Hi there!
My sister adopted a beautiful guinea pig baby 8 weeks ago, and surprise surprise... she's super-duper pregnant. Having had two pregnant ladies before, I'm not too worried about the whole situation. However, with those two other pregnant ladies, they were kept separate and away from other piggies as they were both jerks and couldn't live with each other.
This is what my question is - Daisy is living with four other pigs, soon to be five if Mabel gets along with them all. Should I leave daisy in the cage with them for the birthing, as Athena is her adopted mother (who has been pregnant essentially her whole life) and she lives with her adopted sisters, or should I separate them? Daisy was about four weeks when we introduced her to the group, and everything has been perfect since. She literally just slipped in without anyone really noticing her.
I am not seeing any bad behaviour, her sisters tend to nip her sometimes but she nips them right back and everyone settles down. She spends most of her time lying down and eating with everyone generally leaving her be. I am just worried that maybe the sisters might not take well to having babies around? I mean, I have no idea how this all works, and I would rather keep them all together instead of separating Daisy and having to reintroduce her and her babies later on. I also don't want to risk the babies health in case the other pigs step on them or hurt them or things like that.
Another question - Daisy was only 4 - 5 weeks when we adopted her. Does her young age predispose her to any sort of problems regarding the pregnancy/birth? My other two girls were just fine, but they weren't as young as Daisy.
Thank you!
My sister adopted a beautiful guinea pig baby 8 weeks ago, and surprise surprise... she's super-duper pregnant. Having had two pregnant ladies before, I'm not too worried about the whole situation. However, with those two other pregnant ladies, they were kept separate and away from other piggies as they were both jerks and couldn't live with each other.
This is what my question is - Daisy is living with four other pigs, soon to be five if Mabel gets along with them all. Should I leave daisy in the cage with them for the birthing, as Athena is her adopted mother (who has been pregnant essentially her whole life) and she lives with her adopted sisters, or should I separate them? Daisy was about four weeks when we introduced her to the group, and everything has been perfect since. She literally just slipped in without anyone really noticing her.
I am not seeing any bad behaviour, her sisters tend to nip her sometimes but she nips them right back and everyone settles down. She spends most of her time lying down and eating with everyone generally leaving her be. I am just worried that maybe the sisters might not take well to having babies around? I mean, I have no idea how this all works, and I would rather keep them all together instead of separating Daisy and having to reintroduce her and her babies later on. I also don't want to risk the babies health in case the other pigs step on them or hurt them or things like that.
Another question - Daisy was only 4 - 5 weeks when we adopted her. Does her young age predispose her to any sort of problems regarding the pregnancy/birth? My other two girls were just fine, but they weren't as young as Daisy.
Thank you!