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*Animals do not have to be "fat" to breed, only "no longer interested in food" (when trying to feed them). Grass eaters will typically be in this state after a minute or 2 on grass or crops.*[[Age]] is a factor in breeding: Juvenile animal types ([[calves]], [[foal]]s, [[lamb]]s, and [[seal cub]]s) will not breed, neither will young/early adolescent animals. (Horses will breed at 25 rl days old -Harvest)*Pregnancy times varies from 5-11 wurm Wurm [[Time|weeks]], regardless of species. **Examining the animal will show the remaining wurm Wurm weeks left until birth. eg. ''{{event|inline|She will deliver in about 4''. }} One Wurm week is about 21 RL hours.*Animals can have miscarriages which may kill the mother with no offspring spawned. Starving, off-deed, or on-deed below 15 ratio are known as the reasons for miscarriages.*If too hungry or low on fat animals can die when giving birth.
=== Inbreeding ===
Inbreeding occurs when an offspring is bred with either of its parents or a sibling. It's typically unavoidable in small herds but after 3 generations the requirement to inbreed will be removed; it's advised to seek neighbours to begin a herd if one wishes to avoid inbreeding. There is a chance to add extra negative traits to animals bred with their parents, which won't count towards the regular trait limit.
If an animal's parent is dead, the parent's name will no longer show up on examining the creature. However, the game still keeps track of who the parent was. Therefore, killing the parents of sibling horses and breeding them will still count as inbreeding.
=== Trait list ===
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Shearing is another activity which gives animal husbandry skill.
*Activate a [[scissors]] and select ''shear'' while from the right-clicking click menu on a [[sheep]]. * [[Wool]] bundles drop to ground , not to your inventory. ** Sheared wool weight seems to vary depending on age: Young 0.1kg, Adolescent 0.2kg, Mature 0.3kg, Aged 0.4kg, Old 0.5kg, Venerable 0.6kg.
== Breeding ==
===Notes===
*Neither animal should be hungry.
**Animals do not have to be "fat" to breed, only "no longer interested in food" (when trying to feed them). Grass eaters will typically be in this state after a minute or 2 on grass or crops.
**If too hungry or low on fat animals can die when giving birth.
*Animals can have miscarriages which may kill the mother with no offspring spawned. Starving, off-deed, or on-deed below 15 ratio are known as the reasons for miscarriages.
*Neither animal should be of same gender.
*Both animals should be of the same species.
*Some animals require [[Tame|taming]] before being led, ; this does not apply to the second animal.
<!-- *Males will only breed once every 45 real minutes regardless of outcome. -- commented this for now as there could have been a silent change or bug -->
*Females will not breed while they are pregnant. Once the female gives birth, she will not be in mood for breeding for 24 real hours.
*Breeding female animals with [[animal conditions|conditions]] such as [[Champion]] will provide a chance that the offspring will also have that characteristic. This chance is dramatically increased when breeding two animals with the same condition together. (Two Champions for example.)
*Breeding two animals with the same trait greatly increases the chance that the offspring will have the trait.
===Messages===
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' shys away and interrupts the action''' }} : breeding has failed, the male will not breed again for some time.; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' is not in the mood''' }} : the male will not breed again for some time.
<!-- Changed the 45 minute suggestion due to this thread: http://forum.wurmonline.com/index.php?/topic/112669-not-in-mood-cooldown-ah/ --- Need more information. -->
Bred animals have a chance of gaining traits, enhancements or deformities. Animals may have multiple traits, those can be seen in the table below. All traits are put into the gene pool when breeding and those of the parents will increase the chance of the offspring having the same. Should both parents have the same trait the likelihood of the offspring gaining that trait is even higher. Inbreeding adds a chance that bad traits will appear.
*The breeder's Animal husbandry affects the minimum and maximum number of traits that will appear in a horse. The maximum number of traits you can breed into one animal is currently 8 at 80+ skill. **At lower levels, breeding animals with traits will generally result in around AH skill/10 amount of traits. i.e. 5 traits + 5 traits with 30 AH will most often result in 3 traits for the new animal, however there is some level of RNG and it is possible to obtain 4 and 5 traits from breeding at this level.
Animal husbandry is only partially on the [[Curve]]. The curved value (effective skill) allows you see traits at that level (not true for bred in captivity trait which requires 60 numerical to see even on epic). But the actual value (numerical) is used for computing the number of traits you can breed.
Examining an animal will show traits if one has the required skill level.
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* <sup>2</sup> Traits may be removed by casting [[Genesis]].
* <sup>3</sup> Genesis cast on animals with this trait will cause it to slowly regain strength up to its original level.
=== Inbreeding ===
Inbreeding occurs when an offspring is bred with either of its parents or a sibling. It's typically unavoidable in small herds but after 3 generations the requirement to inbreed will be removed; it's advised to seek neighbours to begin a herd if one wishes to avoid inbreeding. There is a chance to add extra negative traits to animals bred with their parents, which won't count towards the regular trait limit.
If an animal's parent is dead, the parent's name will no longer show up on examining the creature. However, the game still keeps track of who the parent was. Therefore, killing the parents of sibling horses and breeding them will still count as inbreeding.
== Caring ==
{{event|inline|You now care specially for Aged fat Tearbabe, to ensure longevity. You may care for x more creatures.}}
The number of animals you may care for is determined by your Animal husbandry skill level.*1 animal may be cared for plus 1 additional for every 10 skill in Animal husbandry.
=== Notes ===
* Hostile creatures must be tamed first before they can be cared for.
* The total number of animals which may be cared for is limited by the animal Animal husbandry skill of the player. If the player is unable to care for more animals this message will appear:;{{event|inline|You may not care for any more creatures right now. You are already caring for 1 creatures.*1 animal may be cared for plus 1 additional for every 10 skill in animal husbandry. So at 40 Animal husbandry skill a player can care for 5 animals.}}
*Non-premium players can only care for 1 animal.
*The chat command ''/stopcaring'' will stop the player from caring for all animals. This message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You no longer care for the one creature you used to.}}
*To stop caring for a specific animal right click the animal and select 'care for'.
**You can also stop caring for a specific animal by right clicking on your inventory or body, then ''Manage>Animals''.**A list of all the animals cared for may be listed by using the command ''/caringfor''
==[[Titles]]==
