Taking on a pregnant guinea pig!!!!!!!!! What, how, when?

Question

OK -i am about to adopt a pregnant guinea pig and the male who empregnated her. I am not at all sure how old she is - or how far into her pregnancy she is. I understand that i have to separate her from the male before she gives birth and keep them separate after.

I would like to know signs of something being wrong with her, etc etc.

Also, if this is her first pregnancy and she is over 6 months old, could it get complicated?? Anything else i should be aware of

all breeders stories and advice greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

try going to  http://www.freewebs.com/aaguineapigs/Bab...

Answer 2

Okayokayokay.

You need to take her to a vet.

For a start, the number one problem is that, after five months, a guinea pigs pelvic bones fuse together, making it nearly impossible and very dangerous to give birth.

Secondly, the vet can tell you how far along she is and if she can give birth smoothly without intervention, or if she'll need vet help- which she probably will due to age.

That's all you can do. It's impossible to tell you online when you need a vet to tell you these things.

Answer 3

here is a good link http://www.guinealynx.info/reproduction....

Answer 4

Take both guinea pigs to the vet.  Get the male neutered if you ever want him to live with the female again and get the female checked over and have a talk with the vet about her age, I may be difficult for her to give birth; the vet will know how best to help her.  Keep the male away from the female after his operation.  

The babies come out very developed with fur and open eyes.  They can be handled as soon as the mother has washed and fed them.  The males need to be taken away from the mother and sisters when they are four weeks old as otherwise they can impregnate them.  The girls can live with the mother and the father can be reintroduced as he is neutered.  He should accept his daughters as they are so young.  Any males will need to be re-homed (try a no-kill shelter) or kept in a separate cage by them selves of with the father.  This is because although males can live together they can't when there are females about as they fight over them even if they are neutered.