We brought 2 girl piggies from a breeder just over 3 weeks ago for my sons birthday. We are all completely smitten and they are very pampered! Went to their hutch this morning to put them out into their large run on the grass. Picked up who I now think is mummy (she did seem to have grown very quickly especially around the tummy: I should have guessed!) gave her a cuddle, put her in the run. Went back to get 2nd piggie and found the baby all curled up in the corner 
. Immediately went and put mum back with baby. Put plenty of food, water and hay in there. What else do I do?? Will she have more?? I was going to clean the hutch today obviously I will leave it a few days. My kids will be delighted, I'm in shock!
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Guinea pig has just had a baby 😮 help!
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honeylamb · 02/07/2014 11:24
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70isaLimitNotaTarget ·
02/07/2014 13:14
Awww Congratulations (I know it's out of the blue but Congrats are in order 
)
Mum pig will get on with feeding her baby, they are very ameanable mothers and I have never heard of female GPs eating their young like some other quadropeds yes rabbits I mean you can do.
Baby guineas are much fuller formed, teeth ,fur,open eyes and able to waddle.
They are usually born fairly quickly (ours had three piglets within 40 minutes) so chances are there's just one, BUT keep a check on her- any straining, high temperature (feel her ears and paws) dull eyes, lethargy, not eating/drinking and any bleeding from her genitals , contact your vet.
Female guineas have a waxy secretion in season and after mating and until she cleans up, there might be some of this round her rump.
She would've been half way through (its 63-70 days gestation) when you got her.
Double check your other pig is a sow (they will mate again straight after birthing tsk ) and hopefully she isn't upduffed as well.
Then you need to decide the fate of piglet- it would work out well if it's another female. If it's a boar, you'll need to seperate him from mum (and aunt) when he's about 3-4 weeks , or he'll start showing an unhealthy interest. The sows will usually wean the piglets themselves.
And - contact your breeder because there might be other people getting a surprise present and it's not the best practice to send your pigs out pregnant 
And you'll get lots of 
squee and demands for pictures.
So
squeeeeee
Pictures
honeylamb ·
02/07/2014 16:33
Thank you for the advice! I have transitioned from sheer panic to excited, baby is so cute 
next time piglet ventures far enough out that I can take a picture I will. Will get them all sexed to checked they are girls... As lovely as this is I would rather not have any more surprises!
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70isaLimitNotaTarget ·
02/07/2014 18:43
Don't be tempted to put the piglet out on the grass yet. And when you do, build up slowly (half an hour to begin with)
Make sure everything is escape proof too (my DH put mesh round our run when we got GP3 at 6 weeks. He wasn't at risk of escape and he wouldn't get his chubby little leg through the gap now )
Is piglet a single one? If she is a young mum , chances are she'd have one piglet. Fingers crossed it's a sow.
honeylamb ·
02/07/2014 21:29
Thank you so much! It seems very contented and piglet has ventured out of it's 'nest' for a nibble on food and has eaten hay too. Mum also seems fine so that's good (was worried as she's is young) hopefully a happy ending. It's a pure white piglet, cute and cuddly!
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MillyMoo1113 ·
03/07/2014 22:11
Perfect time to find this thread! We have two girlies and I thought one was looking a bit rounded so this evening have been to the vets and she is very very pregnant! Any day now apparently....!
DH is not sharing my joy but dd is!
Vet checked and other is definitely a girl so shes come pregnant from pet shop, but we'll see how many she has and decide what to do from there.
MillyMoo1113 ·
04/07/2014 07:09
The pregnant one we've only had 3 weeks, poor thing is only 11 weeks old.
Other one we'd had slightly longer, we got her mid may, she's about 15 weeks.
Pregnant one is in a box in her cage now which vet suggested we put in so she could nest. She's filled it full of hay and she's not showing any interest in her breakfast this morning. So I may come home to some little ones!!
Will keep you posted tho
70isaLimitNotaTarget ·
04/07/2014 18:53
63-72 days Milly but if she is just cooking one, she might be the shorter gestation. Females can get pg at 4 weeks and males can DTD at 4 weeks too.
So she might have been 4 weeks, you might have a couple of weeks to go yet? Or her age might be a bit skew-whiff in which case you might get an earlier surprise.
We always cuddled our sows (very carefully when picking up not to compress their bellies) they liked the attention.
If she comes out of her nest then maybe do a quick bedding change (if she's still porky ) she will need to move herself to eat and drink, but that might be late evening.
Oohh fingers crossed.
honeylamb ·
05/07/2014 17:05
Any news Millie? So very exciting! Can't wait to find out how many she has
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70isaLimitNotaTarget ·
05/07/2014 17:47
honey how is your piglet ( I'm assuming it's just the one?)
They are gorgeous when they're piglets, their feet and ears seem huge for their little bodies.
BreeVDKamp ·
05/07/2014 17:52
Just seen this thread. A few days ago there were promises of pictures :( harrumph!!
Going to have to google baby piggies now.
Naaaah, congratulations! Not jealous at all...
Hope it's all going well!
70isaLimitNotaTarget ·
05/07/2014 18:30
Aaaahh tiny piglets popcorning
We are getting a couple of girls but NOT BABIES . Need to be large, adult , feisty girls.
Step Away from piglets 70, step away
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70isaLimitNotaTarget ·
05/07/2014 19:00
When I was a child my mum shampooed the cream/beige carpet and Snowy (our sow) deposited 3 piglets on the floor. (We did know she was pg, didn't expect them that day though) .
FernieB ·
05/07/2014 21:51
Very sensible of Snowy to wait until everywhere was thoroughly clean before giving birth. Shows excellent maternal instincts and I'm sure that's exactly what your mum said
Love the popcorning babies. Never did the baby pig thing - mine were big and bolshy when we got them.
honeylamb ·
06/07/2014 16:37
Finally managed to get some pictures! Piglet has been very shy but us starting to explore it's surroundings more.
I am most definitely smitten
Any news Milly?
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