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I just picked up a bunch of guinea pigs, I was wondering if anybody knows much about breeding them. Like how long after they breed to expect offspring. How many offspring they normaly have, one male to every 3 females? Do they smell as bad as rats and mice?

pigs take a long time to drop , breed, grow, etc...LOL

...they can't be that bad.....sooo many people breed them....but small scale .......

...you can Google them for the info you need.....they take awhile to drop , due to the fact that they come out fully haired and running......they drop like 2 to 6 average.....they smell like pigs....well....guinea pigs.....when big...they urinate and defecate ALOT......I think they are dirty .....

you CAN raise them outsdie in pens....above ground, wooden pens , open screened areas and box areas.....maybe even sectioned off box areas for resting and littering areas...???...screen floored wire areas ......

around here they sell alot of pigs.....it's usually cheaper for us to go to the small animal auction and buy them.....sometimes they run high and at times really low.....(ball sized pigs go higher due to the fact that that is also the pet shop size ) bigger pigs are cheaper and huge pigs are high again because they are eaten by humans.......in between sizes can be had for as low as $ .10 ...ball sizes run 2 to 6 dollars usually........

...good luck

Google them up........
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Female pig's pelvis will fuse - So if they get pregnant they will not be able to pass the babies through their pelvis and that can cause HUGE issues...
Make sure you read into that...
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Corvid
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I bred Guinea Pigs for a couple of years. I had about 80 breeders. They are very funny at times. They will eat you out of house and home. Make sure you feed them Guinea Pig food and not something else. You may open up a bag of Guinea Pig food and say, this looks like Rabbit food or some other kind of food. Guinea Pig food only. Guinea Pigs need alot of vitimin C and that is not in the other foods. They also need fresh vegies on a reguler basis. I got rid of them for a couple of reasons, 1- they smell worse the rats or mice, you will have to clean there cages alot more often. 2- There is no money in them. I sold Guinea Pigs to most of the pet shops within an hour drive from my house at one time or another. Food has gone way up and so has gas. Believe me if you are breeding them to make money I would forget it. Most stores would only pay $5.00 each for them. They have small litters on average 3 but I have seen 8. They are walking around in no time after they are born, covered in fur and everything. If I could have them away from the house I might breed them on a small scale , believe me they smell bad. All they do is eat and poop. They will stand in the food bowl eating and pooping at the same time. If you are going to breed them for your own feeders then you might save a little. I had a hard time feeding off the Guineas because they are so cute. Most of my boas would eat them but some would not. There is a lot of information about them on the web. If you Google them you will find alot of good stuff. Good luck