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Post by uglibug on Sept 3, 2014 19:11:30 GMT
Out of curiosity, would those who know be willing to share how much their goos weigh?
We just bought new scales and our old ones were well out. We had our girls pegged at 170 - 200g each, turns out their closer to 300 and Mater, our big male actually weighs 317g! Are they little porkers or is this somewhere near normal? All 3 dominant goos are the heaviest in each cage which I assume is normal, just a bit shocked at how far out our old scales were!
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Post by Karma on Sept 3, 2014 20:12:12 GMT
My two boys are 252g and 253g ....  . Think I know why they are always fighting and there is not a clear leader lol. They are 3 years old and have a huge bedroom to run around in - spoiled rats. |
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Post by Maravilla on Sept 3, 2014 20:24:56 GMT
Have you checked the scales with something whose weight your know? I normally (here in Germany) recommend a piece of butter as it weighs 250g (plus the few grams for the paper). Did you put the scale on a very flat surface?
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Post by saddlers on Sept 3, 2014 20:35:40 GMT
Our goos range from 190g up to 300g, and the female we have just adopted weighed in at 323g on her first weigh in!!
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Post by moletteuk on Sept 4, 2014 16:26:44 GMT
Two of ours are over 300g and they kind of insist on being that way, if I reduce the food, they reduce their activity, plus ours put on weight for the winter and then lose some for the summer. I think there is quite a bit of variation in size/ length/ build of degus, so some look right at 300g and others look in proportion at 200g.
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Post by animalmadchloe on Sept 6, 2014 17:04:01 GMT
I think goos look better when there a.bit fatter and all squishy looking 3 of mine are quite small then there's big al who's a little whopper and.looks like such a cutie xxx
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Post by ntg on Sept 6, 2014 23:38:26 GMT
It depends on the time od year but at the moment:
Gandi - 250g
Smeggle - 265g
Venk - 275g
Pip (my big lad) - 310g
I have the same thing happen that Molette does. Pip was under 300 a month or two back but it coincided with a tooth issue he was having. He's since put the weight back on and doesn't get anything extra (if anything I give him a little less) from the others.
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Post by uglibug on Sept 7, 2014 18:46:30 GMT
Thanks folks. :-) Everyone looks healthy and sleek, tbh Freaky is the lightest of them all and she is the only one that looks plump because she spends half her life all fluffed up over nothing at all, lol.
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. Think I know why they are always fighting and there is not a clear leader lol. They are 3 years old and have a huge bedroom to run around in - spoiled rats.
