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Old 10-12-08, 05:40 pm
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Weight of piggies

I was wondering if there is a chart showing the proper weights for piggies at certain ages. My two girls are 1 month old and I want to weigh them. I know that Ginger looks alot bigger than Teddi but then again she practicaaly sits in the bowl and devours everything while poor Teddi takes one piece of lettuce and eats it! Iwas going to use an old weight watchers food scale to weigh them. Will this be sufficient?
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Old 10-12-08, 06:51 pm
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Re: Weight of piggies

If you scroll down on this page, there are a couple different charts.

http://www.guinealynx.info/weigh.html
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Re: Weight of piggies

Well I finally weighed the girls today and they both weigh in at 17 oz. I don't know if this is in the normal range for babies 2 months old. I tried researching weights and most sites state what an adult should weigh but there are no definative weights for young ones. I really thought that Ginger looks fatter than Teddi as she is always the first to the bowl, but they weigh the exact same. I used a weight watchers food scale to weigh them. Don't really know how accurate that is. I looked at the chart that you mention in your post Paula but it only goes to a couple months. Alot of sites mention weight in the kilos instead of ounces. I just want to make sure that they are not overweight (or under weight, which I doubt!)
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