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Our two brother are not! We have just found 3 babies! I have removed dad what else should I do?
 
Well, make sure all the babies are like breathing and that the mother has cleaned them all!

make sure there's water and hay and that it's warm...

The rest she should do herself if she's feeling okay.

Weigh the baby's tomorrow to make sure they're a good weight.

hope this helps

xx
 
Yes, it is three weeks. Then take them to a vet and get them checked as the pups if males could impregnate the mum again.

xx
 
Blimey - that is a bit of a shock! How long have you had these piggies? Are they quite young? Is mum ok? How are the babies? ?/
I guess check that mum and babies are comfortable and she gets lots of nutrious hay and veggies as she'll have to provide them with milk over the next few weeks. Then make sure you check the sex of them and take away the boys when they're about 3-4 weeks old! Others on the forum will be able to give you the right advice, all I can give you is my congratulations on the new babies! :)
 
Give mum greens, this will help her milk come through. Make sure they have a smallish nest area, so the bubs can't wander off during the first few hours or so, and not find their way back. Are the little ones active? If the afterbirth is still there, you can leave this, mum will eat it. Get some full fat goats milk tomorrow in case you have to supplement feed. This can be added to white bread or I have made porrdige with it. Hopefully mum will cope on her own, just keep her warm. The bubs will often start nibbling at dry food, veggies and hay from just a couple of hours which is fine, but don't let them get at too many veggies for the first couple of weeks. Good luck, looking forward to some lovely piccies. xx
 
MellyWelly said:
Blimey - that is a bit of a shock! How long have you had these piggies? Are they quite young? Is mum ok? How are the babies? ?/
I guess check that mum and babies are comfortable and she gets lots of nutrious hay and veggies as she'll have to provide them with milk over the next few weeks. Then make sure you check the sex of them and take away the boys when they're about 3-4 weeks old! Others on the forum will be able to give you the right advice, all I can give you is my congratulations on the new babies! :)
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They were we thought 3 brothers(so we were told) and Fudge(daddy) picked on Biscuit so I had Biscuit neutered and bought Daisy for him to snuggle up with. Now I realise they were probably fighting over the Nibbles.

Thank you all for the advice. So it is OK if we handle the babies tomorrow then as we normally do a proper hutch clean on the weekend.

And it will be OK to put Daddy back with them tomorrow?

I'm too old for all this drama lol
 
DONT put the daddy back with them, he WILL probably make the female pregnant again. :) the babies are fine to handel, I couldn't not! xx
 
NOOOO...I have had a sow become pregnant within 4 hours of giving birth. Dad is now banned! Handle bubs tomorrow yes. I think we are having a collective forum panic at the thought of dad getting back in there. lol x
 
nutmeg said:
NOOOO...I have had a sow become pregnant within 4 hours of giving birth. Dad is now banned! Handle bubs tomorrow yes. I think we are having a collective forum panic at the thought of dad getting back in there. lol x
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Don't worry I think I have it now. I'm swapping between the Rabbit forum and here and am panicking less now. Don't put dad back, handle the babies, get the vet to check them in a week or so. Just the hutch cleaning I'm not sure of?
 
Hi,

Babies safe and well thats good:))

You did the right thing removing dad straight away, he needs to be kept separately now as the sow comes into heat straight after birth and can get pregnant again:(

As long as the pups are feeding and are warm they should be fine, and mum has plenty of hay, pellets and some veg:))
 
I don't usually clean out for a couple of days after the birth, but I do a bit of spot cleaning, and maybe add a little fleece for a short time. Don't forget the goats milk.
How exciting...new babies. x
 
how exciting and you didnt even expect it.....I'm sooo jealous! Have you seen the vid of the other 3 babies that are a day old x)x)x)
 
Also With my mums experience when she was little with Guinea pigs, The Male stomped on the babies!
So it is a definate remove the male.

Congratz!
 
Nearly gave me a heart attack with the dad back in the cage thing lol! :)

Glad they're all okay

Love <3 x
 
Jesus christ that must of been a shock lol!
it once happened to me though when I was younger and I went to clean out the rabbits hutch and found babies, I jumped out my skin thinking it was rats at first hahahaha! Turned out next doors bunny had got into our garden ;)
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Aww, what a great surprise! Good job mum had a smooth birth :) Can't wait to see pics of the bubbas drool

MrsWilsoncroft said:
Jesus christ that must of been a shock lol!
it once happened to me though when I was younger and I went to clean out the rabbits hutch and found babies, I jumped out my skin thinking it was rats at first hahahaha! Turned out next doors bunny had got into our garden ;)
x
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My 2 girls came to be because the family's child thought it would be a good idea to put the male piggy in with the girls :o:)). Good job for me really, but I wouldn't have been impressed if that were my child.
 
Awwww x) Congratulations on the little 'uns and i hope mum is coping well. Cant wait to see pigtures of the wee piggies! :))
 
Shellza said:
Aww, what a great surprise! Good job mum had a smooth birth :) Can't wait to see pics of the bubbas drool


My 2 girls came to be because the family's child thought it would be a good idea to put the male piggy in with the girls :o:)). Good job for me really, but I wouldn't have been impressed if that were my child.
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Hahaha how funny, Hubby said hes glad women dont get pregnant as quick and easy as piggies lol! x
 
I've just ha a mum give birth 2 days ago, you need to weight the pups daily! they should be between 70g-100g when born, they may loose weight the first day but start gaining, 2-3 days old!

feed the mum parsley and Alfalfa hay! tho I had a bit of a problem, because the babies started nibbling the parsley which i think gave then runny tums! so I feed the parsley to mum seperate!

the babies have started nibbling! so put like toilet roll tubs in etc oo and make sure * have a high sided cage, they like to pop ALOT and would easily pop out of a normal cage.

Are they indoors or out?
 
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