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Answer by flick
Submitted on 1/24/2007
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you can handle baby guinea pigs straight away after the birth. the mother will not reject them because they smell different so dont worry about this. as guinea pigs live as a herd in the wild lactating females share the care of the young and as such are not possessive of their offspring. in fact my gps are quite glad of the rest after giving birth, it takes a lot of energy out of them and of course they have only two nipples so if they have more than two pups removing the excess for a quick cuddle allows a fair circulation of nipple and cuddle time!! just make sure you keep them warm. if you handle your baby guinea pigs from birth they become very relaxed friendly pets, and dont ever learn to be be afraid of you which in my experience happens when they are around 4 weeks old.

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Question by Jean
Submitted on 5/2/2004
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How soon can you handle new born guinea pigs. I have a guinea that just gave birth.

Answer by Kimberly
Submitted on 5/9/2004
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I would highly suggest waiting a few weeks. Maybe 2 or 3 weeks. Just depends how the mother guinea pig acts when you pet them. You can reach in the cage and just pet them when they are 1 week old or so but be sure you have a strong bond with the mother so she don't attack too much and make sure to pet her before you do the babies and reassure her.

Answer by LIL CAG
Submitted on 6/7/2004
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HOW LONG SHOULD THE BABIES BEE WITH THERE MOTHER

Answer by Kerri
Submitted on 10/22/2004
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what if my guinea pigs trys to eat one of her babies what shall i do?

Answer by kuku2993
Submitted on 11/7/2004
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about 3-4 weeks, because that is about when they stop nursing

Answer by Bannana
Submitted on 12/11/2004
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You should seperate them at three to four weeks

Answer by TreTre
Submitted on 1/7/2005
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im pretty sure its 3 weeks, but i kept the baby for a month and a half just to be sure

Answer by loza
Submitted on 3/19/2005
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about 6 weeks old when they can live without any help from the mother

Answer by *****star*****
Submitted on 4/21/2005
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my guinea pig costly p just had babies and I'm freaking out considering they weren't there 1 hour ago and I'm only 12 some one please help

Answer by Joyceonan
Submitted on 6/19/2005
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I DIDN'T LIKE THAT ONE ABOUT THE GENENIA PIG.

Answer by Jamie
Submitted on 6/20/2005
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Thats cool, I used to have those...ummm we waited about 2 weeks before we even thought about touching them...We left the cage alone for the time being just to make sure she wouldnt kill her young...

Answer by liam
Submitted on 10/3/2005
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they should be with there mother 4 3 days at least.after 4 weeks the father will kill 2 of its young if it shares a cage with them

Answer by trailblazer
Submitted on 2/17/2006
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You can handle them right away. GENTLY!! Usually the mother is to lazy to attack you should be fine

Answer by Sami
Submitted on 6/1/2006
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My sis'sguinea pig just had babies i have no clue on how long to wait till i can separate them from he mother.. please help me!

Answer by new guinea pig momma
Submitted on 6/25/2006
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my mother guinea pig just had babies 2 weeks ago n ive only had her since dec. she was very good at letting me b w/ her at the time of her 4 babies birth ; i didnt want her 2 eat her new babies so i stayed by her side as the babies were being born she didnt seem 2 mind a bit.she even left me take nclean the babies up as they were born. i was exstatic!

Answer by GUINEA LOVER
Submitted on 2/8/2007
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OMG U IDIOT ITS 2DAYS THEY NEED TO GET USED TO HUMANS

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Answer by kayleigh holmes
Submitted on 8/15/2006
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how long should the babies be with there mother for

Answer by millie jackson
Submitted on 11/26/2006
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I have a guinea pig from a shop and they assured me that she was just a little chubby and sentiently not pregnant as usual it had to happen to me she had 7 babies but unfortunately 2 died by malnourishment the mother rejected the youngsters because they had wandered off while she was licking her other offspring the others stayed with her for over 4 weeks so i would suggest atleast 3-4 weeks just so they can adjust so there surroundings with this info your youngster will be just fine remember at least 3 weeks good luck !

Answer by casey case
Submitted on 3/5/2007
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they can be with the mother as long as they want but take them out and occalanly so they get used to human sents and hadleing

Answer by sophie
Submitted on 3/17/2007
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they should be with their mother for up to 21 days because after 21 days the baby's are ready to mate and will try to have sex with one another.

Answer by prineses
Submitted on 3/23/2007
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I don't no

Answer by amzere
Submitted on 5/10/2007
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can i keep 2 pregnant sows in the same hutch even when they have had the babies

Answer by beth
Submitted on 5/12/2007
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hi my brothers guinea pig not long gave birth and we do not know when we can handle them. we have a rather strong bond with the mother and she lets us stroke them alot. When would we be able to pick them up? is it true that they must stay with the mother for atleast 6weeks before they can be separated?