Breeding Guinea Pigs

Consider getting your piggy neutered and then you could offer a good home to a similar aged sow from a rescue, perhaps? These often prove to be very good pairings and they bond well. Sadly, introducing adult baors is quite complex although not impossible if you find the right friend - a rescue would guide you through the process. Good luck.

As someone who runs a guinea pig rescue I can only urge you to reconsider the idea of breeding your guinea pigs. There are already very many piggies in rescues around the country in need of good homes and probably considerably more living in less than acceptable conditions. Even if you choose to keep all the babies and not rehome any do you really want all the extra work involved with seperate hutches and more cleaning out? Responsible breeders only breed from animals that they have previous knowledge of their genetic history - do you know the genetic history of your piggies? Are you sure that they are healthy enough to reproduce without risk to life? Yesterday morning I had the distressing sight of a sow giving birth to four babies = 2 were still born and I lost another later in the day, the remaining baby is very tiny. This sow came in to my rescue only this week as yet another unwanted pet who had been left in with her dad whilst the owner "dabbled" with breeding guinea pigs.

Heartache and vets bills are quite common - are you prepared for these too?

firstly why breed them .... thare will be LOADs of unwonted ones in rescues in the new year
when the novelty has worn off for the kids who got them as xmas pressies

Guinea pigs can get pregnant as early as 4 weeks, and occasionally younger. You do not want the young sows pregnant this young

The female piggy is capable of having babies from about a month or so old but obviously is only a baby herself so to breed from her at such a young age would be completely irresponsible at the very least !! She should be bred from for the first time, at approx. 5 - 6 months of age and be a weight of over 500g. She must have her first litter before she is 10 months old - as after this the pelvic bones fuse together and the mother will more than likely have problems giving birth to the babies, this may result in the death of both mother and the babies. You may have heard the term ´Dystocia´ - this is when the young are too large to pass through the pelvic canal during the birthing process, this could be because it is a small litter and the babies are very large, the babies could be deformed and cannot fit through the birth canal or it could be because the pelvic bones have fused and there is simply no space for the babies to pass through.

my advice is either get another male with might not be a good idea as they could fight
if you are getting a female then get the male or female done to get a g-pig done cost around 80 pounds