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My guinea pig
I have 2 guinea pigs; One male (now 1yr plus) and one female (now 10mths). We've put them tgt for about 3 mths already but the female doesn't seem to be pregnant at all. I've seen the male humping her. Sometimes the female doesnt move while humping but most of the time she keeps jumping up and running away whenever the male goes near her butt cos she's rather jumpy bout people touching her butt.
The female guinea has most of the signs of pregnancy such as salivating a lot, craving for lots of fresh greens but then she has been like that even before mating with the male. Her stomach doesn't seem rounder or bigger although she kinda looks fatter around her butt.
1) Can someone tell me if she's really pregnant and what are the other signs that shows she's pregnant?
2) Can we still continue to put the two of them tgt forever?
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1) She probably is pregnant. I bred my pet rat once and for weeks I thought for sure she was not pregnant, but then (it seemed overnight!) her belly suddenly became huge. It just goes to show that the only way to know for sure is time. =]
2) Once you know that she is pregnant its best to seperate the two. (Speaking about my experience with a pregnant rat) females like to be alone in order to make a "nest" for the babies and also once they have them they become really protective so to be safe I would keep them seperate. I suggest getting the male neutered (yes, you can get guinea pigs neutered) after you've had the litter just so you don't end up with a giant swarm of guineas, and once you do that and the babies are full grown you can definitely put them back together! Guineas like company. ^_^
Another note: I had pet guineas that had a litter once. I was only like 5 so I don't remember much (tha'ts why I only mentioned my rat) but what I do remember is this; BABY GUINEAS ARE SOOOOO ADORABLE! ^_^ If your female does have babies, have fun! It's a great experience to raise them.
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i had gerbils & i thought both of the were girls but one was a boy and got the girl pregnant & i never knew it was pregnant untill i saw like 8 little babies laying down one day. so she probably is pregnant its just hard to tell with guinea pigs and other rodents because they are so small.
& i'd say after the first or second litter to seperate them. & just to be safe seperate the male from the babies.
hope i helped =]
*happy Holidays
Jess
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