Is It Possible?

[jrogers]

I know this sounds so silly but is it possible for a piggy to not grow atall?

We have had Evie for a good 5 months now and she has not grown much atall, she's still so tiny has her baby class still and even when we went away saw no change in her size whatsoever, however rose who is the same breed seems to be a right monster in size..

 

[Julie M]

Aww little soul, is she eating ok?
Maybe she's just a petite little piggie. All my piggies have grown HUGE. Lol. (All boars mind you)

 

[sport_billy]

What does she weigh and how old is she? Some piggies are very petite and have small frames

 

[jrogers]

Her weight is 745 which seems massive in comparison to how small she looks, she's eating fine everything health wise is fine with her, maybe she is just a small piggy

 

[Swissgreys]

When we collected our piggies from the breeder, one of them was the runt.
She is happy, healthy, and vocal, and she is also half the size of her litter sister!
The breeder told us that she may never grow to the same size as a 'normal' guinea pig, but she also said that often the runt will have a growth spurt at some point and catch up.
I guess it is like human siblings - they all end up different shapes and sizes too.

 

[Critter]

I had a small piggy, considerably and noticeably smaller than any other piggy I had. She was cheeky, active, vocal and wonderful, BUT she had a heart issue that I hadn't known about until too late.
I have since read that one of the symptoms of a heart-piggy is being small. HOWEVER I am not trying to alarm you and want to stress that the chances are, she is simply small. Some are. Being small doesn't mean any health problem, but because of what happened to mine I would have another small adult checked over, just in case. x x

 

[Swissgreys]

I had a small piggy, considerably and noticeably smaller than any other piggy I had. She was cheeky, active, vocal and wonderful, BUT she had a heart issue that I hadn't known about until too late.
I have since read that one of the symptoms of a heart-piggy is being small. HOWEVER I am not trying to alarm you and want to stress that the chances are, she is simply small. Some are. Being small doesn't mean any health problem, but because of what happened to mine I would have another small adult checked over, just in case. x x

Gosh, thanks so much for that Critter.
She really is a fabulous little pig - by far the boldest and friendliest of the 3

I am planning to take them all to the local vet in a week or two for a general check up, and also so I can get a feel for how she is with guinea pigs (we have only used her for dogs, rabbits and chinchillas in the past). The last thing I want is to be rushing around trying to find a vet in an emergency.
I am assuming if she checks them over and listens to their hearts that she wold pick up a heart problem?
I will be sure to mention it when we go.
Thanks again for the tip.

 

[jrogers]

oo thankyou for letting me know, will ask my vet to have a further investigation just incase when the girls go in for their check up x