6 Responses

1. Joan

   2010 Mar 09 1

   Usually you will see there stomach expand and really big too.

   However, make sure you feed her the proper food/foods and make sure she has supplements with vit. C. Keep her calm and just watch her for now.

   Good luck and I am sure everything will be ok.
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2. I ? Guinea Pigs!

   2010 Mar 09 2

   I can see one flaw already. You say you can feel the babies kicking, so do not handle her very often. This might damage the babies, so just pet her in the cage.

   "Female guinea pigs can be sexually mature as early as 4 weeks old. Gestation is from 59 to 73 days and average litter size is 1-4 but can be as many as 7 or more."

   So you see, guinea pigs can become sexually mature at two months. I would be worried about inbreeding. If her father impregnated her, I would be nervous if the babies may come out weird (inbred.) Here is a site for information on breeding…
   http://www.guinealynx.info/breeding.html

   Oh and here’s a page on reproduction, from the same very reliable site:
   http://www.guinealynx.info/reproduction.html
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3. Olivia

   2010 Mar 09 3

   Make sure she has plenty of fresh water to drink (after all, giving birth is thirsty work!), change her bedding regularly and feed her lots of nutritional veggies. Stroking and petting your guinea-pig will make her feel more relaxed and comfortable.

   I hope my advice has helped
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4. Vicki

   2010 Mar 09 4

   There’s not a lot that you can do to save her. If she is pregnant then the only thing you can do is make sure she is comfortable. Make sure you change the bedding more regularly and try not to pick her up very often. If you can feel them kick then she most likely is pregnant. Make sure that you give her extra food and vegetables. And if any signs of illness start to show take her immediately to a vet. She will probably give birth during the night and the birth will take around 30 minutes depending on the number of pups. Generally guinea pigs give birth to 1-4 pups but they can give birth to around 7. Don’t panic if your guinea pigs bleeds for a little while after giving birth. Unless it is a very large amount that is. You can wean the babies after about 28 days. there is a lot of information on how to sucessfully deliver guinea pig pups on
   http://www.wikihow.com/Help-a-Pregnant-Guinea-Pig
   I hope i this is helpful and that it all goes well for both mum and the babies! Good Luck!
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5. hendo250

   2010 Mar 09 5

   The breeder you bought her from was extremely careless and very irresponsible, especially to sell her pregnant(which is not fair on you OR your piggy).

   Breeding a sow for the first time should happen between 3 and 6 months. Any younger or older can be detrimental to her health(and the litter’s).

   You should not be feeling any bubs moving around at all, as this won’t happen until she is around 7-8 weeks pregnant(anyone else seeing my problem here?). If she is just over 2 months old, that means she was bred when she was only a few weeks old herself… Argh! I started this by saying dw, she’ll be ok, but now that I think of it and work the situation out…

   At the worst, she is going to be stunted, a very small guinea pig. The labor and all *should* go ok, but it depends on the size of her litter. I think what you will find is that the breeder didn’t take dad out(back to back breeding), not knowing that the young female guinea pig can reproduce from as young as 4 weeks old. So it’s either their stupidity or thier absolute ignorance that has put this poor baby pig in this situation.

   Just follow what everyone else has said(up the vit. C foods, plenty of hay, no stress AT ALL, ect), she *should* be fine. Damn POéd at that ”breeder”, though.

   If you are feeling bubs moving, she is around 7-8 weeks pregnant. G/Pigs are preggers for 63-72 days, give or take a week. Bubs are born fully developed(eyes open, teeth, fur, claws, the whole deal), they can be weaned from 3 weeks old, you MUST seperate the boys from mum and female offspring at 3 weeks, or else they will mate with them. Can be rehomed from 4 weeks. Will start eating solid food from only hours old, they only need their mother’s milk for the first week of their lives, mum will still feed them after this, but only out of comfort and teaching then out of nessecity.

   This is everything in a nutshell. I suggest trying to find a person you can talk to personally to talk you through this(maybe a friend or family member who breeds piggies/has done in the past), as it is very extensive and you won’t learn everything through Y!As. Do not believe everything you read on the net, go to the library and hire out some books.

   Dw about ”genetic deformaties” and the such, many reputable breeders will do this to better personality, or colour, or fur type ect. You won’t end up with a 2 headed 2 footed piggy just because it’s mother was bred back to it’s grandfather.

   Good luck, it is very unfortunate, but unless you are going to be heartless and dump her cause she’s going to have babies(which you do not sound like you are going to do), she’s yours now, and you are expecting babies! It can be exciting(once all the worries are over)! And just think, if you are lucky to get all female bubs, you have new pets without having to spend a cent!

   Good Luck!!!!
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   Registered Rex G/Pig Breeder.

6. Guinea fan.

   2010 Mar 09 6

   Hello,
   This happened to me 2 months or so, ago. We brought 2 guinea pig of a breeder who where pregnant. We only found out 2 days before the birth. Our guinea pig kept limping due to the sheer weight she had to withstand. Nearing the end of the pregnacy guinea pigs tend to look like the shape of a typical light bulb!
   What yo can do to help:

   *Reduce stress. Try not to pick her up a lot. Just leave her be. It wouldn’t be such a good idea to give her floortime, but time outside in a grassy run would be ideal because pregnant guinea pigs need vitamin C.

   *Seperate her from your other guinea pig(s).

   *Buy some nice, soft bedding. Make sure she has a hidey hole or a sleeping compartment. Keep the food bowl close to it as well.

   *Pregnant guinea pigs drink a lot. So keep her water topped up and remember to put the bottle at a easy level for your guinea pig to acsess.

   *Supply her with lots of Timmothy Hay/ hay. Fibre is good.

   *As many vegetables as she will eat! 2 cups a day.

   *If you have to clean her out, take her to the vet or just move her, then make sure you support her belly.

   To be sure that she is pregnant you should take her to the vet, but this could push the pregnacy along or bring dificulties due to the stress involved. So just try and monitor classic signs, kicks in the tummy (make sure you have warm hands- nobody likes cold fingers underneath their warm belly)! and water drinking. As well as her apperance, is she getting larger?

   I aid before that I went throught the same experiance, my guineas where only 2 months old and thedad had bred with them. Underage pregnancy and inbreeding can lead to all sorts of problems, but our pregnacy was O.K. .. She had her 5 baby litter, I was estatic. But 2 days later one of the weaker babies died. My advice to you is don’t get too atatched in the first few days because anything could happen. As well have your camera ready.

   But, my other guinea pig that was pregnant of the same dad, who gave birth a few weeks later gave birth to only 1 baby. The rest where stuck inside of her. So we waited and waited for the other babies to come but nothing came… and she was still the size of a whale. So we went to the vet, who gave her a injection to speed up her hormones. We went home and still nothing, I went to bed. The next day I woke up and the one alive baby and mummy where okay but the mum had given birth to 3 more still-borns (dead babies). It was horrible.

   So please expect everything. And it could be 50:50. I really do wish you luck, and please get in touch with me and tell me what happens:

   Guinea-pig-tree@hotmail.com
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   I like to put all my knowledge into a website. http://www.guinea-pig-tree.webs.com – Please have a look.