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- Thread starter Darcie
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Gia
Teenage Guinea Pig
That should be fine. Are they males?
Katiedid
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you go on condition not weight. I have a 1050g girl who is overweight, I have a 900g boy who is seriously underweight, I have a 950g girl who is fine and a 1000g girl who coudl do with a little more on her but is OK.
Katiedid
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Just to add my 1000g girl should be 1150g and my 900g boy should be 1250g - that woudl give each the right condition but my 1050g girl should really be nearer 980g.
Darcie
Junior Guinea Pig
I have two females. Ok..so how can I tell if they are fat? I know there supposed to have a little weight on them but not to much. I don't over feed them they get endless supply of Timothy hay and 1 cup a day of veggies. Just tablespoon of pellets.
Katiedid
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You tell by feel, they should have a good covering but you should be able to see their feet when they walk there should be no belly dragging, ribs should be feelable but not individually and hips should not stick out. The Importance Of Weighing - Ideal Weight / Overweight / Underweight
Betsy
Anniversary Herd
Betsy weighed in last week at 1315g and she should be 1275g but we had been away for a week and my piggy sitters gave my lot far too many pellets as a fortnights worth was gone in a week! Hopefully at this weeks weigh in (tomorrow) she will have lost the extra weight. I only ever give the 5 of them four small handfuls of pellets a day.