misskeisha
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So, I am not necessarily a new guinea pig owner, in my early teens I used to rescue and take care of many piggies, but flashfoward several years to now, and I decided I would love to have guinea pigs in my life again.
A few months ago I took in a guinea pig from a friend of a friend of mine, my friend told me she was a loner and didn't get along with her friends current guinea pigs, and I couldn't resist her sweet face so I took her in. And a few weeks ago someone had an accidental litter and offered one of her females, and once again, couldn't resist lol.
I let them meet multiple times before finally housing them together, and they seemed to get along great, some dominance displays here and there but nothing actually aggressive. What I did notice though is that the rumble-strutting and humping has been almost constant, but I have tried to be a little standoffish to give them space to get to know each other.
THEN, it struck me, that I never sexed my original girl, I just assumed and didn't even THINK about it. Just yesterday I checked, and bingo.. I've got a boar on my hands.
So now I have them separated and I'm a little shocked, my baby girl is only about 6 weeks old, do you think a solid week of being housed together puts her at a high chance of being pregnant? I know situations vary and so no one can really know, I guess I'm just at a bit of a loss on what to do, I wasn't planning on this in the slightest. I read about this kinda stuff happening a lot but never to me.
I am going to get her into the vet as soon as I can, as well as get my new-found boy in to be neutered.
There's probably not much else for me to do from here but wait and see, huh?
A few months ago I took in a guinea pig from a friend of a friend of mine, my friend told me she was a loner and didn't get along with her friends current guinea pigs, and I couldn't resist her sweet face so I took her in. And a few weeks ago someone had an accidental litter and offered one of her females, and once again, couldn't resist lol.
I let them meet multiple times before finally housing them together, and they seemed to get along great, some dominance displays here and there but nothing actually aggressive. What I did notice though is that the rumble-strutting and humping has been almost constant, but I have tried to be a little standoffish to give them space to get to know each other.
THEN, it struck me, that I never sexed my original girl, I just assumed and didn't even THINK about it. Just yesterday I checked, and bingo.. I've got a boar on my hands.
So now I have them separated and I'm a little shocked, my baby girl is only about 6 weeks old, do you think a solid week of being housed together puts her at a high chance of being pregnant? I know situations vary and so no one can really know, I guess I'm just at a bit of a loss on what to do, I wasn't planning on this in the slightest. I read about this kinda stuff happening a lot but never to me.
I am going to get her into the vet as soon as I can, as well as get my new-found boy in to be neutered.
There's probably not much else for me to do from here but wait and see, huh?
