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Ideal weight?

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Hoggle*&*Ludo

Hoggle*&*Ludo

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Hi,

I am going to (try) weigh my boys tonight but I am unsure what a healthy weight should be, they are 8 weeks old tomorrow. :)
 
It all depends, which is a useless answer!
I would expect a minimum weight of 10 ounces, 300 grams. Maybe an upper weight of 15 ounces, 450 grams.
There are big pigs and there are small pigs, you are really looking at the trend of the weight measurements, ie a weekly increase.
 
When i weighed my piggie at about 9 weeks old she was 300g
 
sp. Your pigs are putting weight on at the upper level, they should be 3lb adults!, 1400-1500gm.
 
Thank you for the advice! Just want to know if I am feeding them right and also Hoggle's weight concerns me as I feel he might have been the runt but he doesn't look ill and is the bossy one of the pair. :))
 
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