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Bloated Smores- Shes oddly shaped?

Veronica

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Hi everyone I just have a question about one of my girls Smores. she's been plumpling up nicely over the time she's spent with me and recently (about two to three weeks now) she's oddly shaped. By this I mean I stead of a long bean shape, although the majority of the time this is what she looks like, once in a while when she's walking it appears that the sides of her tummy are wider than her butt and her shoulders? She lives with my neutered boy Coffee, so it can't be possible that she is pregnant correct? She's acting totally and completely normal, still eating and drinking and running around with the occasional naps when she lays down. I attached photos (and then added a copy of each with outlined shapes in the photos). Does anyone know what it may be?
 

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Smores looks fine to me. And she's adorable.
 

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Guinea pigs (sows in particular) tend to become more pear shaped as they mature, it is usually around the 1 year mark they start getting a much rounder stomach.

As long as her abdomen is still soft and squishy, how she looks in the photos is nothing to worry about. If her abdomen feels tight/hard she might have gas.
 

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It also may have to do with how much she's recently eaten.
 
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