Hello everyone,
So I have one male this season that is scheduled to breed 4 females. So far he has gotten one to a prelay shed and locked several times with another female. He started off this season around December at a fat 1100g he continued eating while locking until mid January but only enough to hold his weight. Since then he has dropped to 950-980g. I have been sticking to a 3 on 3 off schedule and occasionally doing 3 on 5 off.
I can provide some pictures of him tomorrow afternoon. [Edit] I can get pictures on here by Wednesday due to him being paired up now.
My question though is how much weight is an acceptable loss in a male during the breeding season before you pull him out due to health concerns? Does anyone have a rule of thumb (body weight percentage) or do you go by a visual indicator of some kind?
Thanks,
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