Four sweet little things. I have added pictures if you want a nose
I am new to Cavy Parenting, so any advice would be welcome.
Getting some alfalfa hay as apparently it is good for lactating females and growing pigs. Anything else they need?
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My rescue Piggy has had babies...
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RabbitsMakeBrownEggs · 21/07/2012 15:45
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NaturalNatures ·
21/07/2012 16:39
Awww, how lucky.
How many adults do you have as mum and piglets will need to be separated. Are you planning to keep any? if yes you'll need to neuter if a boy, if not the rescue should be able to help if she was knocked up before you got her.
Congratulations btw 
70isaLimitNotaTarget ·
21/07/2012 17:37
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh
Baby piglets are the cutest - officiallly
Is the other GP a female or neutered male?
Should be fine to leave them all together (even a boar won't harm GP babies- but will quite happily impregnate the female straight after birthing)
Give her a quiet space, fleeces, lots of extra water and her normal food. Alfafa hay is good for pg and feeding GPs, higher in calories.
She'll spend most of her time feeding them (in shifts) they can only feed 2 at a time.
You might find they all crowd under mum for comfort, and they are very tolerant, and stand on tiptoes while they all jostle.
They can eat solid food within a couple of days, so they might be in at the pellets.
Keep a check on them to make sure one isn't being ousted by it's bolshier littermates.
Our sow was quite happy for us to handle the piglets, if she was in earshot of her babies (she was pink-eyed so very poor sight but razor sharp ears ).
Enjoy them
70isaLimitNotaTarget ·
21/07/2012 17:51
I've just gone through post history, your other GP is a male.
Have you had him neutered or are you planning to?
He would quite happily mate with his own female piglets too when they are old enough 
We used to put the little boar (that sow used to push away) with his dad after he'd fed from the sow. (He went back at regular intervals and she was fine with this.Didn't seem to mind that he smelled of boar pig, and dad didn't mind that piglet smelled of female).They could 'talk' through the heating vents.
Dampatchnot is the GP hobby breeder. She'll give you all the gen 
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Be warned though, she's got 25 (at last count) so they are addictive!
BonkeyMollocks ·
21/07/2012 19:37
They are cuuuuute!
Is it possible to be broody for piglets??
70isaLimitNotaTarget ·
21/07/2012 20:49
Oooooooooooooohhh shouldn't have clicked on the photos link.
Big Mistake.
Yes Bonkey you can get broody for piglets, just as well we've both got boars (And no pesky female is going to corrupt my little boys)!
Rabbits -your little (runt) looks like a pink-eyed guinea, all the others look dark eyed (though the first one has demon red eyes in that photo )
Hopefully mum pig will clean their eyes when she's got a minute, but boiled,cooled water will work.
Sows will clean eyes,ears and bums to stimulate them too pooh.
70isaLimitNotaTarget ·
22/07/2012 01:10
I'm at how many babies the GP can have.
4 in this litter, methe yours had 6 didn't she?
My sow (when I was a child) had 3 (but one was born dead) then 3 the next litter.(Very soon after ,her and boar DTD immediately)
Then my next sow had one single (she was very young herself and already pg)
Maybe GPs are getting bigger,better looked after and better fed in this day and age than in the 1970s/1980s.
GnocchiGnocchiWhosThere ·
22/07/2012 01:20
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70isaLimitNotaTarget ·
22/07/2012 20:26
He could be 
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Our pinkeye sow had a pink eyed baby and when she squeaked, the sow left her boys and ran to her daughter.
Might be worth a vet check or ask the rescue if they can have a look at him .
WRT to keeping the babies, if 2 are boar piglets they might be fine kept with the boar, but it is different with a trio than a duo of boars. Some owners don't recommend that boars are kept in more than a pair and never 2+ boars with sows (I'm assuming neutered or non-neutered. Neutering doesn't change their personality, so if they are bolshy fighters, they'll remain bolshy fighters)
2 baby boars will reach their terrible teens together, especially if there are sows in the vicinity (they don't care if it's their mum/sister)
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Did the Rescue give you any advice about the babies?<br />
I read you wanted to keep them all (in your original post)<br />
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In your shoes, I'd neuter <strong>all</strong> the males , then you've got more scope for mixing them up. I wouldn't trust the little blighters to behave themselves. And when you are moving them about to clean the cages, if they get a chance, they'll be <strong>in there</strong>.
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