24-11-2007, 12:20 PM | #1 |
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Nice suprise
Its always a nice suprise to wake up to baby guinea-pigs. I went up at about 8 this morning and there were no signs of babies so I thought oh well another days wait, but then went up about half an hour ago to give everyone some greens and found these 3 little ones. I have only got this pic for now, but will get some more later when they are more settled.
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24-11-2007, 12:35 PM | #2 |
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there so cute lovely color to well done pete
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24-11-2007, 12:38 PM | #3 |
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arh how sweet.i had a litter of british giant x french lops last week.went up at 8am no babies,went back at 9am and there was a nest full.do you breed them all the time?xxx
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24-11-2007, 12:40 PM | #4 |
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Thanks guys
Kim, I had a litter of 5 born in the space of 30 minutes earlier this year, absolutely amazing, I watched the last baby being born. I only usually breed in the spring/summer, but due to my bad planning and a male who was reluctant to mate at first these have been born a lot later than I would have liked.
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24-11-2007, 12:49 PM | #5 |
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im useless with planning aswell.wont let her have another litter till end of spring.guineas r preg for ages though arent they.buns r only reg 4wks.preg guineas look so cute.look like they are going explode.wat do you do with the babies?xx
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24-11-2007, 12:53 PM | #6 |
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They are pregnant for around 8 weeks.
Lately I have got into the habit of keeping all of the babies I have 12 at the moment, the only thing stopping me from keeping more is the amount of time I have to spend with each indivdual. Some babies go onto to live with my cousin who also keeps them. I will wait until I know the sex of these babies before deciding what I do with them. I have sold/rehomed to others in the past and never have a problem finding homes.
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24-11-2007, 01:37 PM | #7 |
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great picture, altho they look like gizmo at the min. so will these be sold privatly then or what.
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24-11-2007, 03:48 PM | #8 |
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What a lovely surprise, they look very sweet
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24-11-2007, 04:03 PM | #9 |
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Thanks Christian and Toni
Christian, I haven't decided what I will do with them yet, probably keep one and rehome the other two, depends very much on the sex of them. These are unrelated to almost all the other guinea-pigs, I need a new unrelated male so one of these would be perfect. I'm hoping for a male and 2 females <g> Heres each one:
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24-11-2007, 04:05 PM | #10 |
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fair enough then. great pictures....i guess u were taking the pictures, as the hands look vert feminme.
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