So my daughter whose 12 wanted guinea pigs, has for years but we've never been able to because my mother is highly allergic. We lost my mom April 1st in an accident and we decided to let my daughter get a pair of guinea pigs. My aunt had 8 guinea pigs she want looking for homes for (unclear where they all came from exactly I'm guessing her many grandkids) she said the 2 my daughter picked out were about 6 months old, and both boys. PERFECT or so we thought... 2 weeks later we come home tonight to 3 brand nre5 babies!! I never bothered to confirm the sex of the guinea pigs because she said they were boys
So we did our research quick!! Seperated dad (babies were still damp looking so I don't think he could have reimpregnated her yet but we will watch her and handle it accordingly) I've handled the babies if I'm correct she has 2 girls and 1 boy. I'll confirm again and again over time.
I know the boys have to be removed at 21 days.
So here lies my questions I would like help with, because I don't know what sites to trust on Google.
1. Mom gets fresh veggies, pellets and Timothy hay daily.. I didn't know she was pregnant so she wasent getting supplimented.. do I need to buy alfalfa to add with her Timothy hay once a day?
2. Please give me tips in how to help care for her and babies!! We have them in LARGE totes as a cage right now. (Cage is being ordered tonight. We didn't order one right away to make sure there was no allergy issues with the 2 piggies for our house.Will be ordering a bigger cage now!)
3. If I'm correct and mom had 2 girls and 1 boy.. can the girls stay with mom or do they need to be removed too?? My aunt said she would take the dad back, and I'll help her sex the rest of her GPs so this doesn't happen again.. so my next question is can the son be seperated, fixed, and then added back with his mom and sisters?
please note this was NOT intentional. We were told we had 2 boys. We did not want babies but we have them and ate committed to taking care of them. We will keep them unless we can find a loving home for them, otherwise I guess we have a herd?
Pic of 2 piggies together is mom and dad. Mom is the black and white one her name is Shadow. Dad is the calico his name is Phoenix. Babies are cookie (calico) Honey (greyish Brown and white) Brownie (reddish brown and white)
So we did our research quick!! Seperated dad (babies were still damp looking so I don't think he could have reimpregnated her yet but we will watch her and handle it accordingly) I've handled the babies if I'm correct she has 2 girls and 1 boy. I'll confirm again and again over time.
I know the boys have to be removed at 21 days.
So here lies my questions I would like help with, because I don't know what sites to trust on Google.
1. Mom gets fresh veggies, pellets and Timothy hay daily.. I didn't know she was pregnant so she wasent getting supplimented.. do I need to buy alfalfa to add with her Timothy hay once a day?
2. Please give me tips in how to help care for her and babies!! We have them in LARGE totes as a cage right now. (Cage is being ordered tonight. We didn't order one right away to make sure there was no allergy issues with the 2 piggies for our house.Will be ordering a bigger cage now!)
3. If I'm correct and mom had 2 girls and 1 boy.. can the girls stay with mom or do they need to be removed too?? My aunt said she would take the dad back, and I'll help her sex the rest of her GPs so this doesn't happen again.. so my next question is can the son be seperated, fixed, and then added back with his mom and sisters?
please note this was NOT intentional. We were told we had 2 boys. We did not want babies but we have them and ate committed to taking care of them. We will keep them unless we can find a loving home for them, otherwise I guess we have a herd?
Pic of 2 piggies together is mom and dad. Mom is the black and white one her name is Shadow. Dad is the calico his name is Phoenix. Babies are cookie (calico) Honey (greyish Brown and white) Brownie (reddish brown and white)