if my guinea is pregant she will soon be delivering cause she is more or less 70 days pregnant . But how can i tell if she is ? please help me with any information you can
cassie x
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I volunteer at an animal shelter and have become the resident guinea pig expert, fosterer, and rescuer. I currently have 11 pigs in my care. I've taken care of two sows through their pregnancies.
Pregnant guinea pigs get really big. Huge, doubling in size, and they become extremely avocado-shaped. They become much heavier. They also don't move around much as the pregnancy progresses.
But the most tell-tale sign of pregnancy -- once a pig is a few weeks pregnant -- is that you can easily feel the pups moving inside her. Pick her up gently and sit with her quietly on your lap. Place one hand gently on the underside of her belly and the other on one side and see if you can feel any movement ... not tummy gurgles, but actual movement of feet and heads.
If she's pregnant, especially if she's 70 days along, the movements will be extremely obvious. Unless the pups are stillborn.
Another option (and perhaps the best if you cannot feel any movement but strongly suspect she's pregnant) is to take her to your local animal shelter or ASPCA and ask if they can tell you if she's pregnant. At the shelter where I work, the staff and volunteers are very helpful when people come in with questions like this.
If she does turn out to be pregnant, it is imperative that you separate the pups by sex when they reach 3 weeks. Otherwise you'll end up with more. And trust me, it's really hard to find good homes for them. There's no shortage of unwanted guinea pigs in the world.
how did it get pregnant in the first place? if it has been with male guinea pigs with in the last month or 2 then its probably pregnant
don't listen to sugar baby love because THAT is abuse!!!!
ask a vet is all the advice anyone here could give!
Man poeple can be so rude. This is an honest question people, possibly by a younger person, meaning child or young teenager. Leave her alone!!!
And stop being so rude!
Cassie dont worry about those people. Here is a copy of some information I found on Pregnancy in Guinea Pigs.
"The single most important breeding consideration is that female guinea pigs should be first bred before 7 months of age. If the first breeding is delayed beyond this time, serious (sometimes life-threatening) problems with delivery are encountered. Females should be first bred between 3 and 7 months of age. Males should be 34 months old at their first breeding. The guinea pig's heat cycle lasts 16 days. Female guinea pigs can come back into heat 15 hours after giving birth. This is called a "postpartum estrus," which means that they can be nursing a litter and pregnant at the same time!
Pregnancy lasts an average of 63 days. The larger the litter, the shorter the term of pregnancy .and vice versa. The duration of pregnancy for guinea pigs is unusually long when compared with that of other rodents."
Good luck and take care of your Guinea Pig.
hello,if she looks like a fat pear then yes she is.mine had 6 babies.her sides just looked like they were really bulging.have a look at this
from yahoo home page,type in in the search bar,pictures of pregnant guinea pigs then click images then look at about the 3rd pic along the top.you will see what i mean about pearshape.lol.
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