Shed Attached To Run And Pregnant Piggie

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Hi everyone!
So as it is getting warmer outside, I was thinking I could move my guinea pigs into a shed attached to a run? Will this be to warm in the summer? And in the winter I will put blankets and a thermal hutch cover over the hutch which will be in the shed. Will it still be too cold in the winter though? We also found out, after the vet confirmed Bolt was a boy, that he is a girl! (Think we might need to change the name) but most importantly, she is pregnant :( We understand the risks that come with this and we will greatly appreciate any tips. We will get our male guinea neutered so he can still live with our female, but if we have female babies, we will keep them so we can have a group of guineas, is this a bad idea?
Poppie xx
 
I love this....

Also on the baby front we had some 6 weeks ago. Don't over feed Bolt until she is nursing as bigger babies make it harder for them. I hope they are all girls for. Keep us posted x x
 
Having a group of female pigs with a male is perfectly fine, the girls may have little arguments or spats from time to time but this is perfectly normal. Love the shed idea and hope that the pregnacy and birth goes well for Bolt, keep us posted.
 
For a pregnant piggies diet, I know you should feed more protein and vitamin c, and a bit of alfalfa, but is they're anything else? And once my male guinea is neutered, can I keep them together or do I have to separate them until she has he babies?
 
Mo & bolts mum said:
Hi everyone!
So as it is getting warmer outside, I was thinking I could move my guinea pigs into a shed attached to a run? Will this be to warm in the summer? And in the winter I will put blankets and a thermal hutch cover over the hutch which will be in the shed. Will it still be too cold in the winter though? We also found out, after the vet confirmed Bolt was a boy, that he is a girl! (Think we might need to change the name) but most importantly, she is pregnant :( We understand the risks that come with this and we will greatly appreciate any tips. We will get our male guinea neutered so he can still live with our female, but if we have female babies, we will keep them so we can have a group of guineas, is this a bad idea?
Poppie xx
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Hi and welcome

Please wait with moving any indoors guinea pigs to the outside until the danger of night frosts is over; treat indoors guinea pigs like tender plants. Guinea pigs can also die from heat stroke, so you need to make sure that your shed is insulated against both the extremes of weather and also safe from mice, rats, foxes, cats and dogs as well as antisocial neighbours.

For information and pregnancy support, please start a thread in our pregnancy section, which is only visible after you have registered with the forum. You can find our detailed pregnancy guides at the top of the section, which cover the whole period until babies need to be sexed and separated at the end of the nursing period. They have been specifically written for new owners without experience finding themselves confronted with a pregnancy as will hopefully answer most of your questions.
Please keep all questions and updates to that one pregnancy thread, so we can keep all information together. It will help us if you please added how old your piggies are, how long you have had them, so we can work out about how far along things are.
Here is the direct link to the pregnancy section. Please follow the advice in the general diet and the pregnancy diet thread. A good balanced general diet is by far the best prep for mum and pups; the healthier and fitter they are, the greater the chances for success. don't be tempted to sacrifice a wide range of nutrients for the sake of grossly overdoing just a few, like calcium, (of which pregnant sows need less than double the normal amount) or protein. Not overfeeding in terms of quantities (like pellets - max. 40g or ideally less - and veg) and extras to help bolster mum's body against the extra demands (which are rather small in human amounts) help towards minimising the risks factors during birth. You are aiming at an ideal birth weight/size for smooth birth, not at whoppers that can get stuck. Mum is free to eat as much as she wants and needs after the babies are out.
More information and ongoing support via this specially monitored section: https://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/forums/pregnancy-baby-care-and-sexing-no-breeding.11/
 
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