Guinea Pig Weight

[pepinotaco]

Heeeeyy, I'm new on this forum,
My name is Nino and I have 2 new guinea pigs; Pepino and Taco.
Pepino is a Peruvian and Taco a Coronet.

Taco is 1 month en 6 days and Pepino is 1 month and 17 days.
Pepino feels so much skinnier in comparison to Taco.

What is the perfect weight of an 1.5 mont old guinea pig?

Thank you

 

[Wiebke]

Hi and welcome!

How much are your boys weighing? Piggies can weigh anything between 40-140g at birth and 800-1800g as adults, so their individual weight can vary so widely that any weight charts are pretty useless when it comes to guinea pigs. I have currently got three litter sisters and the weight difference between them was already 100g when they came here at 8 week old; it is even bigger now, but all three are actually doing well and are a good weight for their age.

The important things is that your boys grow well without being overfed.They have over a year to go until they reach the end of their growth, so both have every chance to realise their own genetically determined ideal weight and size.

I would recommend that you serve any veg and pellets in two bowls spaced well apart and rather in more than one daily portion, so Pepino has a better chance of gettin his fair share.
You may find this thread here helpful as to a balanced diet: http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/...or-a-balanced-general-guinea-pig-diet.116460/

 

[pepinotaco]

Hi and welcome!

How much are your boys weighing? Piggies can weigh anything between 40-140g at birth and 800-1800g as adults, so their individual weight can vary so widely that any weight charts are pretty useless when it comes to guinea pigs. I have currently got three litter sisters and the weight difference between them was already 100g when they came here at 8 week old; it is even bigger now, but all three are actually doing well and a good weight for their age.

The important things is that your boys grow well without being overfed.They have over a year to go until they reach the end of their growth, so both have every chance to realise their own genetically determined ideal weight and size.

I would recommend that you serve any veg and pellets in two bowls spaced well apart and rather in more than one daily portion, so Pepino has a better chance of gettin his fair share.
You may find this thread here helpful as to a balanced diet: http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/...or-a-balanced-general-guinea-pig-diet.116460/

Thank you so much for the reply! I don't know how much the boys weight because I've got them yesterday.

But if i hear your story then I'm not that scared anymore.

Thankssss