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SpotTheCat
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How many do you want?Mail me ur Guineas on Afibay
Heres my thread where you can see all my other guinea pigs
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/guinea-pig-thread.1482951/
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How many do you want?Mail me ur Guineas on Afibay
Quail steedsI’ll keep them with my quails.They’ll be best buddies forever…and then happily ever after…..
Nope because there wouldn’t have been enough time. I have never heard of them starting at 3 weeks, their not even weaned at that age!
I will stick with my own information, which I have gotten from breeders. From my experience 3 weeks is too young to remove a guinea pig. Guinea pigs from laboratories will probably mature a lot faster then others"Given the early ages at which some males and females are sexually mature (females have reportedly been impregnated by 24 day old males), it is advised to remove the male young by 3 weeks at the latest. The earliest dates of sexual maturity are reported by V.C.G. Richardson in the 2000 edition of "Diseases of Domestic Guinea Pigs" on page 15:
While not all males may be fertile this early, the safest action is to separate the males from females by 3 weeks of age."
- Sexual maturity (female): 4-6 weeks
- Sexual maturity (male): 3-5 weeks
Source: Guinea Lynx
Here's a guide on when to seperate the piglets.
I will stick with my own information, which I have gotten from breeders. From my experience 3 weeks is too young to remove a guinea pig. Guinea pigs from laboratories will probably mature a lot faster then others
I know what I am doing more then you seem to thinkJust be careful as one can get easily overwhelmed by separating the boars too late.