How Do You Care For A Pregnant Guinea Pig?
• Discover the pregnancy. Your guinea pig will show signs about six weeks into her pregnancy. She will start to eat and drink more and will start to put on weight. • Females can become pregnant immediately after giving birth, she should never be housed with an intact male. • Keep your guinea pig in a quiet place and keep holding to a minimum. Gestation is around 63 days for a guinea pig. • Offer an increased amount of pellets and vegetables. Feed an alfalfa based pellet during pregnancy and lactation. • Separate any male babies at three weeks of age as they can be fertile as young as three weeks and can impregnate the mother. Baby males can either be paired off together or housed with the father if he is not aggressive. Take her to a guinea pig savvy exotics veterinarian throughout her pregnancy, and be on the lookout for complications. Also have an emergency veterinarian who is guinea pig savvy and experienced on hand in case things go wrong.
