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

[~*Sweet Cheeks*~]

They are so CUTE!!! Love the twins - 2nd pic down on the right. What color are they?

 

[jenlynn4]

They are chinchilla grey and white...Needless to say, I am keeping them! LOL there such a unique color. JEN

 

[Toast n Jelly]

They look so pretty and healthy. Good for you, I'd have to keep them all too!

 

[DAFox]

Give the runt some time with Mom by itself so it can get some milk. It is probably getting pushed away.
Dale-Ann

 

[Funky Feathers]

I want the one on the top left! How much?

 

[shelleyd2008]

Mama must have been huge, aren't the babies about half-adult size when they are born?

 

[jenlynn4]

there $20.00 each.... LOL no shipping available though on these little guies...

 

[sheila3935]

I wont let my DD see these she will want one. She already has 10 rats and 1 hampster and we are going Wednesday to get her 2 show bantams

 

[Akane]

Sadly we've never had true runts survive irregardless of what they are fed with. The sows generally ignored them and they never were as active as the others. Eventually after hand feeding them various things including cow milk, goat milk, various formulas for everything from cats to large livestock, fruit/veggie juices, or soaked pellets they always would start having seizures after about 3-5 days (more commonly 2-3 days if fed cow milk) and go from fairly sturdy looking to dead in a few seconds. Slightly smaller pups though are not really anything to worry about. It's the really tiny ones that don't grow after several days that I'm talking about. They seemed to only happen with litters over 5.

Leaving a smaller pup alone with mom won't do a whole lot because like I said guinea pig milk is extremely weak. It barely has any nutrition and sows will not make sure their pups drink so if the pup is too inactive it won't make the effort anyway. Mixing up some warm soaked pellets or giving extra alfalfa leaves would be more helpful. My latest mixture was banana puree + pellets and leaves shaken off the alfalfa/clover mix hay left to soak a couple hours. The dish was cleaned in minutes. We also keep critical care by oxbow on hand which is a powdered complete diet for herbivores to be mixed with liquid for guinea pigs, rabbits, etc... that cannot eat or for force feeding those that won't eat. Every year if we hadn't used it up that year we'd take out the oldest bag and make a warm christmas mash for the pigs. Then order a new bag to replace it. Good stuff to have on hand especially if you get involved in small mammal rescue or do a lot of breeding.

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v244/aqh88/guinea pigs/past/christmas/

 

[jenlynn4]

this little guy is doing great! its just smaller than the rest. maybe its the only girl in a bunch of boys??? LOL there all running around and chaseing each other and climbing on mom all the time (poor girl) I dont know how she ever gets any sleep! JEN