Pregnancy Do these piggies look pregnant?

Re: Signs to watch out for?

How long have you had her for?

What do you know about her litter? For example do you know if she had male babies or how long the babies were left with their mother? Or how she happened to get pregnant in the first place? Sorry if you don't know, I know sometimes you get little information about their past.

By the 4th or 5th week I have heard signs will start to become more apparent. They will just become more and more obvious from that point. Has she actually gained weight?

Re: Signs to watch out for?

I have only had her a few days. The people who were giving her away had 10 guinea pigs. 2 moms 2 dads and 6 pups from two litters. I don't know how many were hers though, I know she had at least one girl but I don't know how long she was housed with all her pups. I guess I am just going to have to wait.

Re: Signs to watch out for?

Keep weighing her and do it often. This will be a key even though with her age she may gain weight normally, she will shoot up in weight soon if she is pregnant is my guess. My guinea pig gained weight when I got her and she was about 9 months old. Some guinea pigs will just gain weight from diet change and things.

I would double check that the little one is a female yourself if you haven't already. I just have to say that to make myself feel better as I am sure you have checked.

Also, the guinea pig I just adopted is a little fatty. I swear she has like 3 chins. She came with a weight chart started from when they got her (she was suspected pregnant when she arrived). Really, she gained a lot of weight being pregnant and only lost some of it. I don't know if this is common. Maybe she just has some extra weight from that? But the nipples thing is what worries me the most. I'd keep my eye on her and/or take her to the vet if you are still not sure in a week or so. A vet checkup is always a good idea anyway!

Re: Signs to watch out for?

You wouldn't happen to know how soon a vet could tell would you?

Re: Signs to watch out for?

I would say 4 - 5 weeks would be a good time based on popular opinion from various sources. It all depends on the experience of the vet and the method they are using to figure it out.

What should I do?

I have rrcently adopted and a mother (5 months) and daughter (1 1/2 months) pair. I am considered that they may be pregnant, since I have no idea how they were housed before I got them. The little ones tummy seems to have gotten larger, although I may just be paranoid. If one of them is pregnant I'm sure the other one is too. Should I avoid picking them up if they are pregnant? What kind of change in diet do they need? Should I change their diet now even if they aren't pregnant just in case? I have read that there is a 20% chance of something happening to the momma or the babies being born each time a sow gets pregnant so I'm really nervous. Any advice would be very helpful.

I have had these girls for almost 2 weeks, and I'm worried that they may be pregnant. Taking these pigtures was was hard so I hope they are clear enough to get your opinion. They are a mother/daughter pair.





This is the mother who has had a previous litter, she is around 5 months old.





This is the daughter, she is only 1 1/2 months old.

I have merged all your pregnancy threads together. We ask that members start only one thread per situation and keep everything in that one thread. This way we don't have to go hunting down multiple threads to find all your related questions or to get more of the story.

So if you have any further questions about pregnancy, please keep them in this thread.