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Guinea Pig Having Babies

When you have a male and female guinea pig and she is going to have babies, do you have to remove the male from the cage? Or will he not eat his young?

CarrieLeeann from Kansas City, Missouri

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By
10/08/2009

You guys! This is 3 years old I Think her guinea pig already had their babies because this is 3 years old. The baby guineas that this person's guinea had have already grown into adult guineas.I so want a guinea pig! But you should separate the male because it usually will eat the young and the female guinea pig will eat them only if there is too many or they are not healthy!

By jessica (Guest Post) 02/12/2009

I have a male and a female should I put them in the same cage they are 6 weeks old.

By (Guest Post) 05/12/2008

How do I put two baby males together?

By 101. (Guest Post) 04/13/2008

My guinea pig is pregnant too!

By Colleen Raftery (Guest Post) 01/20/2008

My family has 3 guinea pigs, well, that was until one of them had three babies. I know which one had the babies, but now another guinea pig had two babies and I don't know which ones the mother. I separated the babies from the two but I don't know if the babies will die without their mother. How can I find out which one is the mother and how do I save the two babies?

By Ally (Guest Post) 12/27/2007

I have one male guinea pig, and i am planning on getting another male one. I am woried if i put the other male one in the cage they will fight. What do u think I should do?

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11/14/2006

YES! and do not touch the babies for 2 weeks. remove from mom at 1 month or you will get more babies. also if you put the male back just know that the female can get pregnant at just 1 hour after giving birth. and the babies can start to get pregnant after 2 months. i use to breed them so if you need to know anything more write me at tlcdsfit AT yahoo.com i am a bird, rodent and reptile expert and i run a rescue for them too. darcey

By
11/13/2006

You will definitely want to take the male out. This isn't so much for the safety of the babies as for their welfare. The male and female may be agressive to one another with baby pigs around and it will just add a lot of stress and danger to their environment. Everyone will be happier if you keep them seperated.

By
11/12/2006

yes u have to remove the male pig

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I have a mom and son guinea pig who had babies, both babies died. We didn't separate mom and dad (I thought we had a few weeks before mom could get pregnant again and they seemed so sad after loosing the babies.) Now I have read that they can get pregnant right away. They are so loving together. I hate to separate them if she is pregnant already. It has been a week since she gave birth. I am not sure what to do. Should I keep them happy and together, they snuggle all day. Can I tell if she is pregnant? Neither one seems to be eating much; how can I help them?

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By lindal09/12/2012

Guinea pigs are essentially rodents, please don't breed them!

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