How old can a guinea pig get?

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The oldest I know about was our family piggy back in the seventies when we moved to a house with a garden. We got him when he was just a few weeks old and he lived to the ripe old age of nearly ten years.

Until old age finally caught up with him big time, he was a very healthy pig with only the odd tummy upset every few years.

Does anybody know of older pigs?
 
My friend had a boar who lived until he was ten and three quarters. I'd love mine to live to that age!

Charlotte x
 
unfortunately the two piggies who have passed away, one just made it over a year and the other only a few months. I do have 2 which are nearly 3, and it would be great they if lived for a very long time
 
Yes, I'd wish that, too. But you can't help it when you run into medical conditions...

None of my other guinea pigs ever lived even close to that age!
 
The record - apparently, according to one piggie book - was 14 years. Can't remember the decade, but I think the pig was called Snowball and lived in UK.
 
A Guinea pigs average life span is 4-8 years.
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A record!: The oldest recorded pet guinea pig was Snowball, from Nottinghamshire in England. Snowball died at a whopping age of 14 years and 10 months! Snowball died in February 1979.
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I remembered seeing this article........just copied it! thanks Google :)
WOW itsn't that awesome 14? x)x)x)x)​
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I read they have 14 birthdays a year so my eldest pair Flora and Fleur are 27 lol Not sure where I read this, I defo did though! :(|)
 
one of my piggies Morgan is 7 1/2 years old :) thats the oldes pig ive ever had she was one of my first piggies, she has slowed down and sleeps more but she is still lively at veggie time! and loves being out in the garden during summer :)
 
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