We recently adopted a girl piggy and although she supposedly wasn't kept with a male, she is pregnant. We had a vacation planned in three weeks but I suspect she may have the babies right around this time. I have a vet lined up and all and she is looking great and is such a happy piggy.
My question is, if the babies just started to kick about 5 or so days ago, can this help me guess about when she will give birth. I have done lots of reading and one site says that they quicken around 7 weeks and that they are born around 10 weeks. Does this sound right? Does that mean she has about 2 weeks left until she gives birth? She is still pretty small and probably pretty young and she doesn't seem big enough to be at 8 weeks already. I guess maybe they grow really fast in the last couple of weeks.
On a happier note. I think she is the happiest she has been in her entire life. She is popcorning every day! She loves it when she is returned to her freshly clean C&C cage and runs laps and jumps and bounces in happiness. Although those jumps are turning more into hops as time goes by. She also popcorns when my son (2 years old) comes up to the cage and weets at her. He does a perfect impression and they love each other. At first my husband was wondering what was going on (I missed seeing it for the first week) and wondered if our son was making her jump in fear every time he came around the cage. Nope, she was happy to see him.
Thanks in advance!
My question is, if the babies just started to kick about 5 or so days ago, can this help me guess about when she will give birth. I have done lots of reading and one site says that they quicken around 7 weeks and that they are born around 10 weeks. Does this sound right? Does that mean she has about 2 weeks left until she gives birth? She is still pretty small and probably pretty young and she doesn't seem big enough to be at 8 weeks already. I guess maybe they grow really fast in the last couple of weeks.
On a happier note. I think she is the happiest she has been in her entire life. She is popcorning every day! She loves it when she is returned to her freshly clean C&C cage and runs laps and jumps and bounces in happiness. Although those jumps are turning more into hops as time goes by. She also popcorns when my son (2 years old) comes up to the cage and weets at her. He does a perfect impression and they love each other. At first my husband was wondering what was going on (I missed seeing it for the first week) and wondered if our son was making her jump in fear every time he came around the cage. Nope, she was happy to see him.
Thanks in advance!