What is the process of mating guinea pigs?

Answer 1

Guinea pigs like to live in groups and in big cages. When I baby sat my buddy's two boy cavies, I put them in with my girls for R & R. :) Sixty days later I had babies. I peacefully keep my boy herd in one big cage and my girl herd in another cage, and both cages are 3 by 7 feet. I made cages like cavycages.com but I used 3' galvanized garden fencing instead of the cubes, and I made two extra bases to use as lids. Works fantastic, and I can clean them out with a couple of dustpans in a couple of minutes.

(You're right in breeding your own, because the shelters are very tight fisted with their cavies and will roll their eyes at you if you have more than two of them, even though cavies are a social herding animal that naturally lives peacefully in groups of 8-12 in the wild.)

Answer 2

Make sure the Boar & Sow are atleast six months of age, just because they can breed sooner doesn't mean they should. Preferable they will both be of the same breed and you have a purpose for breeding them other than to make money or more pigs. If they are long haired pigs then you have to shave the rear ensds of the boar and sow. If you don't the hair will wrap around his penis and cut it off.
You can check to see if you sow is in heat by gently flipping her over and gently opening her genitals. If she is going ito a heat she should have a little purple bubble or dot in her genitals below her urethra.
If she is in heat put the boar in the cage with her (pigs don't have the territory problems that other animals do) or the sow in with the boars cage. He will do what is called a rumble strut, he kinda vibrates while purring; that is letting the sow know he is interested. They might look like they are breeding several times but he can only really breed her once because when he is done he will insert a wax plug into her body.
68 - 72 days later (for conception not putting the boar in the cage) she should have a litter of pups. 2 - 5 is a normall litter but 2 is ideal because that is all the teats she has. I recommend putting a little (like a drop or two) of caro syrup in her water a few days before she is due or give her fresh apples, the sugars in these will help prevent Kitosis or pregnancy toximia.

Again if you have any more questions find a specialty club or show group. Normally people invovled in these have great wealths of knowledge and are will to help free of charge!

Answer 3

You put a male guinea pig in with a female guinea pig. They can start mating at around 3 mos of age unfortunately, so try to keep them apart until they are better matured. However, they obviously do that in the wild, so...guess it doesnt matter.

Answer 4

You don't mate your guinea pigs. Because you are asking the question means you do not know enough about guinea pigs to be responsible. Because you are asking the question means you don't know enough to take care of them properly. Because you are asking the question I am even guessing you wouldn't even be able to tell me the sexual maturity of the babies so the baby boys wouldn't knock up their mama.

There are hundreds upon hundreds upon hundreds of homeless guinea pigs because of irresponsible people like you. You probably think this is a money making venture? Well, it is not. Go online to www.petfinder.com and do a guinea pig search and look how many are homeless.

Have-a-heart as hundreds in their own rescue, I run my rescue out of my house and am a one-woman show and have 30 and constantly have calls to take more because of irresponsible breeding and people becoming disinterested or because of neglect.

Babies are cute, but not when they come in a six-pack and you are responsible for all of them and you cannot find homes for them.

Lisa and the Wheeks and Squeaks Guinea Pig Rescue

Answer 5

There is much more to the process of breeding any animal that sticking a male and the female of a species together. Like hamsters, you also have to know which colors carry fatal gene combinations. Breeding pigs of certain colors together can result in the babies dying shortly after birth. Little facts like this are why it is best to mentor under an experienced breeder before you breed your pigs. There is much involved from understanding the health risks and complications to being fully prepared to clean a half dozen cages should the males start fighting and need to be separated at 4 weeks to prevent inbreeding.

A female guinea pig’s pelvis fuses if she has not been bred at an earlier point in her life (but not too young), and will kill her and the babies because she won’t be able to deliver them naturally. Breeding early doesn’t guarantee this won’t happen, and some GP will need to have a cesarean section to remove the babies or die a very painful death. So if you are considering breeding you first have to ask yourself if your female is even in the right age bracket, but also ask yourself if it is worth putting her life at risk.

I also would encourage you to consider adoption before breeding, as there are so many homeless GP out there that some small animal rescues have to turn them away. They are always happy to have good owners take home one of their GP, as it enables them to help more needy animals. There are always a wide variety of GP available for adoption, including babies. Another option you might want to consider is volunteering to foster for a rescue that takes in GP. I fostered a mom and her four newborns (3 Abyssinians and one teddy bear) and it was very rewarding to know I helped them and got to see them go to wonderful homes.


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Craigrr92- I hope you realized that the shelter was likely not strict with you because of the number of pigs you had, but because you chose to recklessly breed the ones you already had. Many shelters do adopt out to people with a larger number of animals- one of our responsible rabbit adopters had 18 rabbits that she had spayed and neutered. A shelter will deny people if they fear the animal is being adopted out to a home that is considering or will breed them, as it contributes to the pet over population problem and puts the pigs health at risk. They are not pet shops- they actually care what happens to their animals and have to make responsible choices for them.

Answer 6

Please do not breed your piggies I have a guinea pig rescue, you have no idea what we go though to try and save these little guy , please visit our site most of all (((the barn pig)))) http://www.mccuesmercantile.com/cavy_cruelty_pics.htm even if you look at nothing else look at this
Have-A-Heart is a guinea pig rescue based out of Florence, NJ. It was founded in June, 2001. The rescue works together with the foster homes to rescue guinea pigs and on occasion other small animals from kill shelters and find them loving, forever homes. Have-A-Heart is also dedicated to the prevention of unwanted litters. All proceeds from merchandise and donations go toward our rescued animals veterinary care. Our pet list includes guinea pigs and other companion animals who are in need of loving families! 1943 LIVES HAVE BEEN SAVED so far because of Have-a-Heart and it's rescuers. Most animals are saved from local animal shelters where they are in danger of being euthanized.
THE RESCUE CURRENTLY HOUSES 261 little ones waiting for forever homes. There is every color you can imagine, male and female. Only same-sex pairs or singles will be adopted out.
http://www.petfinder.org/shelters/NJ250.html

Most of our piggies are owner turn in that kids no longer wanted, it is really sad

Answer 7

If you have a male and a female then they will take care of that themselves. If your female has babies then get the male our of the cage immediately. He will mate with the female right after she gives birth but she needs some time to recover.

Answer 8

A little wine, some Barry White, a few candles...

Answer 9

make sure that you have a male/ female Guinea , And let them be.

Answer 10

soft lighting, some Enigma, maybe a little cap of wine and some privacy.... well ok, set up the camcorder to record the hot action.....