Hello. I am Subro, from India.
We decided to get two guinea pigs as my daughters very much wanted to have pets at home.
We have had a very interesting ride since then.
We got the pets from a local pet store. We got two males from the store. Our children named them Skipper and Kermit. After about a month, Kermit's tummy started showing signs of bulge and I took them to a vet who confirmed it was a she and she was pregnant !! Even though we were shocked, we were also very excited. We had babies coming....
We were a bit worried because we had read some scary stories of guinea pig pregnancy. Also we did not want too many babies....
Yesterday I got up in the morning and went to check on Skipper and Kermit, and imagine my surprise when I saw two little toy guinea pigs sitting on one of the trays in the cage looking at me !!! I still can not get over my surprise.
We still have not named the babies, and we spend most of our waking hours observing them and their parents.
I separated Skipper (the male) immediately yesterday morning from the rest after I saw it repeatedly trying to mount Kermit !! BTW, I had Skipper neutered about 4 days back - so just in time !! The babies are doing very well, and have started scampering around. And whenever they get a chance, they go under their mom for some milk. Kermit is fine too. It is awesome to see her taking care of her babies, cleaning them, and feeding them. Initially,
when my daughters tried touching the babies, mom seemed to become protective. So nice !!
We have a bigger cage and soon plan to transfer them to it. The bigger cage has a partition where Skipper can be separated if so required.
Any suggestions, experiences, questions very welcome.
The babies.
Kermit (mom, left) and Skipper (dad).
Feeding time
The new cage.
We decided to get two guinea pigs as my daughters very much wanted to have pets at home.
We have had a very interesting ride since then.
We got the pets from a local pet store. We got two males from the store. Our children named them Skipper and Kermit. After about a month, Kermit's tummy started showing signs of bulge and I took them to a vet who confirmed it was a she and she was pregnant !! Even though we were shocked, we were also very excited. We had babies coming....
We were a bit worried because we had read some scary stories of guinea pig pregnancy. Also we did not want too many babies....
Yesterday I got up in the morning and went to check on Skipper and Kermit, and imagine my surprise when I saw two little toy guinea pigs sitting on one of the trays in the cage looking at me !!! I still can not get over my surprise.
We still have not named the babies, and we spend most of our waking hours observing them and their parents.
I separated Skipper (the male) immediately yesterday morning from the rest after I saw it repeatedly trying to mount Kermit !! BTW, I had Skipper neutered about 4 days back - so just in time !! The babies are doing very well, and have started scampering around. And whenever they get a chance, they go under their mom for some milk. Kermit is fine too. It is awesome to see her taking care of her babies, cleaning them, and feeding them. Initially,
when my daughters tried touching the babies, mom seemed to become protective. So nice !!
We have a bigger cage and soon plan to transfer them to it. The bigger cage has a partition where Skipper can be separated if so required.
Any suggestions, experiences, questions very welcome.
The babies.
Kermit (mom, left) and Skipper (dad).
Feeding time
The new cage.