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From: amos
Date: 2002-06-09 05:32:00 UTC
Subject: Re: False or Phantom pregnancy

I have been breeding and rescuing ferrets for over 30 years.

This year ever jill that was taken out of season by my vasctomised hob's,
either had a false pregnancy or came back into season 12 weeks later.

It could be put down to the fact that here in the UK we have had a very wet
spring / summer, which may have made the days seem darker to the ferrets, so
this has messed about with the jills body clock

It is quite a common thing in animals and not something to worry about, if
your jill is kept with other ferrets, she will act as though she has had a
litter and treat the other ferrets as her kits, once she has gone through
this procedure things will be back to normal.