Hi all!
I bought Blossom & Bloom home a week and 4 days ago from a pet store (poor research and planning on my part!) and I think Bloom might be pregnant but I'm not sure hence asking for advise on this forum. I'm new to this forum so I'm still getting the hang of it. Blossom & Bloom are 10 weeks old so they're only babies so it's quite worrying if Bloom is actually pregnant. She's too young to even have babies she's only a baby herself. I'm wondering if she is pregnant then she was obviously mated by her litter brother. But when I picked them up Blossom and Bloom were on their own. I've been doing a lot of researching and male babies are sexually active as early as 8-9 weeks old! Crazy! What makes me think Bloom could be pregnant is that her belly has gotten quite big in the short space that we have had her. It sort of looks like it's bulging. It's not like I'm feeding them loads either. Im feeding them just as I've been told. Blossom looks completely normal where as Bloom's belly looks completely different. I might be being over dramatic here and just assuming the worst. But I'd rather assume she's pregnant then not so I can give her and potential babies a surviving chance. I know how Guinea Pig pregnancy can be very dangerous and risky especially when they're so young. I'm going to take Blossom and Bloom to the vets next week to make sure they're both okay and to obviously see if Bloom pregnant or not. It might even be too early to tell yet. I've never had baby Guinea Pigs before let alone pregnant pigs. Blossom & Bloom are my first girls so I have no idea on how to care for a pregnant Guinea Pig (if she is pregnant that is) so advise would be greatly appreciated.
I bought Blossom & Bloom home a week and 4 days ago from a pet store (poor research and planning on my part!) and I think Bloom might be pregnant but I'm not sure hence asking for advise on this forum. I'm new to this forum so I'm still getting the hang of it. Blossom & Bloom are 10 weeks old so they're only babies so it's quite worrying if Bloom is actually pregnant. She's too young to even have babies she's only a baby herself. I'm wondering if she is pregnant then she was obviously mated by her litter brother. But when I picked them up Blossom and Bloom were on their own. I've been doing a lot of researching and male babies are sexually active as early as 8-9 weeks old! Crazy! What makes me think Bloom could be pregnant is that her belly has gotten quite big in the short space that we have had her. It sort of looks like it's bulging. It's not like I'm feeding them loads either. Im feeding them just as I've been told. Blossom looks completely normal where as Bloom's belly looks completely different. I might be being over dramatic here and just assuming the worst. But I'd rather assume she's pregnant then not so I can give her and potential babies a surviving chance. I know how Guinea Pig pregnancy can be very dangerous and risky especially when they're so young. I'm going to take Blossom and Bloom to the vets next week to make sure they're both okay and to obviously see if Bloom pregnant or not. It might even be too early to tell yet. I've never had baby Guinea Pigs before let alone pregnant pigs. Blossom & Bloom are my first girls so I have no idea on how to care for a pregnant Guinea Pig (if she is pregnant that is) so advise would be greatly appreciated.