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Why do guinea pigs kill there babies?

Updated: 4/28/2022
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It is probably because the baby does not smell like the mother's sent so if it's nnot her own,she will kill it.Or it could probably be a runt.The smallest of all guinea pigs and doesn't get milk.

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