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Hello, My name is jacqueline, I'm 30 and I have 3 kids, 2dogs, 1 rabbit and 3 guinea pigs :D. Firstly I got 2 girls called Misty and co co. I happened to be talking about them at playgoup and one of the mums said she had a girl pig and wanted to rehome her. So to cut a long story short I ended up with a new piggy, called holly! Intro went well, all live together happily,Howeva, Ive discovered Holly is a BOY! They have lived together for about a week, all about 5months old. So my qs are, could the girls already be pregnant? and also Ive separated the boy, Henry!,he now lives in a cage nxt to the girls but he doesnt seem happy about that >:D. So nxt Q is, is neutering safe for pigs? I hope so cos he booked in for tuesday at vet.. I want to put him back in with the girls once he is neutered but will he accept them after the op and will the girls accept him (or will they not notice the difference, lol) ps, I know it was stupid of me for not realising he was a boy in the first place, duh 98) Hope you can advise, thanksxx
 
Hi Jacqueline and welcome. :)

There is a chance they could be pregnant pigs have a season every 17 days you may have touched lucky but I would be giving them extra vit c like green peppers just incase they are, they may drink more and eat more and you'll know in about 7 weeks. The wait is terrible I've been there too when my naughty boars escaped into the girls pen during the night!

With any op there is an element of risk, is your vet guinea pig cavy? I'd ask him/her how many ops they have done etc. He should be ok after the op. It won't change his behaviour it just simply stops him from getting the girls pregnant.

Good luck!

Louise
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Good advice from Louise.

He should be ok being neutered as long as the vet knows what he/she is doing. He will feel a bit sore & grumpy afterwards.
He needs to be kept apart from the girls for 4 weeks minimum (whatever the vet may say!) as this will allow all his baby making abilities to cease!


Unfortunately the girls may be pregnant.(all fingers crossed they aren't!) You won't be able to tell for a while, until they get bigger. Once the babies are born, you will need to seperate the baby males from mum and the baby females at 3 weeks, again, no matter what the vet may say. We do seem to get some forum members telling us what vets have said about male/females being seperated, and sometimes it is wrong!!! anyway keep us posted on what happens................x
 
I meant guinea pig savy not cavy! ::) I mean does he know about pigs? :)
 
every surgery on guinea pigs carries a risk and is stressful for the piggy. some have had their piggies done with no problem and others have lost their piggies because of it. so would serious consider whether getting him fixed is worth the risk of him losing his life. then again our zoe girl had surgery to remove her reproductive organs as she had cysts in the ovaries and a mass growing on the outside of her ovaries and she survived and the vets in oz are pretty clueless about piggies. here in south oz piggies don't get fixed, and as they are cheap to buy most people replace instead of fixing. hoping your girls aren't pregnant, sending hugs and if you get henry done hope all goes well, and welcome to the forums from me and the girls in oz :smitten: :smitten: :smitten:
if you get henry done, keep isolated meaning keep in like a cat carrier for 1-2 days, keep him warm as they have trouble regulating their temp as all animals after surgery. if not eating syringe feed especially water. hoping all goes well O0 :smitten: :smitten: :smitten:
 
starla said:
Good advice from Louise.
He needs to be kept apart from the girls for 4 weeks minimum (whatever the vet may say!) as this will allow all his baby making abilities to cease!
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This is a question for my own interest, really, if the girls are already pregnant, would the boy still need to be kept separate after neutering?
 
Yes,untill after the birth.A boar jumping on a pregnant sow could damage the babies.I think your best option is to go to a rescue and try and get a sow that has had a hysterectomy,or get another boar that would be compatable with your boy.Boars can be kept inmpairs or groups,it just depends on the personality.
 
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