Wow its been a while

Last post was in June 2010....Tammy was expecting.
Tammy ended up being quite ill during her pregnancy and she had one still born at not full term. I decided no more babies after that.

Tammy has since developed a decent sized Mammary tumor. We had the first one removed but it has just grown back bigger than ever. We have decided on palliative care.
She is happy and Healthy for now....so we are happy too.

Jessie, Hanna and Ella are all going good. We did discover a small pea sized lump under Ella's skin but it hasn't grown at all in the last 5 months, so I'm thinking its a small fat lypoma....i check it daily and at the sign of any change she will be heading straight back to the vet....at this stage the vet is happy to watch n see.

Dougal, Ginger and Dusty are one good looking family :). They are so placid and love time spent with the family out of their cages :). Ginger is like a garbage disposal unit lol.

I cant believe Vanillie is still with me....he is such an old man now, but shows no signs of aging or any sign of slowing down !!! Maybe the girls keep him young lol.

I have Jessie, Hannah, Ella, Daisy and Crunch all in together in a large enclosure now....they are all getting along really well and enjoying the community togetherness :)

Munch had to be separated from crunch cos crunch took a chunk out of munch's eye. He had to have micro surgery to correct it !!!!! But Munch is now settled in with the ever so placid Tipsy....she seems to enjoy Munch's attention ...they really are lovey dovey's.

Friskie is still going good despite having had a stroke some time ago....both her and Tammy are in the Infirmary, they only have supervised outside time cos of their conditions, and only on good weather days....don't want them becoming uncomfortable or unwell.

Everyone is well fed, spoilt rotten at times and live in clean enclosures....i try to make their lives as good as possible.

One funny thing to note is...i got a new puppy this year and wasn't too sure how they would interact....but the guineas think cookie is a wonderful addition to the family....they run to her when she comes out to play and they even give her head butts of affection :)

Soooooo

All in all

everything is good on the guinea farm :)

I cant believe it....More babies on the way :)

We had been trying to get Tammy pregnant for the last 6 months or so. And it just didnt happen. She was separated from Dougal about 1 week ago cos she was starting to get too old to be having her first litter ( there is a small window of opportunity for a first pregnancy, I decided it was now too late to still be trying).

So today im giving her a cuddle and im like.....hmmmm have you put on weight ( so many times ive thought she was pregnant then the next day she is skinny again lol)....then i felt it....a very strong kick on the rt side of her abdomen.

I couldnt believe it....cos i was thinking if she is pregnant then its very early days....but to feel a strong kick she has to be well into the pregnancy. But she is still sooo small. Doesnt really look pregnant. So i wouldnt be suprised if she is only having a very small litter, say one or two guinea's.

I have no idea on a guestimated delivery date as i wasnt really watching her this month. But will see how strong they feel and will try to guestimate a time frame going by experience.

Im sooo happy for her....Shes going to be a proud, great mum just like my other girls :)

Will keep you updated :)

Decided to do an update on all my guineas

This is my Guinea pig Family

Vanillie ( Male 6 yrs old)
Friskie ( Female 4 yrs old )
Trixie ( Female 4 yrs Old )
Dixie ( Female 4 yrs old )

Ginger ( Female 2 yrs old ) Daughter of Vanillie and Friskie
Meggs ( Male 2 yrs old ) Son of Friskie and Vanillie

Tipsy ( Female 1 yr old ) Daughter of Ginger and Vanillie

Dougal ( Male 1 yr old )

Patch ( Female 18 months old) Daughter of Trixie and Meggs



Jessica ( Female 6 months old ) Daughter of Patch and Dougal
Hannah ( Female 6 months Old ) Daughter of Patch and Dougal
Ella ( Female 6 months old ) Daughter of Patch and Dougal
(Named after Jessica Watson, Her Sister Hannah and Ella the pink lady Boat )



Tammy ( Female 1 yr old ) Daughter of Friskie and Dougal
Teddy ( Female 1 yr old ) Daughter of Friskie and Dougal
( These are Friskies Last babies, She had a semi difficult pregnancy and suffered a slight stroke about 2 months later. She is still Alive and well, but we decided no more pregnancies due to health reasons.)




Asher ( male 1 week old) Son of Teddy and Dougal
Bear ( female 1 week old) Daughter of Teddy and Dougal
Caleigh ( female 1 week old) Daughter of Teddy and Dougal
Dusty ( female 1 week old) Daughter of Teddy and Dougal

One week on

Well the Littlies are 1 week old now....and doing amazingly well.

Teddy's Post pregnancy weight is 1142gms

Asher is now 129gms
Bear is 119gms
Caleigh is 135gms
and
Dusty is 130gms

They have all added a 1/3 of their birth weight in this first week....little piggies lol

They love being handled and playing in the play area

Mummy Teddy is soooo proud, she loves showing her babies off....lol

All going well....another successful breeding story :)

Babies born !!!!!

Well Teddy has done a magnificent job and now has 4 adorable little babies. :)

She had a long labour compared to my other girls with a long stretch between the 1st and 2nd being born, then the third came out pretty much straight away and then it was a good 1/2 hr before the 4th was Born.

First born was "Caliegh" weighing 86gms
Second born was "Asher" weighing 99gms
Third born was "Dusty" weighing 93gms
and last but not least
Forth born was "Bear" weighing 85gms


All are happy and healthy and Mum ( Teddy ) and Dad ( Dougal ) are very proud parents :)

It's Teddy's Turn to be Pregnant and have Babies :)

Teddy is due to give Birth any day now.
We have been having nightly cuddles and felling the babies kicking for a while now.
Weigh in day yesterday and Teddy has put on 452gms....so maybe 3 possibly 4 babies :)

Weight: 1448gms

Will add some pics....and will update when they are born

New Pics of Jessica, Hannah and Ella

My Adorable little girls....now 8 weeks old.... :)