Ellbell
Junior Guinea Pig
This is the story of Penny.... PLEASE READ!
I rescued Penny about 3 weeks ago. I got her with matted hair and bumblefoot.
She was in a tiny cage with a male guinea pig.
I took her to the vets for treatment. She weighed 950g
I introduced her to my other 2 girls and got them a nice big cage as well as a big run that they play in everyday on the grass.
Penny is very submissive towards my other girls. They are only young and VERY playful. They nip at her she she lets out a loud squeek but nothing bad.They groom her and sleep right next to her. They hate sleeping together but they love sleeping with penny.
Penny is CONSTANTLY rumbling and following them as though she is in heat. It MIGHT just be a habbit she picked up from being in a breeding cage all her life. (or on heat and not pregnant?)
A week later she weiged 900g. I was thinking i might of weighed her wrong the first time so i left it for a week.
Today she was 849g so i took her back to the vets.
The vets suggested shes pregnant but the untrasound came up clear as it might be to early to tell. The vets think they feel babys but it could just be poo. They said to seperate her from my other girls as she might be bullied. She will be soooo sad. Without another guinea pig she hardly moves about at all.
They constantly have Hay to eat and pellets. They get a large bowl of vegies everymorning and sometimes a bit of corn at night.
Is she pregnant even though shows signs of being on heat? But why weightloss? Is she loosing weight because shes never had large space to run around?. She hardly runs all that much because she has tight hips form the small cage she was in.
Should i seperate her? I watch them eat everymorning as they are inside over night. I know she is eating as much as my other 2.
I rescued Penny about 3 weeks ago. I got her with matted hair and bumblefoot.
She was in a tiny cage with a male guinea pig.
I took her to the vets for treatment. She weighed 950g
I introduced her to my other 2 girls and got them a nice big cage as well as a big run that they play in everyday on the grass.
Penny is very submissive towards my other girls. They are only young and VERY playful. They nip at her she she lets out a loud squeek but nothing bad.They groom her and sleep right next to her. They hate sleeping together but they love sleeping with penny.
Penny is CONSTANTLY rumbling and following them as though she is in heat. It MIGHT just be a habbit she picked up from being in a breeding cage all her life. (or on heat and not pregnant?)
A week later she weiged 900g. I was thinking i might of weighed her wrong the first time so i left it for a week.
Today she was 849g so i took her back to the vets.
The vets suggested shes pregnant but the untrasound came up clear as it might be to early to tell. The vets think they feel babys but it could just be poo. They said to seperate her from my other girls as she might be bullied. She will be soooo sad. Without another guinea pig she hardly moves about at all.
They constantly have Hay to eat and pellets. They get a large bowl of vegies everymorning and sometimes a bit of corn at night.
Is she pregnant even though shows signs of being on heat? But why weightloss? Is she loosing weight because shes never had large space to run around?. She hardly runs all that much because she has tight hips form the small cage she was in.
Should i seperate her? I watch them eat everymorning as they are inside over night. I know she is eating as much as my other 2.