The question of sex of the pet is one of the most significant for future owner. It is especially important if the mumps is bought not one. But sometimes it is hard for sellers of pet-shop to define a sex at cubs even. Give several minutes to survey of an animal, and in the future his floor will not become for you an unpleasant surprise.
Instruction
1. Accurately take the small animal who attracted to you for a back and arrange at yourself on a palm. Turn him a paunch to yourself. Tenderly talk with a mumps a low voice that it did not get agitated.
2. Slightly open a bottom of a tummy of a mumps, having shifted a skin upward. Slightly press on a stomach bottom to slightly open genitals. It is necessary to do it most delicately not to hurt and to frighten an animal.
3. If you frightened a pig, leave her for some time alone. The small animal will protest, bite, and will not give itself to examine carefully. The frightened kids of pigs are not able to bite yet, but begin to peep loudly and plaintively.
4. Attentively examine a bottom of a stomach of a mumps. When pressing the males in a groin have a genital similar to a rice kernel. It can not come to light, and be probed under a skin. At the self-check the genital reminds the oval which is narrowed to a tail in which folds in the form of letter Y are looked through. Genitals of females of any age it is less, than at males.
5. Examine adult pigs, having turned them a paunch to themselves. Do not press them on a groin - at adult animals the sex is well visible with the naked eye. At males the noticeable roundish scrotum which is located at the tail basis grows. At adult short-haired animals and also pigs of breed of a skinna, the scrotum with testicles will be well visible even from the back.
6. Try to distinguish males and females on indirect signs. If pigs have sleeping lodges, you will notice that the female of a guinea pig in a lodge tries to accumulate food, hay, rags, to arrange a cosiness. The male is inclined to throw out everything from the lodge.
7. Observe behavior of pigs. Males more active, interesting, mobile, like to play more. Females differ in quiet behavior, bite less often, are friendly to children.
8. When choosing an animal keep in mind that adult males always grow more largely than females. The mature male weighs 800-1600 g, and a female of 600-1200 g.