How to tell if a guinea pig is pregnant?

Because guinea pigs are relatively fat, it is difficult to distinguish whether they are pregnant or not, because they are all fat and small, so we want to know whether guinea pigs are pregnant, how to identify? Way.

Lilac Phoenix Crested Guinea Pig

1. To judge whether the guinea pig is successfully pregnant, firstly, the female and male guinea pigs can be Stocked together, if you find that the female guinea pig does not let the male mouse get close, even if the male mouse is in heat, it will not work. Moreover, when it is severe, the female rat will also bite the male guinea pig.

2. Female guinea pigs who are successfully pregnant will have a sharp increase in food intake after pregnancy. It will become more and more gluttonous, more and more able to eat, its food intake can be more than 2 or more than usual. If you find that the guinea pig is eating like crazy, it means that it may be pregnant.

3. A pregnant guinea pig will not let others touch it alone. If forced to touch its belly, the guinea pig will bark and even attack and bite people’s fingers. On the whole, guinea pigs in the early stage of pregnancy will become more anxious, but in the later stage they will be relatively honest and prefer to lie down in the nest to rest.

PS: As the gestation period of the guinea pig increases, its abdomen will clap obviously. The later the belly is bulging, the more severe it is. Generally, about 1 month of pregnancy, the guinea pig’s belly may be twice as big as usual.

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