My guine pigs are a bit overweight

[Gpigguru]

My guinea pigs are a bit over weight what do u sugest I do?

[Lady Chutterly]

Restrict fruits to less than once a day, don't put anything in their water, exercise? That's my first reaction. What do you call overweight?

[Wheek Minded]

What is the ages, and the weights we are talking about?

We can't really help unless you give us a bit more information.

Do you feed what is considered proper diet? Do you know what that should be?

Do you have a Cube and Coroplast habitat or a petstore cage?

If you give us a bit more info we can help you a lot more.

[Gpigguru]

opera weighs 1k and 525g but she is 3 weeks pregant and is 4 years old
Softy is 2 years old and weighs 1k 100g
Billy is a boar and weighs 1k and 1g
I have more but one has just given birth to 3 babies so I deciced not to weigh her
and soxy is very sick so I cant weigh her either

we feed them pellets and fruit & veg and they have constant access to grass and water

I have a petstore cage generally large it has a section that is seperate from the grass and a wall to stop the wind and for privacy


is this enough info or do I need more??

[Foggycreek]

Oh my, you don't intentionally breed your guinea pigs, do you?

[Gpigguru]

No When we let them out for a run billy caught up to the girls I dont breed them intentionally

[Foggycreek]

Oh, good. I guess you learned the hard way that you can never leave unaltered males and females together, even for a second and even if you are supervising. I only hope your girls won't have to pay the price!

It sounds like you keep your guinea pigs outside. It is much safer for them, and nicer for them and you as well, to keep them in the house with you. Have you ever looked at the cages at Guinea Pig Cages, Your Cavy At Home ?

I wouldn't worry about your guinea pigs being overweight, unless they are showing other abnormal signs--are they sluggish?

[Gpigguru]

Ok thanks to all your help

[GuineaPigzRule]

Yeah too much feeding but im sure your cavys are fine they sound actually pretty healthy to me becuase the average weight for a guinea is 700g so i think there pretty healthy if one is more sluggish i would give it more greens like romain lettuce lol or carrots thier main foods i hope that would help i know its just the basics but im sure it would help hopefully.
Hope they are ok.

[daftscotslass]

Is this the guinea pig's first litter at age 4? Are you positive she is pregnant? With her weight and her age this is a huge risk for a first piggy pregnancy - you MUST have a vet lined up.