2007-03-15 14:00:53 · 4 answers · asked by gorilla 2 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
If you want them to all breed, guinea pigs bread like mice. Mine had 5 babies and got pregnant again from her own babies a couple months later. I would introduce them as friends but not house them together. Seperate the sexes.
It is not true in g. pigs that they eat their young...only in mice and sometimes hamsters. See article below:
It is important to handle the babies soon and often, to socialize them to humans. Like other animals that are born precocial, guinea pigs form their social bonds shortly after birth, sometime within a matter of hours, so human contact is critical during this time to ensure that they establish strong bonds to people. Many people are under the impression that handling baby animals too soon will cause the mother to reject them, but this isn't true for guinea pigs. Lots of love and gentle handling and petting from the start will make the babies grow up more friendly, and less afraid of humans.
2007-03-15 14:05:27 · answer #1 · answered by Florida Mom 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A mother is very protective of her children and will not like others there to harm them (that's what she may think)...So I wouldn't put a new Guinea Pig yet, that 2 month old is older and the mom has enough stress from her own children and now a new one...Sorry but that won't be a good idea!!!
2007-03-15 21:31:49 · answer #2 · answered by <3 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i doubt thats a good idea. the mother will get jealous, or the new female will hurt the pups (she's too young to know what to do with them)
just hold off till you either sell the pups, or they are grown up.
2007-03-15 21:05:58 · answer #3 · answered by ferrets4ever 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ummm. she might eat em' .. i wouldnt
2007-03-15 21:06:33 · answer #4 · answered by Ashley 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋