How long do piggys live for?

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Can anyone tell me how long piggys live for ? Iv'e heard between 4-8 years. Do different breeds live for different amounts of time? Sorry if its a silly question mallethead

Thanks Heidi
 
Thats not a daft question at all. If you are unlucky like me its between 1 and 3.5! :(:0:{:red

How i envy people that have their pigs for 3.5 or more years.........
 
It's scary as my oldest piggy was 4 last month, Thank you for replying, I wished they lived for so many more years longer :)
 
All of my piggies plan to live forever! We've discuees this and decided it's the best way :))

No, seriously... Some piggies reach ten, but they are uncommon. Many get to 6 or 7... Way too many die before they are two, usually because of congenital problems with teeth...

Out of my four I think Mette-Marit will get oldest. She's a true mutt and in the guinea pig world I think that's a good thing...
 
My oldest got to 9 years. I've just lost my LilyPig at 7 1/2 years. Most of mine get to at least 5, if I lose one younger than that that it's usually a genetic problem/overwhelming illness. They are all rescues and of unknown genetic background.

All mine live indoors throughout the entire winter in a heated conservatory. Summer in a fully insulated shed so the temp is stable, fans on in the hot weather and garden time in good weather. I don't give high calorie treats or mineral licks. I treat regularly for mites every 3 months. I bed them on dust extracted woodshavings and don't get the health problems often blamed on them, if I did I wouldn't use them!

I would say that 5-7 is an average age for a piggy to get to though I have known 4 get to 11 years but they weren't mine.

Suzy x
 
My two old piggies lived til 6.5 and 7 years. They always lived outdoors all year round and never had any health problems. Apple died suddenly without any symptoms, probably in her sleep since she was in her little house. I found Devlin all hunched up one day and she seemed very confused, but was still eating, though I knew she was dying and left her with her friend and she died a few hours later.

I hope my current pigs all live that long. :)
 
I think maybe when i get my new pigs we will have 'the discussion' because i have had way too much of a bad deal with mine.

I need a pig for 11 years...i dont mind a mutt, all my animals are mutts, I'm a mutt!

:(|)
 
one guinea of mine, bernard, lived until eight and a half
it was before we knew about how guineas should be kept, so he lived outside with a rabbit! my others are now 5,3, and 1 and a quarter! one pair only lived until they were just over one, they were very very little pigs and acted strangely.

If bernard is any example your guineas should live for a long time.
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Ralphisamadpig said:
one guinea of mine, bernard, lived until eight and a half
it was before we knew about how guineas should be kept, so he lived outside with a rabbit! /QUOTE]

Same with my first 2 pigs! Well mine were worse probably. They were outdoors all year round in a thin plywood hutch and a run that probably wasn't fox-proof, even at night, and with a rabbit . . . :red They got given poisonous things like buttercups on a regular basis, and sometimes didn't get the best diet or cleaned out as often as they should have (that was when I first got them and was quite young, but they were cleaned out very often when I got a bit more responsible . . . ) but they managed to survive it all. :)
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I have to say if I lose any before the age of 4 I feel cheated!:( Our current gang range from just under 4 up to 6 1/2. Our neutered boy Jazz is a toy boy to 5 older ladies!:)) His youngest wife is 5 the older girls are 6 1/2.
 
the oldest piggie ive had was 9 and she was one of my first ever piggies i loved her to bits bless, i think it just depends on the piggie :))
 
Same with my first 2 pigs! Well mine were worse probably. They were outdoors all year round in a thin plywood hutch and a run that probably wasn't fox-proof, even at night, and with a rabbit . . . :red They got given poisonous things like buttercups on a regular basis, and sometimes didn't get the best diet or cleaned out as often as they should have (that was when I first got them and was quite young, but they were cleaned out very often when I got a bit more responsible . . . ) but they managed to survive it all. :)[/QUOTE]

it sounds the same, apart from mine was cleaned out regularly- when the rabbit passed away we got two more guineas and made it so he could see and communicate with them! x
 
Ooo i hope everyones piggies live long healthy happy lives however long that may be, I would love though my boys to live for a very very long time, until I'm like 82 and gone piggie crackers (if I'm not already)! teeheee :))
 
Hi,
My first Pigs lived to 9 & 10 years they were called Pinky and Perky and they were girls but I'm sure they were not sisters. Apart from an ulcerated eye once they never had to go to the vets and lived outside year round. When Perky died I got Pinky 3 new female babys which she took great pleasure in bossing around, she lived in a big double hutch and flew up and down the ladder till the day she died and I feel very honoured to had had them.

I now have 9 approx all 2years and younger and hope they live as long:)):)):))
they may out live me;);) (I'm an oldie)

What would I do without a piggie or 10

Maureen
 
I had my first guinea pigs when I was 12, Rosie lived to 6 and Honey to 8, I'd left home at 18 to go to uni, it's a good job my mum loved them to!
I've not had so much luck with my recent piggies. Gizmo didn't make it to two, he became ill very suddenly and passed away earlier this year and we lost Stripes during a bladder stone operation, he was nearly 4.
My 5 boys now vary between 20 months and 3 years. I'd love them to live to a ripe old age as long as they are happy and healthy.
 
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