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amandarae

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Hello, My Name is Amanda, I currnetly live in the Killeen, TX area. We just recently got a guinea pig from a petstore for my boyfriend's son. ( i know, but the closest shelter was almost 4 hours away). I even checked craigslist. We bought him one guinea pig with the intention of evneutally adopting a second for a mate. Well after we got the Guinea pig (whom he named "Guinea") home. we noticed she was staring to get big fast, his dad was convinced she was just getting chubby, i was sure she was pregnant.

Well this morning I noticed that Guinea was very skinny and we had ONE big baby!

So, I guess now we have two, and i am hoping hoping that its a girl!!
 

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Welcome to the forum! This happens A LOT with pet store pigs! I hope mom and baby are healthy and that baby is a girl! If not, make sure to house them in seperate cages (I'm not sure how long you'd have to wait, but I'm sure someone else will chime in). If it's a boy, I would look into getting him neutered so that he can live with mom. And, we love pictures!
 

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Welcome to the forum Amanda!

I'm so glad that your girl was able to birth the baby on her own and that hopefully they are both doing well.:melodrama

Even if the baby isn't a girl you could easily get him neutered. If it is a boy, he'll need seperated from momma at 3 weeks old to make sure he doesn't get her pregnant. After a nuetering, males still need to be seperated for 3 more weeks to ensure they don't have any baby making juice left.:eye-poppi

If you have any pigtures, we'd love to see them.:heart:
 

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Welcome to the forum. See Sexing Guinea Pigs: How to Sex a Guinea Pig for help on determining what the baby is. It can sometimes be hard to do until they're a couple of weeks old.

If it's a boy, you'll have to separate him from mom at 21 days of age, or he can impregnate her again.
 

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Welcome!
Yes this happens more often than not with pet store pigs unfortunately. Have the baby sexed & separate at three weeks if it's not a girl. In that case there is always neutering once the little boy is older. Weigh both pigs regularily & track a healthy weight gain for both baby mother & pup. Good luck with your new family member!
 
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