Re: Ack! (Or, "The inevitable has, indeed, finally happened...")

"Janna & the piglets" <Janna.Hoskin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message

> Katty has been violated, of course.  Her nether regions were wet (yes,
> I checked).
>
> So, how likely is it that my 3yo never-been-bred female piglet is now
> with child, how likely is it that she will carry to term, and how
> likely is it that she will survive giving birth?
>
> *sigh*
>
> I've been so careful, I've had Nappy for almost three years, and he's
> never got in.
>
> All it takes is once - let that be a lesson to all you newbies out
> there!
>
> -Janna, Napoleon, and Katonia


I hate to be the bearer of bad news but for a 3yo never-been-bred before
pig 
to give birth can be fatal for the pig concerned.  I'm not trying to alarm

you but even if she can carry to term she may not survive the birth as
after 
around 10 months an unbred females pelvic bones fuse with makes giving
birth 
after this time very, very difficult, if not impossible - unless you are 
prepared for a pig competent vet to perform a caesarean, which again
carries 
difficulties.  Please see the link http://www.guinealynx.com/breeding.html

On the otherhand, hopefully, fingers and everything else crossed, she
won't 
be pregnant