Just wanted to share an experience:

I haven't had this happen with hogs, but I have a wild caught Florida King that I got a year and a half ago. I have never bred her. Last year (2008) she laid an early clutch of 5 good eggs and 2 slugs. This was about three months after she was caught. Having been surprised by this I just assumed that she had been bred prior to her capture. She then laid a second clutch around october of this past year (2008)of 5 good eggs and 1 slug without being re-bred. Then this year I did not cool her as she was slim and I felt that she needed some time off to gain back her weight. I fed her as much as she wanted. I checked on her last night and there are 6 good eggs and 3 slugs. I never bred her, so she must have retained sperm from her mate in the wild and surprisingly to me she has laid 16 good eggs throughout 3 different clutches and over a year and a half!

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• Sperm Retention in Westerns - krhodes, Mon Jun 1 12:24:12 2009
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• RE: Sperm Retention in Westerns - krhodes, Mon Jun 1 22:27:58 2009
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