Hello. We are new guinea pig owners, having brought home two female guinea pigs (S'more and Churro) just a month ago. Last week, we began to suspect that Churro was pregnant. Sure enough, she gave birth to two pups today, sometime mid-to-late morning (about 12 hours ago). By the time we saw the babies, Mama Churro had already cleaned things up.
One of the babies (brown and white) appears to be perfectly normal, moving all around the cage and climbing on its mother. The other (black with a few brown spots), however, seems to have torticollis, and it can't sit up. It can awkwardly scoot on its side / roll over to its mother, and it makes lots of guinea pig sounds, but it can't stand or even sit upright. Poor thing just falls back onto its side. It seems to be able to move all of its limbs. Other than assist it to get to its mother, is there anything we can do? (Mother does not seem to have rejected it - She grooms it and licks its behind.)
One of the babies (brown and white) appears to be perfectly normal, moving all around the cage and climbing on its mother. The other (black with a few brown spots), however, seems to have torticollis, and it can't sit up. It can awkwardly scoot on its side / roll over to its mother, and it makes lots of guinea pig sounds, but it can't stand or even sit upright. Poor thing just falls back onto its side. It seems to be able to move all of its limbs. Other than assist it to get to its mother, is there anything we can do? (Mother does not seem to have rejected it - She grooms it and licks its behind.)