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Suprise babies

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Question
My daughter has two guinea pigs we got two months ago.  The store told us that the two were "sisters", but that is not the case because I just came across three babies tonight.  I am at a loss, I don't know what to do, I have removed who appears to be the male.  One of the babies did not make it for some reason, and that scares me, should I be concerned?  I removed that one from the cage.  The cage is a little messy from the birth.  Do I clean it or let her be?  Is the male okay with them or should I keep him away? Please help:)

Answer
Hello,
for the first day just let the babies be but clean your cage out in the next week. Do not worry that one of the babies did not make it, it is not your fault, it is also good that you removed it from the cage. Keep the male away from your guineas unless you want more babies. You need to separate the guineas at about 6 weeks(boys from girls.) Also feed lots of vitimin c.
Best wsihes
Aleksandra
Sorry I didn't reply earlier I was ill.