I'm A Great-grandma !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BellFam]

On Wednesday, My..... I Mean My Son's Guniea Pig, Flo, Gave Birth To 4 Babies. Two Have A Smooth Coat Just Like Their Dad, And The Other Two Have "messy Hair", As My Son Would Say. But I Have A Question, Does Anyone Know How Soon I Will Be Able To Tell What Sex They Are?

 

[Piglet]

Yeah sure, your sons... . Good luck with the babies.

 

[CactusCavy]

On Wednesday, My..... I Mean My Son's Guniea Pig, Flo, Gave Birth To 4 Babies. Two Have A Smooth Coat Just Like Their Dad, And The Other Two Have "messy Hair", As My Son Would Say. But I Have A Question, Does Anyone Know How Soon I Will Be Able To Tell What Sex They Are?

Um... a book i read, (don't remeber the name but i know it was by Peter Gurney), said that the earliest was a week, and even then, he still made mistakes "with my good glasses on."
so, try it at a week, and then again at two weeks, to double check. At 3 weeks you should separate the babies, before you get a brother-sister litter. Hope it goes well.

 

[Denise]

Congrats, Granny! LOL =)

 

[loves2travel]

Congrats!!! But just out of curiosity, how come the pig got pregnant?

 

[BellFam]

We actually had two guinea pigs to begin with. On male and one female.

Congrats!!! But just out of curiosity, how come the pig got pregnant?

 

[NoVeil]

Yeah and even after checking the sex of those babies, keep checking. We got a sow at 3 weeks. She was checked by me, by the breeder and by another person....female. At the weekly weigh in I give my pigs, they get the once over (to include looking at everything) She was female for almost 3 weeks. Yesterday's weigh in and check over.....she had a penis! Ack! Ack!! I am in stunned disbelief still, he is now caged apart but I potentially have pregnant girls now. So, check, recheck and check many times to be 100% sure.

Congrats on the cute babies!

 

[CavySpirit]

www.cavyspirit.com/sexing.htm

 

[loves2travel]

We actually had two guinea pigs to begin with. On male and one female.

ummm, you should really either get your male neutered, or leave the pair in seperate/divided cages. please try to prevent any further breeding.

 

[mncavylover]

I agree, read www.cavyspirit.com/breeding.htm. The link CavySpirit provided is great for your sexing needs.