Methodology to calculate the age of a guinea pig
There is actually no infallible mathematical formula to calculate the human age of a guinea pig because its growth and physiological changes during its life are very different from what's seen in humans.
However, it is rather based on the observations of the ages of the guinea pig, that veterinarians have established a correlation table (age chart) to see an equivalent in human age:
| Real guinea pig age | 1 mth | 2 mths | 4 mths | 6 mths | 8 mths | 10 mths | 1 yrs | 2 yrs | 3 yrs | 4 yrs | 5 yrs | 6 yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Human age | 14 | 20 | 26 | 32 | 38 | 44 | 50 | 60 | 80 | 100 | 120 | 140 |
Life expectancy of the guinea pig: usually three to four years, sometimes up to six to height years.
How do we call?
- a baby guinea pig: a guinea piglet
- a female guinea pig: a guinea sow
- a male guinea pig: a guinea boar!
And you, how old is your guinea pig?
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