These are my pregnant Sheltie GPs. Hahaha..my male Abby very productive.


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WOW...so chubby....I thought it's your xiao mien suddenly turn into this round fur ball.

[quote=limie,Mar 28 2009, 10:53 PM]SugarCoatedCandy：i mean... how long it will carry the BELLY until delivered??

er... how to say... pregnancy period?

not the time to deliver... hahaha... thx for the info anyway...

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60 days.

In your case is very easy to calculate, as your GP was at my place during Jan 22 - Feb 1. So by Apr 1, still no babies, then your GP is giving you an April fool.

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Added on March 28, 2009, 11:02 pm[quote=carolhyf,Mar 28 2009, 10:37 PM]
[quote=n3sbaby,Mar 28 2009, 09:19 PM]
cheer up carol....both jingle n jasper will be all right....
you know I am just staying nearby to you....
if you need my help, just give me a call....
you should be happy you going to become grandmum... hehe

Thanks dear. but i'm really worried as you know i have lost Jaster and Joy before.....i'm really scared. Just prepare Jasper's fav. vegs and carrot but he cant finish. This is his 1st time didnt finish his food. i really dunno what can i do now.....i really dont wan to lost him but i cant do anything but just crying and worried in my room.

It is a bit difficult to feed him take the antibiotic but still have too....he seems dont like to eat something in the medicine feeding syringe...not like Jingle. Jingle have no problem when ever i feed her in medicine feeding syringe but Jasper dont like.

Stuying a lots of reaseach just now and feel more worried because Bloat in guinea pig is not easy to recover and it is dangerous because the cause of this problem is due to intestinal blockage.

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Sorry to hear that your Jasper is ill..hope he could pull through this time. Sigh...I don't know what else to say...but I know how worry you feel. Be strong....

This post has been edited by Juztiny: Mar 28 2009, 11:02 PM

Separate the pregnant SOW from others, so she won't be stressed and disturb by others when she give birth. Need to monitor her closely in case she have problem in delivery.

This morning my pregnant Sheltie SOW gave birth to only one baby, none of us aware. As this SOW is a first timer, she doesn't know what to do. When we found out, the baby already dead in wet and cold condition. The baby was huge in size, as big as a 1 month old baby GP. Sigh..what a waste.....

The mom is ok..when we found out, she was standing on top of the dead baby.

From what I see, the key difference is the amount of the water they drink.

Both you feed same amount of pellet/veg/hay, it doesn't impact much whether which one comes first. Xiaomian's poo is soft because of the amount of water she drank. As long as the poo is nicely shaped, nothing to worry about.

Actually we could put GPs' cage outside, provided it is a secure cage that not easy attack or open by the predator like cats/rats/monkey/eagle etc. And the cage has to be under shade that away from rain and shine.

Not to worry about the GP will feel cold during rainy day or night, they have fur coat that protect them from that. What they could not 'tahan' is the summer heat of our weather. They will tends to drink more water if you put the cage outside of the house. Make sure the water bottle is always full for them. My GPs are located outside, and each cage consume about 1.5L a day.

Last time I do provide them the hide out area...now I don't anymore. To provide a hideout area is good, but your GP will not socialize with you, and tends to be even more timid. If you want your GP to be more socialize, then no need to provide hideout. I normally provide hideout for the pregnant SOW or new comer only. My GPs are all well expose to the things happening around them.

Btw, you could use the plastic stool (bangku) as the hideout. Cheaper and bigger.

Another thing to share is Sheltie GPs are usually bigger size of all cavy breeds available in Malaysia. Abby, American shorthair and Peruvian are about the same size. Sheltie is slightly bigger in body size, and generally each pregnancy at most the SOW could only carry 3 babies, that is why you could not find so many Sheltie babies available in the market.



This post has been edited by Juztiny: Apr 2 2009, 01:18 AM

Here is the picture on where I put my GP cages (left hand side of the picture below). Away from sun & rain. They still could see the greenary, closer to nature. Everyday I spend my time in that area at least 2-3 hours, either do gardening, or reading books on my rocking chair.

To put inside or outside is a personal choice. They could adapt well to the environment the owner provide them.

Last time I use to put them inside the house, but my guests who came to my house asking me why my house could smell of cow dunks...so embarrasing...we owner get use to the smell did not notice that, but to an outsider they could smell it.

My dogs love to eat GP pellets and GPs' droppings too....whenever we feed GPs, the pellets dropped on floor, they would pick up and eat. Even hay also they pick up and eat.

I think in Pet Safari you could get a small animal cage size 3 ft x 1.5 ft around RM80-100.

That could fit in 3 GPs. But some good bath mat (like the one I bought from Jaya Jusco) to cover that cage approx. another RM40 for 8 pcs. Then water bottle RM20/1L size. Clay food bowl RM12, potty tray around RM27.

Yup..around RM200 is possible for start_up.

Oh no... too late to see your post. You should have call me, I could have able to guide you to resuscitate a newly born baby.

Last time I did successfully resuscitate a weak breathing baby when it was just delivered.

This post has been edited by Juztiny: Apr 5 2009, 08:14 PM

Actually the interval is less than 15mins. That is why first time mom need human assistance, when the 1st pup was delivered, I need to assist to wipe the 1st baby (especially nose and body), while the SOW is still pushing for the 2nd pup.

Although the info on the net said GP usually give birth around dawn or dusk, which is not really true. I experienced odd hours like 10am, 12 noon, 3pm too.

I would strongly suggest to monitor her closely, if you could move her cage into your room is quite a good idea. Not too worry of changing environment would cause stress or something...its cage is still same, just the outside scenary is different, so the stress level not really harmful.

Ya..there are many hidden reasons of why our GPs suddenly died. I experienced that too...2 years ago I had a batch of normal short hair GPs babies which I adopted from someone else, about 3 months old they kept losing weight, even though they did eat same kind of food with the rest of my other GPs, but they died eventually.

I suspect that could be other reasons like genetic issue, jaw/teeth deformity, intestine sensitivity towards certain food etc.

Better don't bring any of her housemate into her cage. She would be protective and more stress when she give birth. You could put her housemate in another cage next to her cage if you really scare she would feel lonely in your room.

Even after giving birth, also cannot mix the SOW and its babies with other GPs until the babies are fully grown (one month old). The SOW will be protective over its babies, will sure attack other GPs, and causing more stress to the babies too. After all, the SOW and babies' diet are different, more alfafa hay which is not so suitable for other full grown GPs, so cannot mix them in the same cage.

This post has been edited by Juztiny: Apr 9 2009, 12:04 AM

I also wonder what style the groomer going to give to Jasper. Layer cut or botak cut or just trim little bit at the bottom only....

I groom my own dogs fur every now and then (quite good at this), but still cannot figure out how to groom a GP, if groom too much then, Sheltie GP will then look like an american short hair GP pulak.

Call this # 017-4439289.

Saw this guy posted on Cari Chinese forum.

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Added on April 9, 2009, 12:45 pmGive her some time to adjust to her new environment. She used to live with her siblings in the past, suddenly alone, sure freak out for a while. What you are going to name her?

This post has been edited by Juztiny: Apr 9 2009, 12:45 PM

GP cannot starve..their digestion system will shut down if more than 12 hours...then will die even after you came back to provide them food.

Unless you put a lot of food (pellets) and 2-3 drinking bottle inside that could last them for 2 days.

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Added on April 9, 2009, 11:40 pmCari.com - Chinese Forum.

Yup..when introduce a new member, it is better to bath them the same shampoo, so that they smell the same and won't fight.

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Added on April 9, 2009, 11:50 pmAha! I know the problem...yup.. it is also some kind of mites problem. My GP once had this problem before (skin color pink and fur thinning on that part). After bath the medicated shampoo 1-2 times, fur grow back.

This post has been edited by Juztiny: Apr 9 2009, 11:50 PM