing A Piggies Age?

[joannejuliewow]

basically I lost my piggy Anna a couple of weeks ago so I'm down to 4 pigs and I told myself I wouldn't get anymore because I was absolutely gutted when she passed. But as I work in a pet shop people bring their unwanted pets in for us to adopt out. And this horrendous woman who didn't care about these two piggies at all said she's sick of feeding these vermin and didn't know their ages and didn't bother to name them. I fell in love with them and I've decided to bring them home after my work have health checked them and stuff. Now they are much bigger than my two year olds so I'm thinking they are older but is there a way to tell? Thanks guys!

 

[Freela]

Guinea pigs are generally full grown by a year or so, so you can't judge their age by size at that point. There are a wide range of normal sizes, so just because they are bigger than your two-year-old pigs doesn't mean they are older necessarily. You can check their nails... older pigs have thicker, sometimes twistier nails than young pigs. However, this may only help differentiate between a quite young pig (who may still have little short baby claws) and an adult or middle-aged pig (for instance, my two pigs are 6 years old and 1.5 years old... quite an age gap, not much of a difference in nail thickness.) You can also feel their bodies for rough muscle mass... a lot of pigs tend to lose muscle mass and will feel bonier in their older years. But this can also be quite difficult if they are malnourished, as they could be coming from the background you describe. So it's not an exact science.

 

[Sue and Smartie]

It is hard to tell, and it makes it awkward at the vet's, when the first thing they ask is their ages.

I hope they have a lovely life with you, however old they are

 

[Tiamolly123]

basically I lost my piggy Anna a couple of weeks ago so I'm down to 4 pigs and I told myself I wouldn't get anymore because I was absolutely gutted when she passed. But as I work in a pet shop people bring their unwanted pets in for us to adopt out. And this horrendous woman who didn't care about these two piggies at all said she's sick of feeding these vermin and didn't know their ages and didn't bother to name them. I fell in love with them and I've decided to bring them home after my work have health checked them and stuff. Now they are much bigger than my two year olds so I'm thinking they are older but is there a way to tell? Thanks guys!

If I worked in a pet shop I'd have to live in a tent in the garden, I'd have a house full of piggies.
I assume they were fed fairly well. If those her children's piggies they are gonna be heartbroken. If they were hers, what did she buy them for if she thinks they are vermin.