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Do mother guinea pigs eat their babies?
While it is uncommon, mother guinea pigs may accidentally or purposefully eat their babies due to stress, lack of nutrition, or as a survival instinct. It is important to provide a calm and secure environment for the mother guinea pig to prevent this behavior.
Will the mother eat the baby guinea pigs after they are weaned?
No, mother guinea pigs do not eat their babies after weaning. In fact, they continue to care for and protect their young until they are old enough to fend for themselves.
How long after having babies does the mother guinea pig eat and drink water?
2 days
Do mommy guinea pigs eat their babies?
Sometimes, mother guinea pigs exhibit cannibalistic behavior and may eat their babies due to stress, lack of nutrition, or feeling threatened. It is essential to ensure a stress-free environment, provide proper nutrition, and monitor the mother and babies closely to prevent this behavior.
Do male guinea pigs eat the babies?
NONo, if you feed it regularly.Male guinea pigs do tend to eat their baby's after birth , so before your female guinea pig has her baby's you should make sure to Remove The Male from the cage and keep the baby's with their mother . After about 2-3 weeks you can put the male baby's in with their dad for a little while but you must rub a little bit of the dads cages bedding on the baby's (gently) so that the dad does not eat them. Also they're still are males so if they fight you should separate them.Yes the male will eat the babies if you don't remove him (if I were you I would remove the male BEFORE the babies are born) Why does the male eat the babies?This may sound weird, but the male gets jealous of the female and will wanna fight, so to get revenge, he will eat her babies. So PLEASE DON'T keep the male in there!Thank -you!!!:)the dad guinea pig will not eat the baby guinea pigs because they are vegetarians and dont eat meat and a baby guinea pig is meat so they wont eat them unless there an evil guinea pig not from this planet lolx
Do mom guineapigs eat there babies?
No guinea pig parents will not harm their babies.
When guinea pigs are born can they be with the dad?
no that is not good to keep the dad with the babies because he would probably eat them.
Will guinea pigs kill there young?
usually the only time a mother guinea pig will kill her young is if it was sick or something was wrong with it, they will also eat some of their dead babies which is perfectly normal.
Your guinea pig just had babies and you touched them will she abandon them?
no, unlike hamsters guinea pigs will happily let you touch or handle her babies, if the babies do not get distressed and you are very quiet you can hold them. you can even put another older female in with the mother and the female will help out and the mother can rest. if you give them some soft vegetables or bread and milk the babies will even take a nibble sometimes, they are very well developed. i know i used to breed guinea pigs
Will guinea pigs eat there babies?
The father guinea pig doesn't eat the babies, and neither does the mother. But always separate the father BEFORE the mother gives birth as she can become pregnant immediately after giving birth. This would be bad for her health, as her body needs some time to recover.
Do male guinea pigs eat their newborn?
Yes, it is possible for male guinea pigs to eat their newborns. This behavior is more common in stressed or inexperienced male guinea pigs. It is important to separate the male from the female and newborns to prevent this from happening.
Can you observe baby guinea pigs without the mother guinea pig eating them?
well actually your question makes no sense. it's the dad's that eat the babies not the mom's and your solution, take the dad out of the cage.
