Going Grey

[dagwellismypigy]

I was combing Dagwell and trimming his rat-tail thing he has going on and I noticed he is starting to get grey hair under neath his agouti parts. Is it normal for older pigs to go grey? NOt that it matters, just an observation.

 

[FurryCritters]

Hi:

Yes, it is. A friend mentioned to me the other night how one of her GP's is also going gray. I guess they are like all other animals and us.

 

[candi]

It's probably an old age thing, it can happen in hamsters too.

 

[Piglet]

Yes, Furlong had a couple of grey hairs when I got him. Now, he has got several more and when you pet him the wrong way, you can see lots of grey roots

 

[dagwellismypigy]

I'm starting to think Dagwell was older than I originally though he was when I got him. I thought he was like 1 or 1 and 1/2 but now I think he was like 2 or 2 and1/2 so that means he's almost 3 years old! Cool.

 

[Piglet]

Yeah... the rescue said that Furlong was 1-2 years old, but by the look of the grey hairs he has, he may be older.

 

[charliesmommy]

FYI, you can usually tell how old they are by the color of their front teeth. The whiter they are, the younger they are! I actually thought Charlie was older than he is when I got him, but when the vet got a look at how white his teeth are, she told me there's no way he's more than a year old.

 

[Piglet]

Is there proof for that? I have never heard of that before, not even on guinea lynx

 

[charliesmommy]

It's what my vet said.