How To Care For A Guinea Pig Baby. It is important to let the mother guinea pig show the babies how to eat solid foods like fresh veggies. Guinea pigs need things like veggies and hay.
After weaning you can now feed your pups with supplement powder or mesh pellets for guinea pigs. You should also ensure its getting enough calcium by supplementing its regular hay with a limited amount of alfalfa hay. Guinea pigs will nurse with their mothers after 24 hours from birth and will be ready to eat solid foods after 3 days.
You should also ensure its getting enough calcium by supplementing its regular hay with a limited amount of alfalfa hay.
Male baby guinea pigs have a donut-shaped genital opening in front of their anus. Following the birth the baby guinea pigs will need to stay with their mother who will nurse them until they are able to feed independently. They communicate vocally and different noises have different meanings. Every few hours for the first few days you should hand-feed the baby guinea pig.