diff --git a/ButcherMod/animals/data/PregnancyData.cs b/ButcherMod/animals/data/PregnancyData.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d57425
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ButcherMod/animals/data/PregnancyData.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+using StardewValley;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using SObject = StardewValley.Object;
+
+
+namespace AnimalHusbandryMod.animals.data
+{
+    public class PregnancyData
+    {
+        public Dictionary<string, string> PreganancyItems;
+
+        public PregnancyData()
+        {
+            PreganancyItems = new Dictionary<string, string>();
+        }
+
+        public bool MatchingPregnancyItem(FarmAnimal animal, SObject o)
+        {
+            if (animal == null || o == null)
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+            else if (!PreganancyItems.ContainsKey(animal.displayType))
+            {
+                AnimalHusbandryModEntry.monitor.Log($"Dont know anything about {animal.displayType}");
+                return false;
+            }
+            return PreganancyItems.ContainsKey(animal.displayType) && PreganancyItems[animal.displayType].Equals(o.Name);
+        }
+
+        public string GetPregnancyItemName(FarmAnimal animal)
+        {
+            if (PreganancyItems.ContainsKey(animal.displayType))
+            {
+                return PreganancyItems[animal.displayType];
+            }
+            AnimalHusbandryModEntry.monitor.Log($"Dont know anything about {animal.displayType}");
+            return "";
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/ButcherMod/common/DataLoader.cs b/ButcherMod/common/DataLoader.cs
index 9ef971c..8a402c5 100644
--- a/ButcherMod/common/DataLoader.cs
+++ b/ButcherMod/common/DataLoader.cs
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ public class DataLoader : IAssetEditor, IAssetLoader
         public static AnimalData AnimalData;
         public static AnimalBuildingData AnimalBuildingData;
         public static AnimalContestData AnimalContestData;
+        public static PregnancyData PregnancyData;
 
         public static String LooseSpritesName;
         public static Texture2D LooseSprites;
@@ -93,6 +94,10 @@ public DataLoader(IModHelper helper, IManifest manifest)
             // load Livin' With The Animals channel
             TvController.AddChannel(new LivingWithTheAnimalsChannel());
 
+            // load the pregnancy item config
+            PregnancyData = Helper.Data.ReadJsonFile<PregnancyData>("data\\pregnancydata.json") ?? new PregnancyData();
+            Helper.Data.WriteJsonFile("data\\pregnancydata.json", PregnancyData);
+
             // add editors (must happen *after* data is initialised above, since SMAPI may reload affected assets immediately)
             var editors = Helper.Content.AssetEditors;
             var loaders = Helper.Content.AssetLoaders;
diff --git a/ButcherMod/tools/InseminationSyringeOverrides.cs b/ButcherMod/tools/InseminationSyringeOverrides.cs
index a66f2de..eec9b42 100644
--- a/ButcherMod/tools/InseminationSyringeOverrides.cs
+++ b/ButcherMod/tools/InseminationSyringeOverrides.cs
@@ -111,6 +111,10 @@ public static bool beginUsing(MilkPail __instance, GameLocation location, int x,
                 {
                     dialogue = DataLoader.i18n.Get("Tool.InseminationSyringe.EggAnimal", new { animalName = animal.displayName });
                 }
+                else if (animal.displayName.Contains("Male") || animal.displayType.Contains("Male"))
+                {
+                    dialogue = DataLoader.i18n.Get("Tool.InseminationSyringe.CantBeInseminated", new { animalName = animal.displayName });
+                }
                 else if (!((ImpregnatableAnimalItem)DataLoader.AnimalData.GetAnimalItem(animal)).MinimumDaysUtillBirth.HasValue)
                 {
                     dialogue = DataLoader.i18n.Get("Tool.InseminationSyringe.CantBeInseminated", new { animalName = animal.displayName });
@@ -134,7 +138,16 @@ public static bool beginUsing(MilkPail __instance, GameLocation location, int x,
                 else if (!CheckCorrectProduct(animal, __instance.attachments[0]))
                 {
                     var data = DataLoader.Helper.Content.Load<Dictionary<int, string>>(@"Data\ObjectInformation.xnb", ContentSource.GameContent);
-                    string produceName = data[animal.defaultProduceIndex.Value].Split('/')[4];
+                    string produceName = "the correct item";
+                    if (animal.defaultProduceIndex.Value > 0)
+                    {
+                        produceName = data[animal.defaultProduceIndex.Value].Split('/')[4];
+                    }
+                    string customProduceName = DataLoader.PregnancyData.GetPregnancyItemName(animal);
+                    if (customProduceName != "")
+                    {
+                        produceName = customProduceName;
+                    }
                     dialogue = DataLoader.i18n.Get("Tool.InseminationSyringe.CorrectItem", new { itemName = produceName });
                 }
                 else if (PregnancyController.CheckBuildingLimit(animal))
@@ -235,7 +248,7 @@ public static bool canThisBeAttached(Tool __instance, SObject o, ref bool __resu
         {
             if (!IsInseminationSyringe(__instance)) return true;
 
-            __result = o == null || DataLoader.AnimalData.SyringeItemsIds.Contains(o.ParentSheetIndex);
+            __result = o == null || DataLoader.AnimalData.SyringeItemsIds.Contains(o.ParentSheetIndex) || DataLoader.PregnancyData.PreganancyItems.ContainsValue(o.Name);
             return false;
         }
 
@@ -299,9 +312,20 @@ private static bool IsInseminationSyringe(Item tool)
 
         private static bool CheckCorrectProduct(FarmAnimal animal, SObject o)
         {
-            return animal.defaultProduceIndex.Value == o.ParentSheetIndex
-                   || (((ImpregnatableAnimalItem)DataLoader.AnimalData.GetAnimalItem(animal)).CanUseDeluxeItemForPregnancy
-                       && animal.deluxeProduceIndex.Value == o.ParentSheetIndex);
+            if (DataLoader.PregnancyData.PreganancyItems.ContainsKey(animal.displayType))
+            {
+                return DataLoader.PregnancyData.MatchingPregnancyItem(animal, o);
+            }
+            else if (animal.defaultProduceIndex.Value == o.ParentSheetIndex)
+            {
+                return true;
+            }
+            else if (((ImpregnatableAnimalItem)DataLoader.AnimalData.GetAnimalItem(animal)).CanUseDeluxeItemForPregnancy
+                     && animal.deluxeProduceIndex.Value == o.ParentSheetIndex)
+            {
+                return true;
+            }
+            return false;
         }
 
         public static bool IsEggAnimal(FarmAnimal animal)