[Gpdd] [Health] Age for having babies
Susi Eastin
ok.cavylodge at yahoo.com
Thu Jun 7 13:13:09 EDT 2007
OK, was the question referring to 'when is the oldest
they should be to get pregnant the first time', or 'when
to they get too old to get pregnant'? I understood it to
be the latter, but I don't know the answer. I do know
that they can become sterile from being overweight,
we've had that happen here. (either that, or Snowy
somehow acquired some birth control pills!)
As for the other, it seems to be a matter of some
controversy, whether the pubic bones actually fuse.
I've had several folks who have had and raised cavies
for years tell me that isn't the case, that they've had
sows who had healthy babies after the "critical" one
year of age. Still, my opinion is that it's not worth the
risk. Since we show them, we do occasionally breed
them, and always watch that age closely. Our finest
girl, Rosie, who earned Grand Champion, would no
doubt have had some outstanding babies, but she
was well over a year old by the time people started
asking me about it, so we decided against it.
Hopefully someone else will know the answer to the
other question - or do they ever get 'too old' to get
pregnant? Maybe it depends on the sow...
Susi & the Okie Piggies
(I'll ask Buzzerre, she has such wisdom!)
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