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Lolaa · May 1, 2011

Some GP's have long faces and others have "round" faces?/

Half of my pigs have little round faces whilst the other half have very long faces:{

ghostbusterbunny · May 1, 2011

That's true! The newest addition to the herd has a very long face! One of my other short haired does too. But the rest, especially my two Abbys, have quite short, round faces!

It must be a breed thing, I suppose? I really don't know!

Lolaa · May 1, 2011

ghostbusterbunny said:
That's true! The newest addition to the herd has a very long face! One of my other short haired does too. But the rest, especially my two Abbys, have quite short, round faces!

It must be a breed thing, I suppose? I really don't know!

very strange isn't it! :{

I have a tribe of tri smooth haired pigs, some have long faces and others have the little round faces, my peruvian has a round face and so does Henry, Haribo has a very long face too!

Rilenceny · May 1, 2011

Mostly it's genetic at play.

piglet_and_rogers_mama · May 1, 2011

probably similar to how some humans have attached ear lobes, or 'free' ones, or anyother slightly different quirk

carrot_and_parsnip · May 1, 2011

It's strange isn't it, my Thumper was likened to a rat by one of my friends! But he does look less typically guinea piggy than Tigger because of his face xox

Pepperdog · May 1, 2011

fudge reminds me of a chubby rat but I thought she just hasnt grown enough to have the nice guinea pig face - it might be she is a longer faced piggie then, I still love her

Amanda1801 · May 1, 2011

It's like anything really - you can have different variations of the same animal... loose example, if you think of a spaniel, you could have a springer spaniel, or a cavalier king charles spaniel, or a clumber spaniel.... same basic dog, but aesthetically look different.

It's just breeding and genetics (boring!)

I have one with quite a chubby flat face, a real ratty nosed pig, and a middling one! I haven't decided what Jeff is yet!