Is Rum too light?

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Now Rosie and Rum are around 15 months old I am assuming they are fully grown but I am a little worried about Rum. Rosie has always been the larger of the two and was at least 200g larger. My assumption was that Rum would catch up but now Rum has settled at around 930g whereas Rosie is a whopping 1270g and growing still. I'm worried Rum is underweight. Should I supplement her diet away from Rosie?
 
A healthy adult weight for boars can be anything between 900g and 1800g! so I wouldn't say he is underweight but you would want him to loose anymore.

I have two brothers and Hector is just under 1kg compared to his 1400g brother
 
Pigs weights vary quite a bit. If everything else is ok: eating, drinking, pooping, skin etc., I wouldn't worry. You could always weigh weekly just to keep you mind at rest in case there is a downward trend. x
 
Ah yes Rum and ROSIE should of given it away that they're sows. Though Rum could of been a neutered boar :p
 
Some pigs are smaller naturally, so I wouldn't worry unless she feels bony or seems unwell. :)
 
My girls are naturally a little on the petite side. Short but a little dumpy compared to some other pigs I know. Kizzy was about 950g for a while when her sister Lexi was still putting on weight. I thought she had stopped but then she had another growth spurt at around 18 months and is now just a little bit lighter than Lexi, they are both about 1100-1200g.
 
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