Allyson
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Cavy Slave
- Joined
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- Joined
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- 63
This is urgent so sorry for any confusion! And I'm sorry if this was posted in the wrong forum.
About 9 hours ago my sow Stevie Rae gave birth to only 1 baby guinea pig. Everything seemed to be going well. The mother was eating and the pup seemed to be progressing (eyes open, trying to walk, etc). The mother did show some acknowledgment of her pup without aggression, such as bathing him, so I put them in a baby-proof box and put them in a quiet room for a few hours.
When I went to check on them, the pup was laying on his side, slightly cold, and with his mother stepping all over him. I initially thought the baby was dead, but when I picked him up, I could feel the baby breathing and his heartbeat. I immediately put the pup near one of his mother's nipples to try and feed, but nothing happened. I then took the pup from his mom and tried to feed him mush/soft pellets (as done in Guinea Lynx) and water. He swallowed only one or two mouth fulls that I gave him a while after they had sat in his mouth. He also only had a few drops of water. I took the pup's mother out of the cage and put them together on my lap in a towel. She at first ignored him and tried to get off the towel, but she eventually started bathing him again. Nothing changed about the pup as he lied against his mother, so I put her back in her cage (she started wheaking, but I do not know if it was because she was put back or without her pup) and put the baby onto wash cloth that was on top of a heating pad set on low. I would keep them together, but the mother keeps stepping/standing on her pup and I feel like it is doing more damage to him. I've also noticed that the pup has something that looks like "hiccups" every 10 seconds or so.
Does anyone have any advice or experiences similar to this?
About 9 hours ago my sow Stevie Rae gave birth to only 1 baby guinea pig. Everything seemed to be going well. The mother was eating and the pup seemed to be progressing (eyes open, trying to walk, etc). The mother did show some acknowledgment of her pup without aggression, such as bathing him, so I put them in a baby-proof box and put them in a quiet room for a few hours.
When I went to check on them, the pup was laying on his side, slightly cold, and with his mother stepping all over him. I initially thought the baby was dead, but when I picked him up, I could feel the baby breathing and his heartbeat. I immediately put the pup near one of his mother's nipples to try and feed, but nothing happened. I then took the pup from his mom and tried to feed him mush/soft pellets (as done in Guinea Lynx) and water. He swallowed only one or two mouth fulls that I gave him a while after they had sat in his mouth. He also only had a few drops of water. I took the pup's mother out of the cage and put them together on my lap in a towel. She at first ignored him and tried to get off the towel, but she eventually started bathing him again. Nothing changed about the pup as he lied against his mother, so I put her back in her cage (she started wheaking, but I do not know if it was because she was put back or without her pup) and put the baby onto wash cloth that was on top of a heating pad set on low. I would keep them together, but the mother keeps stepping/standing on her pup and I feel like it is doing more damage to him. I've also noticed that the pup has something that looks like "hiccups" every 10 seconds or so.
Does anyone have any advice or experiences similar to this?
He gave it some meds to help give it energy, and told me if he lives through the night to bring him back tomorrow and he will give him more medicine... he also felt Stevie Rae to make sure she had no more babies stuck inside her and said she was ok.
