Thinking of breeding?

[Snailspace]

I truly think, heyheyhi, that you're taking on a huge commitment if you're now thinking about having two pregnant sows. The possibilities for risk are great as you haven't kept guinea pigs before and so don't know the health problems they can have anyway.

If both sows had successful pregnancies there would of course be several babies - you would then have to identify any males and remove them from the females after only a few weeks. Boars don't live together well and harder to re-home, so as they got older, if you hadn't been able to re-home them, you could have several separate cages with one boar in each.

I'm not trying to spoil your plans, but I really think that while you're still studying it would be a huge risk

[heyheyhi]

Snailspace - don't worry, I'm just going to get a pair of non-pregnant females, or maybe a female and a neutered male, from a rescue

[GuineaPigFreak1194]

Quote: Originally Posted by Doris Hugs It does depend on the sow. As long as they are both around the same point of pregnancy and they are happy with the arrangement, it is fine to let two sows litter together. Unless you have two distinctly different breeds you might have trouble telling which babies belong to which sow. A non pregnant sow can also be a useful comanion for the pregnant sow. While she can't feed the babies she can babysit, and most do a grand job of this.

This is what I also thought about the babysit of a non-pregnant sow.

I think its really cute about a non-pregnant sow "babysitting".

I have also thought about breeding after I get out of Vet College. I will be moving to the UK(I currently resign in the US) with my Best Friend(Who likes Gerbils but past the point).
So I have been thinking about what kind of breeds I would want to breed, what kind of cages would be appropriate for breeding and so on. I even have my website speech for my future Cavy breeding home

But I have been looking for breeding tips and such so I've been reading different threads here.

[meggiepiggy]

Do you intend studying to become a vet in the USA or over here?

[GuineaPigFreak1194]

Quote: Originally Posted by meggiepiggy Do you intend studying to become a vet in the USA or over here?

USA then come over to the UK.