I came home to a wonderful surprise last night. My sweet girl Stella had her babies! Four adorable little pigs and no two look the same. Of course I knew she was pregnant I just had no idea when she was due. Last night was also my cage cleaning, and switching night. I got a new cage for her and the babies. Well new to me, but it came with two female guinea pigs in it. So I had to trade cages. I was going to wait so as not to stress her since she had already had them. But she was not concerned with me at all and actually tried to climb out onto my hand when I was trying to get Piggy out. There is where my question lies. Piggy. My boar. He can't be left on his own for very long or he gets depressed (refuses to eat, lethargic and squeals all the time) this is even with his cage next to hers. Last time I had him in a small area of her cage (much to small) so he could be near her but not breed her. This worked and he ate, though they still cried for each other and would lay on opposite sides of the wire to sleep so they where near each other. But there was just not enough room for them. So after two months (from when she had her first litter) I let them back together. So now hear we are again. I have decided to get/make a huge C&C cage, with a smaller one to the side. I hope to be able to introduce one of these male babies to piggy at 3 weeks and keep those two on one side, with Stella, Panda and Lola on the other, with the cubes in between so they can't breed but can lay together see each other. What would your opinion be on this? Right now piggy is in a temporary pen in my entry way, made with the exercise pen we used for our puppies.
Here are the pictures! They are so cute, I am hoping one of the tan and white ones, preferably the one with the stripe is a boy so I can keep it. Also included some of all the guinea pigs, and some of their cages (which I realize are way to small, that is why I am ordering a C&C kit, unless someone knows where I can buy the cubes etc myself?) They do get some time out everyday to run the exercise pen. Or they did till I had to put Piggy in it last night!
The two new girls- The white and brown one is Lola, the black and white one is Panda - We got them three weeks ago off of Craigslist from a family that was moving. They are very tame and nice, except to piggy, Lola tries to attack him all the time, even through the exercise pen wire when they I divide it in half for them.
Piggy is escaping in this picture, he pushed the gate part of the pen out and was trying to climb in with the movies!
The daddy-My first pig - Piggy - I love this guy, he is very sweet, but not friendly, he would much rather not be picked up and has always got this look like " Oh My gosh, they are going to eat me" We have had him for almost two years now, so you would think he would of realized we aren't but he still seems concerned!
The mommy- Stella -when she was younger - Stella is the friendliest of our Pigs, she loves to climb out of the cage into your hand, she is a smaller guinea pig, not as large as Piggy or the other two girls, and she is a wonderful mother. This is her second litter, and she is so good with them. She also helps them to be friendly as she comes right up when we open the cage and will even call the babies over the cage door especially if we have Celery, which are her favorites.
Last Monday in her old cage
Piggy and Stella together, I took these on Monday, during their last cage change. So she is hugely pregnant in these.
The Babies! First a picture of the first litter which was two boys and a girl. One boy has a brown patch on his head, the other two where white. Picture is from when they where a few hours old, and barely dry.
This litter there are four, I am not sure if they are boys or girls yet. But there is One white, one Tri-color, two that are white and creamy tan. One of the two creamy tans has a white blaze the other does not, both have white on feet, chests etc. They where dry when I got home, but had not been born when my husband left for work. So born between 9pm and 10:45pm- I am hoping Piggy didn't have a chance to breed her before I got him out. I am kicking myself for not taking him out sooner. They just hate to be Separated so I waited to long.
The cages
Here are the pictures! They are so cute, I am hoping one of the tan and white ones, preferably the one with the stripe is a boy so I can keep it. Also included some of all the guinea pigs, and some of their cages (which I realize are way to small, that is why I am ordering a C&C kit, unless someone knows where I can buy the cubes etc myself?) They do get some time out everyday to run the exercise pen. Or they did till I had to put Piggy in it last night!
The two new girls- The white and brown one is Lola, the black and white one is Panda - We got them three weeks ago off of Craigslist from a family that was moving. They are very tame and nice, except to piggy, Lola tries to attack him all the time, even through the exercise pen wire when they I divide it in half for them.
Piggy is escaping in this picture, he pushed the gate part of the pen out and was trying to climb in with the movies!
The daddy-My first pig - Piggy - I love this guy, he is very sweet, but not friendly, he would much rather not be picked up and has always got this look like " Oh My gosh, they are going to eat me" We have had him for almost two years now, so you would think he would of realized we aren't but he still seems concerned!
The mommy- Stella -when she was younger - Stella is the friendliest of our Pigs, she loves to climb out of the cage into your hand, she is a smaller guinea pig, not as large as Piggy or the other two girls, and she is a wonderful mother. This is her second litter, and she is so good with them. She also helps them to be friendly as she comes right up when we open the cage and will even call the babies over the cage door especially if we have Celery, which are her favorites.
Last Monday in her old cage
Piggy and Stella together, I took these on Monday, during their last cage change. So she is hugely pregnant in these.
The Babies! First a picture of the first litter which was two boys and a girl. One boy has a brown patch on his head, the other two where white. Picture is from when they where a few hours old, and barely dry.
This litter there are four, I am not sure if they are boys or girls yet. But there is One white, one Tri-color, two that are white and creamy tan. One of the two creamy tans has a white blaze the other does not, both have white on feet, chests etc. They where dry when I got home, but had not been born when my husband left for work. So born between 9pm and 10:45pm- I am hoping Piggy didn't have a chance to breed her before I got him out. I am kicking myself for not taking him out sooner. They just hate to be Separated so I waited to long.
The cages
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