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Subsonica

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One of my girls has been losing weight for no apparent reason this past week or two, totally 19g now. Is this sort of fluctuation anything to worry about? All 4 of my piggies are on the same diet, and the other 3 are still gaining weight.

She seems fine in herself; she's still zooming round the cage, shouts for her veggies, and is still gobbling her veggies as normal. When I have her out she's still her normal inquisitive self. There are no tell-tale signs of anything in the cage, like runny poos etc, and nothing about their care has really changed apart from the time of day that they get their veggies (silly work shifts), but like I say, the other 3 are still gaining.

I know 19g doesn't sound like much, but naturally I'm worried.
 
19 gram's in total is no big loss keep weighing weekly, my general rule of thumb is see a vet at 60 gram weight loss but it has to be constant with no weight gain.
 
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