OMG!!! My guineapig just had SEVEN babies!!! (NEW PIC page 3)

[jenlynn4]

Here they are... and yes they DO have BIG EARS!!! I noticed that too..but it makes em even cuter! LOL

 

[Nekhebet]

Wow, I think the most I've ever seen is two or three!
They're cute though

 

[jenlynn4]

Heres another cute pic:

 

[cindy99]

So cute! And they all look so different from each other!

 

[Akane]

Guinea pigs do not need handfed. Do not give them any formula or milk products!! They are born unable to digest lactose and they get very little milk from the sow. Guinea pig milk is very thin with little nutrition. The pups only need to drink once to get colostrum for immunity and after that they can survive on a diet of hay, pellets, and veggies. Even when a sow has a small litter the pups will be eating pellets by 3 days old. Guinea pigs only have 2 nipples because they do not need to nurse their young. If you want to encourage the pups to eat other foods offer pellets soaked in water, pedialyte, or fruit juice with no sugar added and fresh alfalfa hay with lots of leaves. Guinea pigs also benefit greatly from fresh vegetables, fruits, and safe forages like grass, clover, alfalfa, edible flowers, and nontoxic tree branches which have not been sprayed with chemicals or too close to traffic. I think our largest litter was 9 with one runt that didn't make it. The sow was so fat that when you set her on the linoleum floor she couldn't go anywhere no matter how fast her feet moved cause she couldn't get enough friction to push her belly along.

These are less than 24hours old and eating alfalfa and romaine lettuce with their mom and a younger sow that shared the same cage.

Eating pellets at 3 days old

 

[Funky Feathers]

Awww, I want the little orange/brown(?) one. I used to breed them many years ago. That one reminds me of my dear sweet "Howie".
It's the one in the back in the pic at the top of this page.

 

[jenlynn4]

thanks for that super advice!!! I will watch them closely to be sure they are all eating and gaining weight. JEN

 

[txcarl1258]

Wow I didn't know they came out so big and well developed. I learned something today!

I figured they were like rabbits and hamsters tiny little helpless babies. Good thing I never raised guinea pigs they are really cute as babies.

 

[PineappleMama]

Not too surprising. Cavies have two uteri, and can have up to four pups percolating in each so they can have anywhere from 1 to 8 babies in a go!

Some random info on Cavies for those who care to take a peek...
http://www.braingle.com/community/wiki.php?user=pineapplemama&page=CavyCare

 

[Laurajean]

I'm pretty sure that white one is a bunny.

They're all so cute. I lost my beloved Guinea Pig, Rosie last year at this time and I miss her SO much.