You may think that a newborn guinea pig would be called a piglet, but they’re actually called pups! These animals (which aren’t related to pigs at all) are born nearly self-sufficient.

Preterm pups were also fed every 2 h with commercial guinea pig milk formula using a single lumen polyvinylchloride orogastric tube. For term pups, the milk formula was titrated intraorally.

Baby Guinea pigs are called pups. Sows have a gestation period of 59 to 72 days and give birth to litters of three or four babies on average, although they can have as many as 13 babies at one time.

The SPCA of Wake County posted on Thursday about Sicily, a guinea pig mother who gave birth to 10 baby pups. Unfortunately two of the pups passed away, but thankfully the rest of the babies and ...