think she mite be a he after all ! HELP!

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ok so if you read my post 15 days ago about the behaviour probs with my 3 'girls' you'll be aware that i was unsure if Whisper, the dominant one was actually male or female.

After numerous checks, prodding etc and looking at loads of pics it was decided she was a girl afterall.

however .....after a couple of days of posting, their behaviour settled down and they all seemed to be getting on well......until now, exactly 15 days later!.....i've read sows come into heat every 15-17 days and Whisper is chasing Simba & Buster & trying to mount them again......so checked his private parts again for the 500th time......pressed and pressed and rubbed and rubbed but still no penis....however i could feel a ridge above the genital area and i think i could just say make out a tiny weeny pin prick hole on the upper part. But defo no penis and hes now nearly 8 weeks......

Is my whisper really a boy? oh my god..... please tell me there should be a penis by now.....if not then i need to get him out now! but it could be too late as hes been back in with the girls for nearly 2 weeks!

Please, if anyone who 100% knows their piggy sexing who lives near me, would love to meet up with you to confirm whispers sex once and for all!
 
just an update.....checked 1 last time before coming up to bed....excuse me from being a bit crude or maybe silly, but this time he had clearish white gunky stuff over his genitals.......is this what i think it is? Also pressed a bit harder and could see a tiny tube under the skin at the top of his genitals....he is a boy isnt he!?
 
You should, at this age, be able to extrude a penis. I'm not sure if the clear liquid is what you think it is as i've not seen a sow "in season" tho' from what you say about the tube i would say "she" is a boy.

Do Whispers genitals look different to Simba's & Buster's?

Hope someone is close by to determine, if not can you get a clear pic?
 
Can you not get a pic. (see brandi.dan's post, the pic wasn't too clear and yet we could tell it was a female)

If you really are unsure then separate until you can be 100%.

Like Niki said compare the genital to simba and busters.
 
hi there i think by the sounds of it you are looking at her parts.If he is a he when mounting he would have his penis out and you would see it.i would be thinking by what you have described that she is a she.put up a pick and we will tell you :)
 
Hi, here are a couple of pics....please tell me she is a she! x
 

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so how is it she has a little tube under the skin and a pin prick hole? .......

but wooohooo....FEMALE!

Thanks! x>>x>>x>>
 
I would think the tube would be her urether & the lil hole where the urine leaves her body but i'm not up on biology :)

Excellent pics btw :)
 
yeah thats what i was thinking! But when you start looking at websites & reading stuff you end up thinking and feeling allsorts! But i'm so pleased this is all clear now! Poor whisper, bless her, so she can stay with her pals afterall!

Pics were took in 2 mins this morn at 7.30 just as i was leaving the house for work! Was quite impressed myself!
 
yep very good pics, esp. as you were off to work! If you ignore any holes/things that look out of place you can see she has a very clear Y shape. If you saw a boys bits you would know!
 
oh thats a girl

your piggies bum looks nothing like my boys do now or did when there was 8 weeks old

there look like my girls bums tho
 
Definitely a girl.

I hate to point out the obvious, but why didn't you look for testicles? My boys testicles are impossible to miss.

Nim
 
i have a 3 months old baby whose testicles aren't down yet... but defo a boy...
 
i'll have to post photos of my boy's downstairs so you can see the difference, he's 4months, but hasn't developed anymore than when he was 8weeks i think. you'll kick yourself for worrying! but i used to worry about my girls being boys too. so i know how you feel x
 
well i'm happy now that we are all sure whisper is defo a girl!

I was more or less 99% sure myself, but i was slightly unsure

1. because of the dominance and aggression she was showing towards the other 2
2. the size of her, shes 2 weeks younger than the other 2 but the largest of the 3
3. her private parts look totally different to the other 2, the other 2 are 100% girls!
4. the vet couldnt 100% confirm her gender either!
5. i'm also aware that some male piggies testicles dont always show 'drop' till older
6. when researching, they talked about feeling a tube under the skin above their genitals, if this was present it was the boys penis......she has that! presume now it is her urethra

All i wanted to do was to ensure i didnt contribute to the massive Guinea pig population! As i know i couldnt have kept any new piggies, i just havent got the room!

So although i did have a total stress and panic on, in no way do i feel 'silly', i'm happy everyone on here was able to help and confirm her gender!

I'm now putting the mild aggression and fighting down to hormones and them all coming into season as its been happening 15-17 days apart!

all is calm and peaceful now & they are developing into the most gorgeous, loving, cheeky little piggies i have ever had the pleasure to care for!

Thank you all

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