So back in beginning o February I had saw a post online about two Guinea pig, on female and one Male being kept together and was worried female was either pregnant or going to be because person was trying to give them both away with tiny cage. I had 3 females and asked her if I could just get the female because I already had females and was concerned female was pregnant . She said they never mounted and didnt think female was. I had posted on here about it and I remember people said act as if she was. She went into herd no problem and was smallest one so pretty sure she was basically a baby herself (like a couple months old).
I watched her and she never seemed super large and pregnant. She filled out some and has gotten a little bigger but not to her sides like I was expecting.
So tonight I go to sweep up cage and wash guineadad fleece and surprise the smallest Guinea pig I have ever seen. Stuck to the Guinea pig I mentioned by her side and they went into the cuddle fleece thing and huddled under there. The others came up to them to check out what was going on and would leave them alone.
So I have a loft I moved the bridge so no one can reach. I used extra chloroplast and secured corners and spaces for baby.
The mom keeps doing her thing and leaving baby but coming back. That's normal for baby not to go everywhere with her? I did see him or her checking out the hay with mom once.
What do you guys do with water bottle for the baby? Like how low do you move it down?
So count down today for birth for up to 3 weeks if Male to separate? How soon do you check for gender? I'm crossing fingers female so I dont have to separate one single Male from the herd.
Any advice is helpful. Thank you guys. And to clarify I didnt do any type of breeding and only got female because I didnt want her to be pregnant and have baby and be in cage with Male and continuing that cycle of pregnancy and so forth as well as I had the space for another Guinea pig as well as resources. I felt bad not taking Male in too but couldn't with females already.
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I watched her and she never seemed super large and pregnant. She filled out some and has gotten a little bigger but not to her sides like I was expecting.
So tonight I go to sweep up cage and wash guineadad fleece and surprise the smallest Guinea pig I have ever seen. Stuck to the Guinea pig I mentioned by her side and they went into the cuddle fleece thing and huddled under there. The others came up to them to check out what was going on and would leave them alone.
So I have a loft I moved the bridge so no one can reach. I used extra chloroplast and secured corners and spaces for baby.
The mom keeps doing her thing and leaving baby but coming back. That's normal for baby not to go everywhere with her? I did see him or her checking out the hay with mom once.
What do you guys do with water bottle for the baby? Like how low do you move it down?
So count down today for birth for up to 3 weeks if Male to separate? How soon do you check for gender? I'm crossing fingers female so I dont have to separate one single Male from the herd.
Any advice is helpful. Thank you guys. And to clarify I didnt do any type of breeding and only got female because I didnt want her to be pregnant and have baby and be in cage with Male and continuing that cycle of pregnancy and so forth as well as I had the space for another Guinea pig as well as resources. I felt bad not taking Male in too but couldn't with females already.
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