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My guinea pig just gave birth. What's this hard white thing I found?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Small Animal | Unknown - Small Animal | Female

Hello, my guinea pig just had birth a couple hours ago and as soon as I got home from school I when to her cage to clean it when I saw that she like popped this white thing out it looks like a tampon bc it’s really hard idk what to do I’m really scared something is wrong with her

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Answered By Andrea M. Brodie, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on May 14th, 2018

This could be a malformed baby in the afterbirth or a mummified baby. As long as your Copiyo feels good, eats, drinks and appears lively, you don't have to worry. Should she appear I'll, she needs to be seen by a vet.

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