CAVY BABIES

BONNY BABIES

Guinea pig babies are surely the cutest of new born animals, as they appear as perfect miniatures of their parents, eyes open immediately, able to run round the cage (well wobble initially, but soon able to run), and start to nibble at food within 24 hours of birth, as these three are (13k).

Litters vary in size in our experience between 1 and 5 - this is one of our larger litters of golden satin cavies (11k) though larger litters are heard of. (The satin or shine in their coat isn't immediately obvious in new born babies ). The patching of Tortoise & White cavies seems very unpredictable, with no two babies in the same litter having the same markings - as in this litter of 5 (18k) . They seldom stray far from their mother as you can see here (17k). This is a litter of very young rex babies with their mom.

Is the baby in the middle smiling ?

They can be handled from very young (15k) and lose their 'jumpiness' when they are handled regularly. They will also sit patiently (6k), even in your lap when asked, and it is worth weighing babies (13k) at regular intervals to make sure they are putting on weight.

On one occasion the mother of golden cavies (12k) died following birth, but they were successfully hand reared, though their coats lacked their mother's attention.

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