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Post by jessielynn on Oct 31, 2013 13:53:44 GMT
Okay so I was reading about giving a 12 week break between breeding's. I usually do about them same but my question is. I have a sow who isn't recovering from her last litter very well, we had already decided to retire her and have our boar neutered so they would live together if she won't accept this female. I think the reason she isn't recovering properly is that she was bred back to back. I was 8 month pregnant when her litter was born. I knew I didn't have the proper time for a litter of babies so I asked my sister, the original breeder to take her til they were ready to go. Her due date was june 18th (earliest date) So I told my sister to take Chubby cheeks(the boar) Out on the 13th. She gets lonely without him and he doesn't bug her so I let them stay together as safely possible. As you may have guessed she didn't separate them. She had 5, lost 1. So along with having a decent sized litter to take care of she got bred. My sister separated when the babies were 10 days old so when I got her back I didn't know that they had been together still. I noticed early august that she had a belly. Babies were born august 26th. She again had 4. I took the dad out as soon as I realized she had a belly.. Now despite what I feed her she won't gain weight properly. Any advice on feeding? And will back to back litters cause a longer recovery time? I've never had a back to back litter so I have nothing to go on.
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Post by Kayleigh on Oct 31, 2013 18:52:08 GMT
Lots of hay, readi grass, oats, bran and veg along side their dry food.
B2b breeding can slow things down as the sow doesnt have time to recover she continues to loose it as she puts her efforts into her litter.
Definately retire her, lots of food, slow weight gain is desired.
Sows can be quite hardy animals.
Root veg is good for weight gain too.
Kayleigh
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Post by jessielynn on Oct 31, 2013 19:21:53 GMT
She's retired for sure. I was going to retire her after 3 litters she recovered well I did one more and was done but she got bred at my sisters. She's not horribly skinny just not as plump as I would like right now. She gets unlimited hay and pellets, about 1.5 cups of veggies a day, about 2 table spoons of rolled oats in her food. bran as in just dry bran? what is redi grass?
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guinnymom25
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Post by guinnymom25 on Nov 4, 2013 19:43:09 GMT
what is considered overweight for a sow?
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Post by Kayleigh on Nov 4, 2013 22:25:41 GMT
what is considered overweight for a sow? If any animal cannot do natural things with ease, cleaning themselves, walking with ease, simple things like manovering to food, hay racks etc. All breeds weights vary, they can be as little at 900 grams up to around 1600g for a sow. You can usually tell by eye if an animal is overweight. Sent from my GT-I9300 using proboards
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Post by guinnymom25 on Nov 5, 2013 13:52:54 GMT
Thank you...all my sows are quick as can be, eat, poop, run, popcorn, etc...so all are fit!
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Post by bickmore04 on Dec 18, 2017 5:53:39 GMT
I know this is an older thread, but I would love to hear your thoughts...I have an aprox. 11 month old sow (rescued from a dog owner, they lost her sister to the dog)...anyways I was assured she was a male (I was dumb and did not double check, and poor girl was not groomed properly with her long hair). We took in another male rescue (who was for sure a male), and now we are going in to about 13 weeks after having them in the same cage (I have a divider I used for the first month, until I was sure they would get along, thinking they were both males and could fight). She is very obviously pregnant now, and I can feel the babies moving. She is still eating well, but resting a ton as I can imagine. I can't feel any gaping in the pelvis yet, and was just a bit concerned with her being older, but it sounds like I should not worry? I do have vets that will see her for xrays/ultrasound, but none that are willing to do surgery if she needs a c-section...should I just keep an eye on her? Also, I have her on very soft bedding, not wood shavings, hopefully that is good..thanks!
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