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Moving a very pregnant guinea pig to new cage?
We adopted a heavily pregnant guinea pig that was surrendered. She is housed with another female right now and they get along fine, however, the other female is really bugging her right now. Sniffing her rear, pushing her from behind, etc. The cage is huge but she just is really cornered today. Should I move her into a small 2 ft x 4ft cage alone so she can have a respite or will that depress her since they are so social? Do they want to be alone to have babies?
I guess she is close, they didn't know, I can feel the babies kick and she has been laying flat all
day. Drinking a LOT.
One more thing, since we got her a week ago, she has no voice. She whistles but it is just completely silent, you just hear air coming out.
7 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
i really think you should just move the one that's bugging the pregnant one. Since the pregnant guinea pig needs some more space when she has the babies.
Source(s): Experience - 1 decade ago
Preparing for the birth. The sow has to be separated from all males. After she is done giving birth, she will go into heat. She can easily become pregnant again. Back-breeding can be extremely stressful and could kill her. Be sure to have vet numbers ready, and that the vet is very experienced with guinea pig labor.
Labor. Your guinea pig will give a distinctive groan when she is going into labor - even if you've never heard it before, when you hear it you'll know exactly what it means. Wait by her cage while she gives birth in case you need to intervene, but don't intervene unnecessarily. Labor is often short - when you hear the groan, the first baby may have already arrived.
Helping your piggy. Animals have an instinctive knowledge of what to do when the babies arrive, so you probably won't need to intervene - but stand by just in case. The mother will nip each amniotic sac, allowing the baby to breathe air, and then she will lick the baby clean. But if two babies arrive close together, she can only tend to one of them, and that is when you may need to step in.
Keep males away. Other female guinea pigs are usually very good with new babies, but males (even the father) may not be, so keep all males away from the mother and her new babies until the babies are ready to go to new homes.
Feeding. Guinea pig babies should be furry and should be able to walk about with their eyes open within the hour - if not, something may be wrong, and you should take them to a vet. They don't require any special food, and it's fine if they eat the adult guinea pig food. Make sure fresh water is available, as the new mother will need to drink more than usual to make milk.
Be careful of male babies. Remove males from mother as young as three weeks. The female babies can stay with the mother into adulthood, or be re-homed at around seven weeks.
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- My PetsLv 61 decade ago
the air coming out, my boy gp did that 2 but i never new what it was i asked a question on here to but people just sed he lost his voice but it was never there and it never came back but yer u should move her but u should move the non-prego gp it would be better cuz ur not meant to hold them
so yer i hope u have fun when my gp had her baby i was like omg omg cuz he was so cute but she didn't make she died when he was one day old
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- NicoleElizabethLv 41 decade ago
i would separate them for now...she will be consumed with taking care of her babies so it will work out fine
Source(s): owned many many animals - Anonymous1 decade ago
yea sounds like a good idea