I dont know how many times that I have heard member of the public say "we were told by the petshop that they were both females / both males and they had babies" - where one mysteriously changed sex after purchase.
Below is a way that you can double check yourself whether you have male or female cavies (when they are older there is a definate difference, however when they are younger they often look very similar).
Often people will check the sex of a cavy by gently pressing down above the abdomen - in the males the genitals will appear, in the females nothing will appear. However - if this test is done incorrectly, they genitals of the males will not appear, and therefor you may think that this pig is a female - a common mistake.
You can generally tell just by looking at the genitals of both sexed cavies. Below is a clear diagram showing the obvious differences. |
