my male turned out to be a female

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Hi, i hope somebody can give me some advice :(. I have recently got a male guinea pig, I have had him for about 6 weeks now, but i felt a little bit sorry for him as he was on his own so I thought I would get him a little friend to play with, seeing as he was only 10 weeks old he was young enough to have another male brought in to be with him., and they would get along fine. So..I got another male guinea pig (7 weeks old) and introduced them in the run. My guinea pig Oscar, was over the moon at having a friend. I was told that when they first meet, that oscar will try to mount him to find out if he is a he or she.. yes he did this.. but he kept doing it and doing it and making some little noise, so I thought that is them getting to know each other. Anyway after a couple of days oscar is still mounting the guinea pig which gives me concern, I go and get him checked out and find out that he is in fact a she! So now my biggest fear is that she might be pregnant and she is only 7 weks old, I have read that it is not very good to let her have a liiter at such a young age, in fact 5-6 months is the best time. I'm worried that something will happen to her if she is indeed pregnant and do I know keep them apart cos they are very close when they are in the run together..please help : :(
 
Seperate them now! If she isn't preg already its only a matter of time. I feel for you because i recently had the same thing happen and i had to seperate happily bonded piggies and he won't be old enough to neuter until about 6 months. As for age although she is indeed very young she is not the first of that age to be caught by a boar and fingers crossed she'll be fine. Just read up the posts on here past and present, keep an eye on her and ask as many questions as you need to. If these were bought from a large chain like P@H phone head office and they shoyuld help with any costs you incur. Good Luck
 
Sorry to hear what's happened. When I first adopted Connie, I was told she was a girl. I wanted to get her a friend which I brought from pets at home. I took them both to the vet just for check up and luckily they were both girls. This seems to be a common problem. Like piggiesforever has already said, separate them asap. Keep us posted
 
thankyou, for the reply, I just brought her off a friend, could swop her for another male but my daughters wont let me know they love her....so I a back to squre 1 then...male all lonesome lol....So if she is pregnant will she be fine cos id hate for anything to happen to her as she is only a baby herself...x
 
Its a dilemma, I know but separate them and keep them near to eachother so they can interact. Perhaps, when your male is old enough (if your female isnt pregnant) you could get him neutered? If she is pregnant, she may have just the one as younger sows tend to have fewer babies-then see if she has boars/sows and you can decide from there what to do.

Best of luck :)
 
Hopefully she'll be OK but you'll need to keep a close eye on her. If I were you, I'd take her to a vet who can advise further and check her over. Hopefully, she won't be pregnant but if she is, I'm sure you'll do everything you can for her. I have heard stories like this before on here where there has been a happy ending. When I first had Connie, there was a possibility that she could have been pregnant as she lived with a boar who died. The lady who gave her to me told me that the boar was neutered but you can never be quite sure. Luckily she wasn't pregnant x
 
If she is pregnant, and she has 1 or 2 babies depending on the sex, i know its ok to have mother and daughter together but what about father and son? can they be housed together on a permenant basis? or will tey fight or even the father hurt the son? Ive never had guinea pigs before so have not got a lot of knowledge...just basics...only wanted a male friend for my oscar lol not little babies, whole new storey now.... >:(
 
I think that there is a good chance for father and son to be bonded as they will be related but it can be risky. I'm sure someone else will be able to advise further though O0
 
ok thanks, just i get told so may different things I dont know what is good and what aint anymore.....if they will be ok I would like to keep his son with him and then he has got some company...
 
Father and son often bond well, you could put the son in with him from 3 weeks old. They may fall out later on when thebaby gets older but then again they may not!
For now, I would advise giving the little sow extra veggies for Vitamin C and wait and see!
 
thanks for the advice very much needed, I have been giving her lots of veggies, how will i kow if she is preg, suppose by th weight gain?
 
Yes, she will get fatter! Try not to handle her unless necessary as this can damage/hurt the unborn babies :)
 
if she is does she still need her regular exercise in the run, if so that requires me to handle her from the cage iinto the run...
 
I think it's ok to handle her to put her in the run, but obviously not too much for cuddles etc, and I wouldn't handle her in the later stages of pregnany :-\ but thats just personal opinion
 
oh that stinks! The same thing happened to me...except when I got Pepsi and Buddy I was told they were both girls. Luckily we noticed something was wrong, took Pepsi to the vet, and got him neutered. They were fine together for almost 5 years until Buddy passed :[

I hope she's not pregnant! If she's not, are you going to get the boar neutered?
 
if she is not pregnant, I might let her have 1 litter when she is off the right age and then get him netuered.....
 
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