MOBILE MATING

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This method involves either bringing the male to the female or visa versa. Once the mating is performed the animal that was transported for the mating is returned to their farm. The advantages of mobile mating are: 1. The female and her cria are kept at their owner’s farm while the cria is young. 2. The mating enjoys the same benefits of hand or pen mating. 3. The female and her cria endure less stress during a critical time. The requirements for a successful mobile mating are: 1. The female must be at the correct point in her follicular cycle, in other words she must be receptive to the male. 2. A teaser male can be used to test the female’s receptivity one day before the mobile mating. Do not use a teaser male any sooner than twenty-four hours before the actual breeding because the female might ovulate and become non-receptive thereby wasting your time and travel. 3. The breeder receiving the mate who travels (usually the male) must have an accessible, clean and secure place to consummate the breeding. The respective responsibilities of the mobile mating parties are: 1. The owner of the female is responsible for establishing the pregnancy confirmation. 2. The owner of the male may need to make their animal available for more than one mating. Mobile matings with receptive females result in a confirmed pregnancy after one mating, 65 - 70% of the time. This success ratio is higher for females that have just birthed a cria and a little lower for maiden females.
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