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is it pregnant ??????

I need some advice

How do i know if my pigs pregnant :eek: She lives with a male pig and they have not mated as far as i know uptil now :eek: She has gone really fat and drinking loads of water. I have felt her back end and she has two lumpy bits where she is fa Does this mean she is pregnant. She is also just lounging about and she never used to. :confused: Is she pregant?
Any advice would be lovely.
Cheers
Amo xxx
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hiya, if she is getting to be wider than she is long and her pelvis is starting to get wide too then she is probably preggers. seperate them now as they can mate again straight away as soon as the little ones are born.

age is very important, how old is she generally if they mate after the age of about 8 - 10 months then the pelvic bone can fuse causing natural birth to be difficult.

keep her somewhere you can keep an eye, ie indoors and by the bed at night as this is usually when they will give birth. if she seems to be in labour with no sign of babies she will need a vet so get the number of a small pet vet now.

the babies come out running, they will be eating solids within an hours of being born, but will still feed from mum, you need to seperate at about 6 - 8 weeks.

they are pregnant for about 60 days and you will feel the babies moving inside her from about 45 days on ish!!

if she births one straight after the other she may not pull the sack from one of them so be prepared to help out. she wont mind you touching them if she knows you well, but if she or the babies need help, help dont worry bout anything else. she should be over and done in about 30 minutes if she is much longer than that then she needs help by a vet.

hope this helps.

http://www.ahc.umn.edu/rar/MNAALAS/GPig.html

nykxx
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Cheers for that chick i cant feel any movement of anything but there is like two lumpy bits. That are sort of hard in different areas. I just told my fella about moving her up here and he said oh well if she dies she dies. Why are men so horrible :( Thought she was pregnant when we got her but she was just fat but she has got huge now.
I cant tell properly if she is or not ARGH i need help with them
where are the lumpy bits exactly??

my msn addy is [email protected] add me, it will be easier!!

have you got a web cam!!

nykxx
pink lady bug said:
I need some advice

How do i know if my pigs pregnant :eek: She lives with a male pig and they have not mated as far as i know uptil now :eek: She has gone really fat and drinking loads of water. I have felt her back end and she has two lumpy bits where she is fa Does this mean she is pregnant. She is also just lounging about and she never used to. :confused: Is she pregant?
Any advice would be lovely.
Cheers
Amo xxx
When our GPs got pregnant they got lumpy/wider infront of their back legs on each side, they got big quite quickly and were the size of dinner plates just before giving birth, I think they have around 4 to 6 babies and they do come out all furry and cute with eyes that work and everything. Ours gave birth during the day when I was at school(many yeras ago)
If she does have any - we want piccys! :D
I will deffo be posting piccys if she does have some :D I seriously think she is. From what im hearing she seems it :lol:

my msn addy is [email protected] add me, it will be easier!!
I seem to be having trouble signing into my messanger. No i have not got a web cam at present sorry.
pink lady bug said:
I will deffo be posting piccys if she does have some :D I seriously think she is. From what im hearing she seems it :lol:

I seem to be having trouble signing into my messanger. No i have not got a web cam at present sorry.
msn is playing up tonight keeps crashing pm me your and ill see if i can get ya from my end if you like!!??

nykxx
BarryWinsper said:
they got big quite quickly and were the size of dinner plates
speaking of dinner plates...i was watching 'Journeys round the Ring of Fire' earlier on telly, and the bloke presenting was tucking into a fried one in a cafe in Peru...

um....sorry...hope yours turn out to be ok ...

TAXI!!!
i would get her checked over by a vet to be sure, as it could be something else. you can't know for certain till you have done that. for example she could have enlarged kidneys due to a urinary infection and hence be drinking lots!
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