Is my guinea-pig pregnant ?

Question

i have 8 guinea-pigs, they are all in a cage together ( don't worry about the size, the cage is big enough for me and 2 other friends to sleep in.)they have been together for about a year and all get on really well. thery where all ment to be female but one of me females is getting really big and when i hold her if you feel her tummy she squeaks, she has been lilke this for about 3 weeks and just seems to be getting bigger and bigger !

i have had baby guinea-pigs before with diffrent guinea-pigs but i didn't no she was pregnant so i didn't take notes, also if she does have babys can i keep all the other guinea-pigs in there or will i have to take her and the babys out and put them in another cage ?

Answer 1

wow amazing cage

When guinea pigs are pregnant their nipples don't start to enlarge until the last few days and labour, so you shouldn't have to worry about her being pregnant. It would have been careless for the petstore to keep males and females together as well. I will provide for you a list of the weekly signs of pregnancy.

Week 1 No signs

Week 2 Sow may start drinking more

Week 3 Sow will start gaining weight, there will be a tightening of the abdomen muscles.

Week 4 An experienced breeder will be able to feel small foetuses

Week 5 Sow usually looks noticeably pregnant, taking on a rather rounded appearance. You will be able to feel the outlines of the foetuses.

Week 7 You will be able to feel 'quickening' this is when the babies kick

Week 9 It may become difficult for the sow to move around but she should still be active and eat and drink as normal.

The pelvic bones will separate sometime during this week

Week 10 The babies will be born

It is very safe to put her in with other females and for other females to be around for the pregnancy. Quite often the female Guinea Pigs will help the mother with the birth, cleaning up the babies, and helping....quite beautiful to watch if you have other female Guinea Pigs to help her during her pregnancy

Answer 2

She could be pregnant! I bought 2 guinea pigs once from a pet shop and it turned out one of them was pregant when I got her. I think it's ok to keep them together but if she has any males then after a certain age you will have to remove them as they will mate with the other females. I suggest you examine all the guinea pigs to see if any are boys too and if they are you should separate them. It can be quite difficult to s*x guinea pigs so I wouldn't be surprised if you were sold the wrong s*x. If you are unsure ask your vet to s*x them for you.

Answer 3

Read over

http://www.guinealynx.info/breeding.html

s*x them all and seperate them by gender.