[mtjohnston]

Hi!

My daughter 11, saved her paperroute money and bought two guineas from the pet store. We had tried to adopt one from somewhere but no luck. The pet store worker told us we had two boys but Cow, our pure black one started to get big. My daughter bought her a pregnancy test (I just thought I would humor her and would you believe it came back positive?!) Realizing that we obvioulsy had a girl and a boy, I called the very about getting the box fixed but they said to wait until he was 3 months. As Cow got bigger and bigger, we separated them into two C&C cages we had made. Cow gave birth two days ago to 5 adorable little guineas. We now have Mom Cow, Dad Milk and babies Lucky, Charm, Joe, Patch and Cocoa. I realize we dont want to breed and that I have to be careful to not let mom (or anyone for that matter) get pregant again, but, I am not sure we can bear to give any of them up. I understand that this could be a huge undertaking -7 piggies - but, I was wondering if anyone had any advice or thoughts? Could I keep the boys in one cage and the girls in another once the babies are weaned? SHould the girls be across the room from the boys so the boys dont fight? Is 7 too many? I am not sure on the sex of the babies yet - is it too early to tell? I need advice so any help would be greatly appreciated.