Weighing Your Guinea Pig

Weight loss is often one of the very first signs that your piggy may be ill or that there could be an underlying problem. The average weight for a female guinea pig is between 900g to 1100g. Male guinea pigs should range between 1000g to 1500g.

Weigh your guinea pigs weekly. Set up a routine, same time, same guinea pig, each week. Your guinea pig will get used to this routine, which in turn will make your weekly weigh ins easier and quicker! If your guinea pig is ill, or is older, daily weighing combined with health checks will be beneficial.

Use a bowl or large tupperware container to pop your guinea pig in while they are being weighed. This will give you a steady and accurate reading on the scales (no piggy scrambling!) and is much safer for your piggy.

For health checks, check your guinea pigs' teeth, fur, ears, eyes, nose, mouth and feet. See our Health Care Chart here for what's normal and what's not.