Lady_Magoo
Well-known Member
Cavy Slave
- Joined
- Mar 11, 2010
- Posts
- 126
- Joined
- Mar 11, 2010
- Messages
- 126
No joke, I am terrified of this, but we took her in knowing she was pregnant. She needed a home, and instead of turning her away we decided to welcome her with us.
We think she is due any time now. I have been trying to figure out how to tell when she is close. She hasn't been eating as much lately. We also could not get her to touch spinach, and she had a nibble of a green pepper and dropped it. Ate half of a slice of an apple. Only success we have had is carrots. She LOVE carrots. She has barely touched her hay but is eating some pellets. When I pet her sides sometimes I can feel movement. She's not huge but she's not tiny either. I wouldn't imagine her having more than 2 in there (of course you never know!).
She is terrified of any type of hidey house. We had to remove it from her cage. Right now we have regular white bedding inside the cage, because one day she tried to burrow herself into her hay. We thought that would help soothe her since the didn't like the hidey.
One thing I have thought of is moving one of my younger female guineas into her cage. We have a male that was completely shutting down (also rescued) and once we brought him a friend he was so happy and friendly. I just didn't want to add stress to her with her being pregnant.
Can anyone tell me what to watch out for? How best I can make her comfortable? Any help is appreciated.
We think she is due any time now. I have been trying to figure out how to tell when she is close. She hasn't been eating as much lately. We also could not get her to touch spinach, and she had a nibble of a green pepper and dropped it. Ate half of a slice of an apple. Only success we have had is carrots. She LOVE carrots. She has barely touched her hay but is eating some pellets. When I pet her sides sometimes I can feel movement. She's not huge but she's not tiny either. I wouldn't imagine her having more than 2 in there (of course you never know!).
She is terrified of any type of hidey house. We had to remove it from her cage. Right now we have regular white bedding inside the cage, because one day she tried to burrow herself into her hay. We thought that would help soothe her since the didn't like the hidey.
One thing I have thought of is moving one of my younger female guineas into her cage. We have a male that was completely shutting down (also rescued) and once we brought him a friend he was so happy and friendly. I just didn't want to add stress to her with her being pregnant.
Can anyone tell me what to watch out for? How best I can make her comfortable? Any help is appreciated.