Posted by: watchmefly
Too old for babies? Having babies without me? - 07/23/09 07:04 PM
(I don't think this contains any spoilers...)
I came here to ask whether a villager can be too old to reproduce.
I have a male who is 60 and a female 55 and although I had them "go indoors" many times (and I have Medicine Tech Level 2) I could not get her to have a baby. This couple has had several children before so I know they are compatible.
Well, that is why I came to the forum, to ask this question. But in the process of registering, getting my approval email, etc, the male villager went indoors with a different female villager, on their own! Now she has a baby instead! (and she's a great worker. Darn!)
So I know the male can still have children. Was the 55 year old female too old?
And, this is the first time villagers have made children on their own. Kind of wondering why this happened, since I would rather choose which females to have children or not.
I wanted to use the 55 year old woman because she "Dislikes Work" (!) and I have a heck of a time keeping her on task doing anything. She just wanders off and I'll find her swimming or soaking her feet. Pretty funny. So I have had good luck having her be a parent instead and she has already had several babies in the past. Are her reproductive years over? (Villager menopause?!)
I came here to ask whether a villager can be too old to reproduce.
I have a male who is 60 and a female 55 and although I had them "go indoors" many times (and I have Medicine Tech Level 2) I could not get her to have a baby. This couple has had several children before so I know they are compatible.
Well, that is why I came to the forum, to ask this question. But in the process of registering, getting my approval email, etc, the male villager went indoors with a different female villager, on their own! Now she has a baby instead! (and she's a great worker. Darn!)
So I know the male can still have children. Was the 55 year old female too old?
And, this is the first time villagers have made children on their own. Kind of wondering why this happened, since I would rather choose which females to have children or not.
I wanted to use the 55 year old woman because she "Dislikes Work" (!) and I have a heck of a time keeping her on task doing anything. She just wanders off and I'll find her swimming or soaking her feet. Pretty funny. So I have had good luck having her be a parent instead and she has already had several babies in the past. Are her reproductive years over? (Villager menopause?!)