From:
Danee DeVore
Date: 2001-11-16 16:33:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Phantom Pregnancy Weight Gain
--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., Alicia <ferretwise@m...> wrote:
> Yes indeed this is in appearance a true false pregnancy! I have
seen
> little gals get fully pregnant in appearance yet yield no litter.
How
> close is she to cycling out? Has she started to shed her coat yet?
That
> happens approx 10-14 days prior to birth date. I would not stress
on the
> weight alone if the appetite is good , stools good etc. She will
just cycle
> through.
>
> Alicia
As an additional comment on this, I have had jills false and even
lactate, and I know of a jill that falsed and lactated and fostered
kits from a jill that died from complications during delivery.
Danee