On a mission to find the oldest guinea pigs of all time!

[squeakly]

Hello there. I have 2 twin guinea pigs called Toby & George who are 2 years old. I have been thinking about the world’s oldest guinea pigs, and have realised nobody has made a top 10 list. I would like to make one and have already got a few down such as Sweetie who lived to 17, Marty who lived to 15, Snowball who lived to 14, and some more. All I need now is some people comment their guinea pigs’ old ages along with their birth and death year and I could possibly even extend the list depending on how many people comment. Thanks

 

[Betsy]

Meg was my oldest piggy, I had her PTS last week she was born on 5 May 2016 and was PTS on 13 October 2022. I know not one of the oldest piggies but she was my oldest piggie!

 

[Seven7]

My Finn is my oldest at 6 years of age, and I would love for him to live to be 15 years old. He was born in 2017, which is where my forum name, Seven7 came from. He was born in November of 2017, which is what the pet shop owner told me.

 

[Bill & Ted]

many years ago when I was young I had a piggie that lived for around 7 years

 

[Merab]

Merab and Jemimah were both over 6 when they died

 

[Seven7]

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Merab and Jemimah were both over 6 when they died

I still remember very cute Jemimah.

 

[Grand Guinea Pigs]

Here is Baulder, one of my piggies who lived for about 8.5 years, from August 2013 to March 2022. I still miss him very much. He was so special

 

[Grand Guinea Pigs]

Loki on the left and Bear second to the right lived for just about six years

 

[Wheekallweek]

Ruby was around 8 years old when she sadly passed away!

 

[Freela]

I'm mind-blown at the idea that a guinea pig lived to be 17, that's literally more than twice normal life expectancy. It's like a person living to be 135 or something!

Personally, most of my pigs have passed between 6 and 7, the oldest was about 6 years and 10.5 months when she passed. My daughter's friend, however, has two sister pigs who are about 7.5 years and both still trucking along, one of them has outlived her own daughter by several years.