Can both my female guinea pigs be breed at the same time?

Question

Soon i am going to breed my females, when the youngest is old enough. The thing is that this will obviously be the first time for the young one, so i would like to breed them at the same time incase something happesns and the older one can help. So my question is- can i breed my two guinea pigs with my male at the same time (in the same cage)???

thanks

Answer 1

itll be fine, just maek sure they have the babies at the same time...as one female giving birth can trigger the other female to give birth...to prematures...

this is because guinea pigs are able to raise babies as a group...my advice is to mayeb keep them separate jjust in case

Answer 2

It's not a good idea.

One guinea pig giving birth could spark the other guinea pig giving birth prematurely.

Also, they could accidentally hurt each others babies- moving around, treading on them, etc.

It's best to have three seperate cages- one for dad, one for each mother, and then you need cages for each gender from each litter, though all girls can go together.

Answer 3

Have you read http://www.cavyspirit.com/breeding.htm  and http://www.guinealynx.info/breeding.html ?

Answer 4

I recommend that if you do this, you take the babies out when they are born, cause sometimes rodent mother will kill and eat their young. Don't ask me why, but they will. and then once guinea pigs get the taste of meat, they basically crave it. That is why you do not feed your rodent's meat. So be very careful, and take the babies out as soon as you can. Im not sure how to take care of the baby Guinea pig babies, ask someone at petsmart. I am questing for best answers, so hope this helped. =)