Pregnancy Pregnant Guinea pig

[Soecara]

It might be your scales, but if it isn't then you should be quite concerned as the average weight of newborns is 70g-110g depending on litter size. If you have a full bag of flour or something else you know the approximate weight of then you can use that to test the scales accuracy.

 

[PiggieWigglies]

It might be your scale, but keep an eye on them.

 

[JoCad]

One more question, should I be worried that she's always stepping on them?

 

[Soecara]

No, it's quite common because the babies can't move out the way fast enough. If she was hurting them you would know about it.

 

[JoCad]

I weighed them again, the gold and white one is 70 grams whereas the black and white one is 60 grams. I think they are both boys. They have both started eating hay!! What an intelligent species they are! They already squeak for more hay with their mum! I know breeding is wrong, and I didn't breed her, but the babies are so adorable and friendly and this feels so unreal!

 

[PiggieWigglies]

Just to let you know, keep checking up on their genders. Males need to be seperated from the mom at 3 weeks. See http://www.cavyspirit.com/sexing.htm also, dont be freaked out if the first 3 days your new babies drop a little weight, thats normal (I saw that on the forum somewhere). As long as they dont keep dropping weight after the 3 days they should be fine.

 

[Rywen]

Congratulations on the baby piggies, I bet they are super cute!

 

[JoCad]

Congratulations on the baby piggies, I bet they are super cute!

They are! There are photos on the first page!