Tallulah's Medical thread
Well that sounds good to me! I'd love for them to both be girls, and I just went and felt them again, definitely nothing like a ridge. Is 11 days old, old enough to feel a ridge?
Oh yeah you should definitely be able to feel a ridge. Usually you can feel a ridge as soon as they are born.
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The "ridge method" is the only one I trust. To me it is definitive. Like SardonicSmile says, if it's there it's there and he's a male. If it's not it's not and she's a female. (It is actually the bone of their penis; that's where it goes when retracted.)
Rub your finger very gently from side to side across the belly of each, just 'north' of the anal opening. If you can feel a definite ridge following the midline of the body (pointed toward the pig's head), he's a he. Not and she's a she.
You'd feel better if Seraph and/or Landos could check for you, though. Don't freak; remember you have 21 days from birth before you would have to separate them.
Rub your finger very gently from side to side across the belly of each, just 'north' of the anal opening. If you can feel a definite ridge following the midline of the body (pointed toward the pig's head), he's a he. Not and she's a she.
You'd feel better if Seraph and/or Landos could check for you, though. Don't freak; remember you have 21 days from birth before you would have to separate them.
Thanks guys! There's definitely no ridge. Phew! I may be staying in PA a little longer, if that's the case I may try to meet up with Seraphnjil just to be sure, but I feel nothing that even remotely resembles a ridge.
Me as a first time ridge feeler can tell you, if you don't feel it, it's just not there.
Pretty safe to assume you have two girls.
Pretty safe to assume you have two girls.