What should I do? I got two guinea pigs from a pet store, and now one is all over the other...?

Question

They were supposed to be two females. Now one is mounting the other, I checked and yup - male. So should I take the male back, and then wait for pups -- and try to find homes. Or take back the female, and keep the male, and look for a buddy for him. I have another female guinea in mind, but if she has pups I could keep one. Also if they are bro/sis and have mated then that is really bad? What to do?

Answer 1

i have had ginnie pig and that is their past time we had to keep them apart but as soon as they were together they were straight back to it but they a funny type of pets. u know in some country's they eat them  

Answer 2

WOW $120 for a guinea pig to be neutered that seems a bit ridiculous.

How about keeping them in there own cages, so they are separate and not together? That will help with no mounting and plus more room for them. Put the cages next to each other.

You could always take back, I would first find out if you can. Some pet stores once they leave the store they don't take back.

Don't know if having 2 males in the same living space if they'd fight or not.

Hopefully the mounting didn't produce anything and you'll have no worries. But if it does, hope you can get rid of them all.

I'm not sure if a brother and sister guinea pigs mated if anything would be wrong with the offspring. I know with one of my dogs the female did have puppies one of her dogs did come out with one dog who was blind and she didn't mate with a brother. I'm sure that there has been other guinea pigs brother and sisters have mated before in pet stores and may have never had any offspring that had problems.

Answer 3

Ahh, why you dont keep both of them & get them netured? x*x

Answer 4

Breeding guinea pigs is a delicate matter, with a relatively high risk to the mother.  How old is she?  If she is under 5 months, there is risk because of her youth; if over 10 months and never had a litter, there is also a great risk.  Guinea pig sows often need veterinary help during pregnancy or birth, unlike most rodents.  This can be very expensive.  Maybe you should call your vet and ask their opinion. It is obvious that you care about the welfare of your piggies but you are right, it's not worth spending huge amounts of money.  

But maybe she's not pregnant, maybe you separated them in time.

As far a breeding litter-mates, it's not good breeding practice but will probably turn out all right; anyway it wouldn't be on the top of my worry list.  Of course, try to avoid that in future.