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I think my pigs are still growing?!

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I'm wondering in your experience what age your pigs stopped growing at? Fred is 2+, Wilma and Pebbles are 21months.

All 3 pigs have gained 120grams roughly in 3 months...

I find so much info saying different things, so figured who better to ask than people with pigs :)!
 
jake is 2 plus & does seem to still be growing

harry not sure how old he is but has got to be over 2 years (been with me a year next month) & he has got bigger in the last couple of months
 
All four of mine are still growing (or just getting fatter :)) ) George and Tiger are 1yr 5 months and the girls are about 1 year 10-11 months Amy has gone up to an amazing 1430/1440gms (can't remember exact weight) this week :)
 
Sorry for hijacking, I want to weigh my piggies, I tried my bathroom scales, it measures in lbs, kg and stone. But guess there is a minimum weight limit as they stayed at 0 :(
so got the kitchen scales, which are old type (not digital) but the bowl is too small and the piggies just wouldn't sit in it so wasn't safe enough to use that...
What's the best scales to buy to weigh piggies?
 
Hi

Might just be an indication of how much your are feeding them

My lot are nearly all big ladies and fellas, but only because the wife is always popping food into the cage, its probably why I am as big as I am as well.
 
Middle age spread seems more likely.

Plenty of hay, veg and watch the pellets a bit when they get mature. I used to use those little balls that they have to push around for the pellets.

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They do get alot of veg I guess.... but barely any pellets. They get hay too, none of my pigs are overly heavy...

14-12-09 was there first weigh in together.

Fred 876 + 119 grams = He is now a whopping 995grams
Pebbles 942 + 132grams = She is my own little chunky monkey 1076grams
Wilma 817 + 117 grams = my angelic angel 934 grams.
 
My piggies have got rounder as they have got older. Same as mummy then! At least they dont have to hide the flab under bum and tum shapers:(|):(|)
 
Your piggies are still all on the small to normal side, Joanne - they are probably just catching up to get to their ideal weight with good food and tlc.

Llewelyn, Nerys and Nia are stable adults who have been keeping their weight with relatively little variation since they have reached adult size (plus/minus 50 g).

Taffy, however is still putting on weight and becoming rather fat in her second year - due to her multiple pregnancies during the first year of her life.
 
Wiebke said:
Your piggies are still all on the small to normal side, Joanne - they are probably just catching up to get to their ideal weight with good food and tlc.

Llewelyn, Nerys and Nia are stable adults who have been keeping their weight with relatively little variation since they have reached adult size (plus/minus 50 g).

Taffy, however is still putting on weight and becoming rather fat in her second year - due to her multiple pregnancies during the first year of her life.
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Oooo so I might end up with chunky pigs afterall hehe... Wilma you can tell is very petite and so is Fred, Pebbles on the other hand doesn't know when her tum is full :))!
 
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