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guinea pigs are social creaturesand in the wild they live in large communities with the dominant male at the center and his harem and there offspring,surrounded by a batchelor colony of lower ranking males.to prevent inbreeding the the young females venture to the outskirts of the community to find themselves a mate that has less chance of being directly related to them.Normally she would return to the center of the community to give birth surrounded by more experienced females.If she does remain with the male that impregnated her they form a new colony.This is why if taken from her colony and then returned after too long the pregnant female may argue with the sows she used to get o with as she now views herself as a dominant sow.If the male is left with the saw when she gives birth he will mate her immediately afterwards.two pregnancys so close to one another takes a great toll on the sow's body and is one of the reasons sows in the wild return to the main colony where there are plenty of other females to protect her help her feed,protect her babies and distract the dominant boar so she has a chance to recover-by Margaret stockwell nz.
I just thought this explained alot about the behaviour of some guineas :)
 
Thats really interesting, thanks for sharing. It does give an insight into some of their behaviour:)
 
Thanks, that was interesting. It's funny the way animals behave but it gives you a great understanding of why they behave they way that they do. :)
 
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