I got lots of great advice here when we got our first pigs 3.5 years ago. Things have gone really well and we love our piggies. I wonder if I can ask whether if it is possible for a boar who has been neutered for over 3 years to impregnate a sow, ie. for the op. to fail?
Some background: we got our 3 boars initially and had them all neutered at 4 months. One fought with the other 2 so we separated them and got a sow from a rescue and she was housed with the neutered boar who had been fighting with the other two. (She has only ever lived with the neutered boar). However she is now looking as though she might be pregnant and has put on a lot of weight recently. Obviously we can take her to the vet when normal surgery recommences next week, but I wondered, in the meantime, if anyone had heard of a neutered boar ever becoming able to father piglets?
Thanks for reading.
Karen
Some background: we got our 3 boars initially and had them all neutered at 4 months. One fought with the other 2 so we separated them and got a sow from a rescue and she was housed with the neutered boar who had been fighting with the other two. (She has only ever lived with the neutered boar). However she is now looking as though she might be pregnant and has put on a lot of weight recently. Obviously we can take her to the vet when normal surgery recommences next week, but I wondered, in the meantime, if anyone had heard of a neutered boar ever becoming able to father piglets?
Thanks for reading.
Karen