Healthy Weight For 11 Week Old Boars ?

[Alex2016]

Hi guys,

When I first got my two little men ( fizz and pickle ) we are bad with names but voted as a family lol, fizz was the smallest pig and pickle substantially bigger now at age 11 weeks fizz is 515 G and pickle only 430 G am I not feeding pickle enough ? They have constant access to hay and pellet food ( witch is gone every day ! ) - they also get a cup of veg per oiggy every day ?

Kind regards
Alex

 

[Wiebke]

Hi guys,

When I first got my two little men ( fizz and pickle ) we are bad with names but voted as a family lol, fizz was the smallest pig and pickle substantially bigger now at age 11 weeks fizz is 515 G and pickle only 430 G am I not feeding pickle enough ? They have constant access to hay and pellet food ( witch is gone every day ! ) - they also get a cup of veg per oiggy every day ?

Kind regards
Alex

As long as your boys continue to grow nicely at an average rate of about 20g a week, there is nothing you need to worry about. They have still way to go until they reach adulthood at 15 months old. You may find that the weight difference gets even larger with time.
I have litter sisters who were 100g in difference 8 weeks old and are now 200g in weight difference between the biggest and the smallest, yet they are all within the ideal weight range and perfectly healthy in themselves. My litter sisters lazy Nerys and energetic Nia were about 500g weight difference at the peak of their lives, and both have lived to a good age (in fact, Nerys is still with me).

What I would recommend is to feed pellets and veg rather in smaller portions several times a day in a bowl each per boy (spaced at least one body length apart), so you can make sure that both can eat their portion in one go and that the top boy cannot hog the majority of pellets. As hay should make up to 80% of the daily food intake, they are not going short in the meantime.
You may find the tips and information in these threads here helpful to get your boys on a steady path and to judge whether they are healthy in themselves.
The Importance Of Weighing - Ideal Weight / Overweight / Underweight
Recommendations For A Balanced General Guinea Pig Diet

 

[Alex2016]

Thank you very much, I shall get my head down in those posts, it just shocked me as I assumed the smallest now would be way bigger out of them both ! I'm a worrie wart ! Thank you again !