Like cats and dogs, guinea pigs will also need to be sterilized when they become pregnant, and male guinea pigs have a much lower risk of sterilization than female guinea pigs. So what are the advantages and disadvantages of sterilization and sterilization of guinea pigs? Come together.
1. Advantages of ligation:
1. Reduce the territoriality 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 live in the same cage with a female guinea pig without worrying about pregnancy and delivery of the female guinea pig.
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 much less common 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.
