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I bought her a little more than 2 weeks ago. She’s pregnant. Now she is bleeding! I thought she was going into labor but it doesn’t mention bleeding on any site? Should I take her to the vet? Or let her do her thing?
Get her to a vet. She could be giving birth, or she could be miscarrying. It is possible there is trouble with the placenta for one of the babies (usually more than one baby in a piggy pregnancy), so get her to an exotics vet quickly so you don’t lose the mum or the babies. The mother should be able to give birth within 30 minutes, so you should ring the vet now – you can always cancel an appointment if everything is OK, but if it is an emergency you want to get her there as soon as possible. If she hasn’t had them by now, she is having trouble, so don’t let her die from exhaustion (if there is a single large pup that could be another cause of the problem).
Bleeding is not normal i suggest you get her to a exotic vet asap, when a guinea pig goes into trouble with having the babies the rule of thumb is you have 30 minutes to get them to a vet.
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You don’t say how bad the bleeding is, or for how long she has been bleeding. Of course bleeding is part of a normal labor, I don’t know what sites you have visited, but they don’t sound too reliable(not your fault, theirs). You will notice that when her waters break, there will be blood present.
A typical guinea pig labor will last 30 mintues from the first baby being born. This does not include the pre labor contractions(the bubs must make their way down the vaginal canal and get into proper position, sometimes this doesn’t go too well and some end up coming out bum first/breached) and when the waters break.
Sometimes when the waters break, the first bub could come straight out, or it could take up to 10 minutes to come out. This is perfectly normal.
What is not normal:
-excessive amounts of blood(where not even rushing her to a vet will help as she is bleeding internally and unless you are within 10 minutes(or closer) to a vet, there is no hope),
-high pitched squeals(this is when she is in extreme pain, you must rush her to the emergency exotic vet as soon as you hear this, as this usually means the bub is too big to come out normally, guinea pigs who are birthing well will not usually make any sounds, maybe some low squeals and purring but that’s it),
-Excessive pushing for over 2 minutes(again, baby is too big, needs medical treatment a.s.a.p),
-Pushing over 5 minute intervals but no baby present after 20 minutes,
-Laying down after pushing excessively for those 20 minutes(this is when it’s past time for a natural birth, she needs an emergency c-sect NOW)
-No interest what so ever in pushing a baby out that has crowned
There are many other things that I probably haven’t thought of right now, but these are from first hand experience. Guinea pigs rarely ever have a noticable ”miscarrage” early in gestation, their bodies usually absorb unhealthy and deformed fetuses(sp? sorry!).
*It is, however, possible that some thing has scared/stressed her into an early labor, you will notice the lack of baby movement in her belly(during labor, her belly will be continuously moving as the babies make their way down) but she will be straining and trying to push as her uterus tries to expel the babies as if she were actually going into labor. But because the babies are too young, they cannot fight their own way down the vaginal canal, so it is therefore hard on both mum and her babies(this usually ends up with dead babies and you having to take her to an exotic vet to ensure she hasn’t retained any babies/afterbirth)*
If you are in doubt, you can always call an exotic vet and ask for their opinion, but some bleeding is part of a natural labor. But if you have noticed severe bleeding or anything mentioned above, please, please do not hesitate. Take her straight to your emergency exotic vet.
Best of luck, let us know what happened.
Hi. I noticed my guinea pig is bleeding out of her vagina. I don’t know if she’s pregnant or not. She isn’t rly fat. I just wanna know what’s wrong with her. Please email me!
the morning my ginua pig was a bit slow now i just put her on my computer desk and blood started rushing out my sister acidently triped over it the morinig is it a miscarrage or is she going into labor