TCollin6
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Cavy Slave
- Joined
- Jul 16, 2008
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- Joined
- Jul 16, 2008
- Messages
- 3
Hello everyone.
It's been one heck of a week. My family and I got our 2 first GP's last Saturday. We have been super excited all week. We built them a 3 x 3 elevated cage and are getting ready to add a second level in the back area for them to see us while we're in the living room with them.
Well, we purchased 2 females about 4 months old, Pigpen and Snowball, and have had them for 4 days know. We are getting to know each other well and they are starting to greet me when I come home everyday. Snowball was very active her first couple days and then went into hiding unless we were feeding her. I figured it was just due to getting used to the new environment.
I checked their cage today and noticed a few small fleshy pieces around the cage. One was almost a full sac and the other had looked like it had been unrolled. From looking at my babies fur, it looks as though these came from my Snowball. Go figure, another GP being sold from a petstore that is already pregnant.
I am going to get her to the Vet as soon as I can to give her a once over to make sure that she checks out. I had a couple questions just to check a few things.
Does this sound like a miscarriage / still birth?
Can a GP stillborn deliver part of her litter and still have the rest of the litter later on?
The births looked like they where open, do other GP's sometimes eat the litters of other GP's? (I know it's an odd question, I just want to know if this would tell me something about whats going on)
Is there anything extra I should be doing and just not thinking of?
Thanks for all of your help through this time. I know that everything happens for a reason. I just want to make sure my Snowball is ok.
~~ Tim
It's been one heck of a week. My family and I got our 2 first GP's last Saturday. We have been super excited all week. We built them a 3 x 3 elevated cage and are getting ready to add a second level in the back area for them to see us while we're in the living room with them.
Well, we purchased 2 females about 4 months old, Pigpen and Snowball, and have had them for 4 days know. We are getting to know each other well and they are starting to greet me when I come home everyday. Snowball was very active her first couple days and then went into hiding unless we were feeding her. I figured it was just due to getting used to the new environment.
I checked their cage today and noticed a few small fleshy pieces around the cage. One was almost a full sac and the other had looked like it had been unrolled. From looking at my babies fur, it looks as though these came from my Snowball. Go figure, another GP being sold from a petstore that is already pregnant.
I am going to get her to the Vet as soon as I can to give her a once over to make sure that she checks out. I had a couple questions just to check a few things.
Does this sound like a miscarriage / still birth?
Can a GP stillborn deliver part of her litter and still have the rest of the litter later on?
The births looked like they where open, do other GP's sometimes eat the litters of other GP's? (I know it's an odd question, I just want to know if this would tell me something about whats going on)
Is there anything extra I should be doing and just not thinking of?
Thanks for all of your help through this time. I know that everything happens for a reason. I just want to make sure my Snowball is ok.
~~ Tim
