Pregnant Guinea Pig + fussy eaters!

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Hi
I'm new to the forum.
Recently purchased 2 females piggies from Pets at Home (Bobbie and Vivienne). It's a long story but basically since I've had them I've had £90 worth of vets bills - URI and miscarriage. After the miscarriage the vet assured me neither piggy was still pregnant but surprise surprise Bobbie is! D-day is imminent - she's massive and I would be surprised if she hasn't had the babies by the weekend. Got all my vets bills refunded by pets at home as well as free indoor cage, food and bedding etc. Believe me I have learnt my pets at home lesson!
Anyhow - does anybody have trouble with fussy eaters? Neither of mine will eat bell peppers no matter what I try! Bobbie especially likes romaine lettuce but I don't like giving her too much.
 
Piggies are fussy and go off things quickly, a fav with mine is, cucumber, celery, cherry toms, peppers, lettuce and spinach, they dont go much for fruit or carrot.

Sorry to hear about the trouble you've had, well done for passing the fee's onto P@H! Maybe someone could recommend a Cavvy Savvy vet near you, its pretty bad when a vet doesn't see a pregnant guinea pig.

Best of luck and welcome to the forum. Lots of help and advice on here if and when you should need it during and after the birth. x
 
Sorry i forgot to say, there are precautions to take with the pregnant piggy, which i have coped from another thread and pasted below,

Please make sure that mummy is getting double the amount of vitamin C, best in form of high vitamin C veg like peppers of any colours or a bit of broccoli. She also needs extra calcium for the pups' bones -alfalfa hay is recommended until the end of the nursing period, then the pups will get enough calcium from an unlimited supply of pellets.

You will need to separate any male boars at 3 weeks old, unless they are still very small. Please contact the forum asap if one of the pups has problems or if they are under 50g.
 
Yeah i've got the alfalfa hay. Broccoli is another one she's not bothered about! Trust me to get pregnant fussy guinea pigs! I've been giving her kale and parsley. She also seems to love celery. She nibbled at some cantaloupe yesterday. Any more high Vit C veggie recommendations welcome!
 
Hi and welcome!

Yet another pet shop granny... So sorry about the miscarriage; it must have been such a shock and a gutting experieince for you! I started out with a pregnant shop girl, too, and have gone strictly reputable rescue since - no sick, pregnant, missexed or misbonded piggies since!

If your girls don't eat peppers, don't worry. Use other medium rich veg or,if you wish, you can dissolve 1/8 - 1/4 of a normal vitamin C tablet in a bit of water and syringe that. Please don't add it to the water bottle; you can't control the intake.

We have a pregnancy section on here specifically for unplanned cases like you. Our "midwives" are keeping an eye on it, so it would be great if you posted any questions you had in there to be seen and answered by experienced members.

If you have problems with sexing any babies before they are 3 weeks old (when male pups need to be separated), please post picture of the babies' privates in the pregnancy section; the clearer the better, obviously - even though it may not be easy; babies are wiggly little furballs!

Here is more info with further links: http://wheekers.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=library&action=display&thread=7303
Edible vegetable chart with vitamin C contents: http://www.guinealynx.info/chart.html
 
When mom gives birth please be aware its OK to unwrap the babies for her (from the amneotic sack) If they dont get unwrapped they wont be able to breath. They also need to be weighed in the first day of life to assertain whether they are healthy or may need a little help. 70g-100g is the normal healthy range.

I'm not sure how much you know about pregnancy and/or what happens after wards and i think its great that your on here looking for advice, please feel free to ask ANY questions you have and we will do our best to answer them :)

Please dont feed pregnant giggies parsley it is associated with causing miscariages.
 
Thanks for the advice. I gave them parsley for the first time yesterday and Bobbie didn't see that bothered about it! I think Vivienne snaffled it all away!
The waiting is so frustrating - I feel like I'm constantly checking on her but I don't want to stress her out.
 
As a rule - it always takes longer than you think, especially with a first time mum; it like with humans... :)) The waiting is always the worst time!
 
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