My guinea pig is pregnant?

Question

plz plz help me my guinea pig is looking really really big and every1 thinks that she is pregnant and she is in the cage with her sister and father of her baby and i dont have a clue what to due during her pregnancy and more importantly when she has given birth do i move the 2 others out of the cage? am i allowed to hold the babies and how long after shes had them am i allowed to hold them? how long are they pregnant for? when can they be sold plz plz plz help me it would be appreciated and i really do need to know even if you only know the answer to 1 that would be great plz plz plz help me thnx xxx

Answer 1

congratulations , gunieapigs are pregnat for three months , when the baby is born it will look just like a miniture version of the perents. i am not sure if you have to seperate them , i my self would as a precaution , but it is up to you , as for handling them , i used to breed rabbits and when i would check the babies i would rub the mothers dropping in my hand to get her smell on my hands so when i handle the babies she id not reject them. but it may be differnt for the guineapigs so do not touch them if you are not sure hope you all the best , if you breed them you should get three litters a year .

Answer 2

Guinea pigs are pregant for about 59-73 days. You can hold the babys right away, because they come out with hair and able to move. When they are 4 weeks seperate males and females so no more reproducing. They can be sold at about 6 weeks. Remember to treat the babies with lots of love so that they get used to a loving human at a young age. *Note that alot of the times guinea pigs pregnancies are difficult since the babies are so big and can result in death of mother and/or babies. If you see that the mom is having trouble get her to the vet immediatly! Dont wait... you need to try and save the mother. Anyway Congrats and Good luck!

Heres a good site:
http://www.diddly-di.fsnet.co.uk/breeding.htm

Answer 3

First of all I would seperate her as a precaution because if she is pregnant once the babies are born the male may try to mate with her again, not because the others will try to eat them. You must be very careful when handling her as you do not want to put any pressure on the babies. You can try to see if she is pregnant by sitting her on your knee and just resting your hands either side of the stomach as you may feel them moving about, but handle her as little as possible. There is a good chance that they will be born in the night and you will come down in the morning and see the proud mother. You can handle them straight away but make sure you hold onto the properly as they move very quickly. If she has the babies during the day whilst you are around just leave her to get on with it. If any of the babies don't make it, just remove them from the cage and dispose of them - the mother will just leave it. You can seperate them when they are 5 to 6 weeks old, you can find out whether they are male or female by checking them. It would be best to get a book about guinea pigs as they always have sections about breeding and will show you how to sex them. don't put them back in with the father as he may attack them. I usually sell my guinea pigs when they are between 10-12weeks to my local pet shop or you can advertise them. I have a heavily pregnant guinea pig at the moment and have got my fingers crossed for Christmas Day delivery.
Good luck with her I hope they bring you plenty of joy.

Answer 4

Go to this site www.2ndchance.info/guineapigcare/htm for this site is kept be a Vet who also owns them as pets. You can keep them all in the same cage for now but the babies will suckle for approx 31/2weeks then Move the father with the other male babis into a separate cage BUTthe should be placed very close to the other cage so they can see/smell each other. I hope you are no going to be a breeder for if you constantly breed the females you will shorten her /their life/lives and if NOT Then You Need to have the Male Fixed-cheaper than fixing the female Once the Male is fixed then they can all live in the same LARGE Cage. They are sociable and live in groups- you can sell when weaned 31/2 weeks but as soon as you can ell the sex separate the females from the males unless you want a lot of guinea pigs. But do go to the site got my info rom it for did a quick search

Answer 5

When my guinea pig was pregnant, we left another female in the cage with it, and both females looked after the babies and gave milk. I think it is normal in the wild for all females to look after all the babies in their group.

Guinea pig babies are really cute - they are the only rodents to be born with fur!

Don't let the male in the cage with the babies as he could hurt them or get one of the females pregnant again straight away which would be too much stress for them.

Hope this is a little help - just what I remember from having guinea pig babies when I was 12.

Answer 6

You need to take the male out of the cage immediately! If she's in there with her sister, her sister is pregnant, too. They will get pregnant within hours of giving birth. In this case, I would seperate them all into three cages. If her sister is pregnant, it has been known the cause premature labor if she helps clean up after the birth. Males need to be seperated at 21 days old. You can hold them as soon as you'd like.

Edit: They will NOT cannablise their young. Jeez, people they are guinea pigs, not hamsters.

Answer 7

Your guinea pig doesnt seem pregnant, basically commonly round. lol. at the same time as guinea pigs get prego their stomaches get vast. also if she were with a male 60 days in the past she will be close to to having the little ones so she would should be exceptionally vast at this aspect. desire I helped!

Answer 8

if there is a male in the cage then she is, if you press lightly on both sides of the body you will feel either lumps/ light kicking which stops just before the big day. if her "bum" feels sweaty chances are she is going to be alot thinner in the next couple of days. when she has the babies (usually overnight) she will need an energy boost. i usually gave mine lettuce as it replaces lost fluids. the main thing is don't panic. oh and be ready for up to 5 babies, they wont fight over the mother. they will be the size of an adult hamster when they arrive.... v.cute
i once had two females who had 7 babies between them... fun to watch and all rehomed at 10 weeks with responsible children accompanied by parents. start handling from about 1-2 weeks

Answer 9

first of all, she may not be pregnant. my guinea pig looked pregnant for three years. but if she is, just treat her like you always would and move the others out of the cage when they're born (just in case they hurt the babies). and i think you're supposed to wait two or three weeks before you hold them or else the mother might eat her young (i think). i heard that they're usually pregnant for about three weeks. the right time to sell them is when they're around six weeks old, no younger (that's when i got my guinea pigs). if you don't want your guinea pig to have any more babies, then keep the male in a seperate cage. good luck!

Answer 10

Pregnancy is 68 days long....remove the other adults and relieve the stress off the new mom to be. Keep the male sep. from the females or else you will get a ton of unwanted piggies...our two male/female were loose together for a few hours and we ended up with two babies that were hard to get rid of. The local library accepted them because theirs just died...we were lucky....You may handle them right after birth...no rejection problems. Please feed the mom some fresh veggies and fruits to help her just like any mom to be to get healthy piggies and keep the mom healthy too....they like lettuce/.broc./carrots/peas/a slice of orange/apples.....good luck......


Later Note to Fatt Control...I gave my piggies a leaf of letuce for the chewing value and fiber nutritiion daily. They enjoyed munching it and looked like mini shredder machines as they chewed lettuce. Variety and moderation is always the case in feeding the piggies...or any animal.