2006-09-15 18:19:54 · 5 answers · asked by NickynJessie H 4 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
A guinea pig is a cavy.
Boar is the correct term for a whole male.
You need to separate them at about 3 weeks, because they can breed mom and sibling sisters at about 6 weeks old; and this is wayyyy tooo early for growing cavies.
All boars can stay together in 1 pen,
all females can stay together in their own pen .
They are very social animals, I used to raise them by the hundreds. I had the room, tho, to keep big pens; with 6 adult females, & 1 boar together...removing the babies at 3 weeks.
Lots of room, lots of cedar chips......they didn't even mind when the cat curled up in the middle of them ! ( But I did ! )
2006-09-15 21:33:38 · answer #1 · answered by madamspinner2 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Guinea pigs can actually be separated from the mother at birth, as they are able to eat on their own and run around. This sounds weird, but once I bought a tiny guinea pig and it must have been newborn; it bonded with me much better than any othe guinea pig I had.
2006-09-16 03:15:41 · answer #2 · answered by The First Dragon 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Boars should be separated at three weeks.
2006-09-16 05:34:20 · answer #3 · answered by qwerty456 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I used to have guinea pigs, and if I remeber right it was something like 3 months, but I could be wrong, you might want to get someone elses opinion, cause its been a long time ago
2006-09-16 01:21:57 · answer #4 · answered by wyomingirlie16 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
a guinea pig is not related to a pig. the baby is not considered a "boar".
2006-09-16 01:21:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋