Is it a problem to hae one pregnat female guinea-pig and a non pregnat female guinea-pig in one cage?

Question

Is it a problem to hae one pregnat female guinea-pig and a non pregnat female guinea-pig in one cage?

Answer 1

It may be tough for them to scissor.   That will certainly make both of them very angry.

Answer 2

its no problem, but about two weeks B4 she gives birth put her in a cage on her own

Answer 3

female piggies do not need to be seperated, they usually help out or dont notice the pups being born. Make sure you are feeding hay preferably timothy but there are other types if timothy is unavailable.

A couple good sites that can help you are www.guinealynx.com and www.guineapigcages.com. the second one is more friendly for the common owner, while the first one will provide you with information to s*x the pups when they are supposed to be removed(at three weeks, 21days) from the mother. they both are valuable websites for a guinea pig owner.

Answer 4

Nope, this is fine, at the min i have 1 pregnant female who is with two other girls that had their babies on saturday there all in together with 7 babies between them, they are all very maternal and share each others milk

Answer 5

Not really, although it could cause the guinea pig to become depressed or something.

When my guinea pig was pregnant, we moved her sister out of the hutch a week before the babies were due, just to give her her own space and not get too stressed out.

Answer 6

TOTALLY.

The non pregnant female will help the female thats pregnant look after its baby!

This has happened to me before.

twice.

Answer 7

No, probably not. The other non pregnant guinea will even act as an auntie to the babies, l*****g them off, carrying them one by one to the nest.

Good luck with the new pups!

Answer 8

NEVER HAVE A PREGNANT FEMALE WITH A NON PREGNANT FEMALE because the pregnant one will see the other one as a threat and she WILL attack her.

SEPERATE THEM!!!!!!!

-KJ

Answer 9

i would seperate them

Answer 10

Perfectly fine. Another girl piggy will help the mother and help clean the babies and look after them. Guinea pigs are very good mothers and DO NOT eat their babies! SOME mothers have been known to eat their deformed or still-born pups... this is just a naturall instict, because in the wild, the smell of a dead pup would attract predators. But regarding a friend in the cage - just watch how the mother reacts - sometimes she will be more than happy to have a bit of company but sometimes she will chase the friend away. It all depends on the mom's personality. Just make sure ALL males are taken out of the cage and male pups taken away at 3 to 4 weeks. Good luck with them, babies are adorable!

Answer 11

yupp the none pregent one will eat the babys. Or even worse both of the adult females could go at it tell the death. :O

Answer 12

No, it is not a problem- I work in a pet shop, and we do keep together a pair if we get in a pregnant guinea pig, which has only happened once in my near two years working there- but you do need to take the other female out during giving birth and her having the pups. Put her in a cage nearby- but not directly next to- the mother's cage, so they can still see and 'speak' to each other.