Is My Guinea Pig About To Give Birth

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One way to tell if your Sow (a female Guinea Pig) is in heat, is that she’ll mount they other Guinea Pigs around her, even if they are female! She’ll also curve her spine downwards.

A Guinea Pig can get Pregnant when she is having her 16 day Heat Cycle. But she herself will only be interested in the lucky man, for about 8 of those days.

A Sow may have a litter of between 1 and 8 puppies. A first time mum usually has around 1 to 3, later litters have up to 6 or 8 sometimes – so make sure you can find a home for them all! Remember they are able to have unprotected sex and become pregnant at aroud 2 weeks old. So separate your Guinea Pigs around then, if not before.

When a Sow is Pregnant she be drinking, eating and sleeping a whole lot more than normal. So make sure your children know they have to let her rest.

There are many different opinions on how long until the birth of the little ones. Some 68 days and others say around 75 days. Mostly the confusion is because its not known when she unprotected sex in the first place!

When a Guinea Pig Sow is about (in the next 2 days) to give birth her pelvis will start to slowly widen, to over 2.5cms when she is in the hours before they are due. To see this yourself have a look at the genitals & you should see this just in front of them.
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How to create a Guinea Pig cage?

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The cage can be bought at a pet shop, to find a used or put together their own. It should be sufficiently large, it should not be exposed to rain or snow and should not be exposed to other pet.

One or two Guinea pigs need a cage the size of at least 90×40 cm and 38 cm in height. For the three guinea pigs cage should be 15 cm longer.

Your Guinea Pigs’ Home Bigger is better! For the health and well-being of your guinea pigs, beyond the minimums, provide as large a living area as you can manage. Cubes and Coroplast (C&C) cages are an easy and inexpensive alternative to the small cages used by breeders and those sold at pet stores. Follow the minimum cage size standards of 7.5 or 10.5 square feet and you will see your own guinea pig’s behavior improve significantly. Enjoy the new antics of your happier, healthier, and perkier guinea pigs in their proper environment…

How to build a cage for a guinea pig … Guinea pigs will put up with living in small spaces, but they are much happier with more room to play. The minimum cage size recommended by cavy experts is 7.5 square feet for one animal and 10.5 for 2. … Plus they have a bewildering photo gallery of the many architectural wonders that people create and send in. Very inspiring and entertaining! The cubes you can get at Target or many other places…. They are meant to build storage shelves and run around 12-15 dollars a …

The guinea pig lifestyle Whoever lives in range of my house (except those of you who are in medical school and are supposed to be studying) is cordially invited to come over here and clean out the guinea pig cage, which I have been flatly refusing to do for …

Guinea Pig Care of | Guinea Pig Resource You will want to completely clean out your guinea pig’s cage once per week. Take all bedding out and place it in a garbage bag. Look at the cage. Do you see any stuck on bits? If so these will need to be scraped off. …

Small Pets : How to Build a Guinea Pig Cage


When building a guinea pig cage, use chicken wire and wood for the sides and top, but make sure the bottom is plastic and easy to clean. Make sure the bedding for a guinea pig cage doesn’t have any oils on it withhelp from the manager of a pet store in this free video on pet guinea pigs. Expert: Ashlee Bio: Ashlee has been the manager of Pet Planet in Riverton, Utah for the last three years. Filmmaker: Michael Burton

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