Hi!! My guinea pig just gave birth to 2 babies today and it was my first time to experience such an event, i researched on what to do on the delivery and most if it told me to let the mother do everything and that i should clean the cage and rid of bloodstains and stuff so i did it, but as time passed i didnt see the mother breastfeeding the babies but i did see them eat hay, after that my mom and aunt just told me that the mother guinea pig should eat the placenta and as i remembered i did see something redish on the cloth i threw away. i dont know if that could have been the placenta. I never saw or read anything about the mother eating the placenta. Can i ask if what i did is something very serious and is it whats causing the mother not breastfeeding the babies??