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Advantages and disadvantages of guinea pig sterilization

2022-01-14 / 513 Read

Guinea pigs, like catsdogs, will also need to be ligated to become pregnant, and male guinea pigs are more risky than female guinea pigs It is much lower, so what are the advantages and disadvantages of guinea pig sterilization and sterilization? The following editor will come to you one by one.

Advantages

1. Advantages of ligation:

1. Reduce the territory of male guinea pigs. Two ligated male guinea pigs can coexist peacefully in a cage without worrying about power struggles. It also reduces body odor in male guinea pigs.

2. Avoid pregnancy and delivery of the female guinea pig. A ligated male guinea pig can share a cage with a female guinea pig without worrying about the female guinea pig getting pregnant and giving birth.

3. Sex hormones disappear, and the psychological and physiological impulses during estrus also disappear naturally. Guinea pigs live longer.

4. Avoid genital lesions. This is far less likely in guinea pigs than in rabbits.

2. Disadvantages of ligation:

1. No reproductive ability after ligation.

2. Guinea pigs after ligation are easy to gain weight.