Sexing baby guinea pigs
Thanks Everyone! I will call the vet tomorrow! I need to have the money when I get paid to get him fixed :) If we had 2 girls and 2 boys - I would just do separate cages, but I am not 100% of the sexes yet. They all look like the same sex to me :(
I have not had any previous pigs to the vet so I only have a regular (non exotic vet for my cats).
I have not had any previous pigs to the vet so I only have a regular (non exotic vet for my cats).
YES find a vet who has done guinea pig neuters before. Don't let an experienced vet neuter him!!!!
Complications are easy to develop, especially when the vet is inexperienced. I had an established vet for our dogs and cat that I had been seeing for over 20 years. But my first visit with them with our male guinea pig when he sneezed, they didn't even catch that he was a male. Of course, he did have ambiguous genitalia, as I said above, but they didn't really look very hard.
I called around and asked various vets for recommendations for a vet that knew guinea pigs. When I kept hearing the same one over and over again, that's the one I went to, and it was very worth it.
Complications are easy to develop, especially when the vet is inexperienced. I had an established vet for our dogs and cat that I had been seeing for over 20 years. But my first visit with them with our male guinea pig when he sneezed, they didn't even catch that he was a male. Of course, he did have ambiguous genitalia, as I said above, but they didn't really look very hard.
I called around and asked various vets for recommendations for a vet that knew guinea pigs. When I kept hearing the same one over and over again, that's the one I went to, and it was very worth it.
Thanks Everyone!! As of today when I checked the babies - when pressing on one, something popped out! I did all 3 and the other 2 still nothing. I am thinking I have 2 girls and one boy. I will check everyday as I have to take male out this coming weekend. I am not fixing the male, I have started a new cage to keep males together :) I was afraid before I had all girls and he would not have anyone :( He is great being next to them, but I moved him where he could not see them this past weekend and he climbed right out!! He is great when he can sniff them through the divider :) Anyhow, he will have a friend this weekend.
So glad you are working things out. Dad and baby boy should do well together, though things might get a little hairy when the baby goes through adolescence. Don't be surprised if he gets snotty with Dad (like all teenagers of most species do) and you see scuffles. He should mellow out after a few months. Our snottiest teen (Squeaky, a female) who started scuffles with everyone and even copped an attitude with me is now one pretty mellow and loving with me and all her herd. It's just getting through the teen times that can cause a little anxiety on your part.