help me !!!

[Eliana]

i have 3 female and 2 male guinea pigs .the smaller guinea is female and she is 3-4 months old .the last month i saw that her belly is very big for her age so i started to searching to the internet for informations because that it wasnt normally . also she was drinking a lot of water, more than the other guineas .so i think that maybe she is pregnant but she was too young and that its not good .then i touch her belly and i felt something like a small hamster with legs and arms and head ....
OH MY GOD i said ....................
and thats all. i am sure that she is pregnant but i dont know what to do i dont want her to die please help me i am going to do everything to help her and i am going to give as money as she need

[Ziggy&Herald]

Do you keep the males and females together at any moment, like for floor time? Or did she come this way to you? Either way she has to be pretty far along to fell the babies.

Here is a link to help you out some. Other then this I'm afraid I'm not too experienced, I have all boys.
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[clotho]

The most important thing right now is to separate your females from any males - never let them be together even for a second if the males are intact.

Females can get pregnant very young - like about 4 weeks old - and males are sexually mature as young as 3 weeks old.

I won't lecture - you can do a forum search on breeding to find plenty of information on why we don't breed our guinea pigs.

Your sow is pregnant now and you will have to deal with the pregnancy and birth. You need to make sure she doesn't get pregnant again. Sows go into heat very soon after they give birth, so never let a male be with her or you could end up with back to back pregnancies which is very dangerous for the sow.

Make sure you feed her (and all your piggies) a high quality pellet like Oxbow or Kleenmama's, unlimited grass hay 24/7 (like timothy hay) and a cup of fresh veggies per day. Here is a great link that will help you know what to feed and how often: http://www.guineapigcages.com/forum/...arts-info.html

Your pregnant moma will need veggies with extra calcium, like kale, parsley, dill, dandelion - and you can also supplement with some alfalfa hay for extra calcium.

You will also need to baby proof the females' cage before the babies are born. The females can live together and they should be aunties and help out with the babies. But please be absolutely positive of the sex of your guinea pigs so you are only housing females together. Here is a link to help you: Guinea Lynx :: Sexing Guinea Pigs You will also need to be able to sex any babies she has so you can remove any males from the females by the time they are 21 days old.

Please find a cavy savy vet in your area and know where you can go in an emergency. That way if anything does go wrong, you will be prepared.

[rabbitsncavyluv]

Separate the males from the females right now. They can breed at 3-4 weeks so chances are she is pregnant. I hope you have a good vet lined up?

Here Guinea Lynx :: Breeding and Guinea Lynx :: Reproduction

Review their care Guinea Lynx :: Guinea Pig Care Guide

[Ziggy&Herald]

The link I provided was not a Pro breeding site. It said nothing of breeding intentionally. It gave information on the care of pregnant sows. How are we suppose to give links on information if every site other then Guinea lynx is Pro Breeding in your eyes. It said at the top of the page that they do not recommend breeding. How is that Pro Breeding?

[Ziggy&Herald]

Originally Posted by Ziggy&Herald

The link I provided was not a Pro breeding site. It said nothing of breeding intentionally. It gave information on the care of pregnant sows. How are we suppose to give links on information if every site other then Guinea lynx is Pro Breeding in your eyes. It said at the top of the page that they do not recommend breeding. How is that Pro Breeding?

I did read the PM and went back to the site. It is from a source that does mention breeding, however not on the page I posted. That was where my confusion was, sorry.

[Eliana]

acctually i live in greece so i dont have problem like where to give the babies .in greece everybody likes and wants guineas its not like america. we dont have shelters or any rescue center for guineas .we have only the maximum 10 centers with dogs and cats .and i will keep having males and females together so if they want to mate i dont have problem .the last time i had a guinea pig pregnant with the 5 babies i took her 3 days before the birth from the pet shop .after 1 week she died but i dont know her history or why she died . my problem now is not how or why to seperate the males from the females (because i want to have them together ) but what i am doing with the baby female who is pregnant .also i didnt know that she is going to be pregnant and she didnt want to mate so i thought that she is not going to have babies .

[rabbitsncavyluv]

Well, if you don't want them to mate, why are you housing unneutered males and females together?

Even if there is not a pet overpopulation problem in your area, inbreeding your guinea pigs is no excuse: http://www.cavyspirit.com/breeding.htm

Your previous sow died because she was bred.

You may not have a problem with it but I bet if you asked your sows, they don't want the 1 in 5 chance they and their babies will die. Backbreeding is also hard on them. Males can impregnate them again after they give birth.

What you do is separate the females from the males and find a good vet so this one doesn't die.

[Eliana]

My last sow didnt die because she was bred and how do you know that ?If that is true all the sows who they have them breeders will die...I cant heard about neutered guineas .My guineas are normally and i am never going to neutered them i will let them mate as they want (if that is normally ofcourse) I am against neutering .Does anybody here know why they are telling us to neutered our pets ?I will tell you why .Because they want us to be like pets of the big people (famous,who has money) If we keep breeding our pets and sell them or donating them to people, breeders they wont have job so they are telling us fairytails to bellieve them to get more money . Does anybody here know about cuy in peru ?Is anybody doing anything?No .Because they dont care about our guineas they care about money.Thats all i have to say.

[VoodooJoint]

Originally Posted by Eliana

If we keep breeding our pets and sell them or donating them to people, breeders they wont have job

That is one of the most ridiculous things I have ever heard.

Originally Posted by Eliana

Does anybody here know about cuy in peru ?Is anybody doing anything?No .Because they dont care about our guineas they care about money.Thats all i have to say.

It doesn't bother me at all if they are eating guinea pigs in Peru any more then it bothers me that people eat beef, lamb, chicken or any other creature. Eating an animal is eating an animal.

I'm not certain why you are here. You certainly seem like you want to cause problems. You understand that this is a website against intentional breeding but you like to write about allowing your animals to breed all they want and even about animals dying in your care. I'm wiling to believe that you also keep your animals in pretty poor conditions.

I suggest you do some more reading on this website and learn some more before you post anything else.

[Eliana]

you dont know me or my animals so dont tell anything my guineas are very healthy and happy and i love them very much .If i am against neutering doesnt mean that i dont care and love my guineas .Please dont say if i care or love my guineas you dont know anything about me yet

[Pumpkin_RIP]

Eliana, you are a fool. How do you know if your pigs "want to mate"? You don't, and the males force the sows into it anyways just because you refuse to be a kind owner and seperate them. Would you like to have babies, one after another after another, continuously getting pregnant? It is very hard on anyone, especially on a small fragile animal like a giunea pig, to keep having babie one after another. Your sows will lead a hard life and eventually die, all because you refuse to do a simple thing like seperate them. Good luck killing your pigs (note the sarcasm) and putting them in misery.

If you truly loved your pigs, you would not force your sows to keep having babies. They cannot choose to become pregnant, it is something instinctual that the boars force onto the sows. Humans have been blessed with more intelligence, and therefor have more responsibility. The responsibility to make the right decision and help other creatures who do not have a choice. Take responsibility!

[Siobhann]

A couple of things aren't adding up in my head. You posted that you needed help because one of your girls seems to be pregnant, but you had bought a pregnant sow from a petstore. You said you had searched the internet for the symptoms of pregnancy but you should know the symptoms from already having a pregnant sow. I am confused.

Second, if you frequent these forums at all, you should realize that this site is very anti-intentional breeding.Why come on here at all and post that your pigs are pregnant and that you don't care?

Now, let me share a story. I had done alot of research on guinea pigs before I bought my two girls, which is why I bought only girls. What I didn't know was that a friend of mine used to have guinea pigs. He never told me because he had a bad experience and didn't like talking about it. He is an animal lover and has a huge house with lots of land to accomodate many types of animals. He went out and bought two guinea pigs, a male and female. His female got pregnant, weeks went by, and one night he went to bed like normal. He woke up the next morning to his sow, dead in the cage. She had gone into labor during the night. She was able to deliver one of the babies. The next baby got stuck. His sow died in the middle of the delivery. The other baby that was delivered died as well. When he reached into the cage to pick up the female he could feel another baby still inside her. Only the male was left. He let his sister take his remaining male and never had guinea pigs again. He was heartbroken.

As a pet owner, you're responsible for the animals under your care. I don't question whether or not you take care of your pigs or whether or not you love your guinea pigs. I believe you do, but I also feel you're doing what's best for you, not your pigs.

[Wheek Weak]

Originally Posted by Eliana

OH MY GOD i said ....................
and thats all. i am sure that she is pregnant but i dont know what to do i dont want her to die please help me i am going to do everything to help her and i am going to give as money as she need

If you know that a sow can die, and you are (supposedly) so distraught about it...why do you intentionally breed? (see the next two quotes).

and i will keep having males and females together so if they want to mate i dont have problem. my problem now is not how or why to seperate the males from the females (because i want to have them together ) but what i am doing with the baby female who is pregnant .also i didnt know that she is going to be pregnant

i will let them mate as they want (if that is normally ofcourse) I am against neutering.

Does anybody here know why they are telling us to neutered our pets ?

Refer to your original post and how (supposedly) upset you are about the possibility that your sow could die. That's why we neuter. Because of the high risk of death.

you dont know me or my animals so dont tell anything my guineas are very healthy and happy and i love them very much .If i am against neutering doesnt mean that i dont care and love my guineas .Please dont say if i care or love my guineas you dont know anything about me yet

Once again, I refer to your post regarding letting "them mate as they want". That is NOT love. You DO NOT put a life that you love at risk of pain, agony, and death.

[Char-x]

Your ethier a troll or you need to do alot of research, ethier way if you loved your pigs you would seperate the females from males and not let them breed, no questions about it.