Sentences with phrase «false pregnancy»

It may surprise you to know that every female that cycles actually goes through a period of false pregnancy following her heat.

The exact mechanisms involved in false pregnancy are not completely understood.

Some rabbits experiencing false pregnancy will develop a decreased appetite and have gastrointestinal disturbances as well.

If your dog has a tough time during false pregnancies, spaying will prevent future episodes.

It is thought that a hormonal imbalance causes false pregnancy.

False pregnancy often occurs 6 to 12 weeks after a heat cycle.

False pregnancies generally last up to three weeks, and during this period, the dog's hormones are the same as they would be if she were pregnant.

Most spayed dogs do not display symptoms of false pregnancy.

In False Pregnancy, cats show the changes in pregnancy but is not really pregnant.

Sometimes dogs that are in pain from things like spinal disc problems will exhibit behavior similar to what Shatzie is exhibiting but it doesn't sound that likely, especially with a previous history of this type of behavior with false pregnancies.

A health survey conducted by the Kennel Club in 2004 listed a high percentage (18 %) of Cardigan Welsh Corgis with reproductive problems including false pregnancy.

Prevention of false pregnancies Female rabbits can go into a hormonal state triggered by their ovaries where they think they are pregnant but they are not.

Some behaviorists think false pregnancies and milk production may have evolved so the lower - ranking females could nurse the pups while the dominant females were hunting, and to provide the pups with extra nutrition.

• Eliminate risks associated with pregnancy like false pregnancy, retained placenta, prolapsed uterus, dystocia (difficulty giving birth), and eclampsia (all of which are extremely expensive to treat and may result in the death of the mother).

False pregnancy sometimes occurs after a normal heat cycle in the un-spayed female dog that has not actually conceived.

While false pregnancy is generally not harmful to the pet, the problem for pet owners may be temperament changes, maternal behaviors involved in «nest building», the «adoption» of inanimate objects like shoes and stuffed animals, and unexplained appetite changes or weight gain.

A normal, annoying, sometimes disappointing, and dangerous behavior pattern seen in unspayed female dogs is pseudopregnancy (also called false pregnancy or pseudocyesis).

Dr. Cathy: In false pregnancy, or pseudo-pregnancy, the dog's hormones are out of balance and her body thinks it is pregnant but is not.

Focusing on some of the unique aspects of canine reproduction, including false pregnancy, the goal of this article is to help breeders understand why, when breeding dogs, you see some of things you do.

The cause of false pregnancy is not known.

Despite the name, a chemical pregnancy is not a false pregnancy or a false positive on a pregnancy test.

When both remain stubborn, a war begins, with skirmishes that include a false pregnancy rumor, an orange - tinted spray - on tan, blue hair, and other assorted cattiness.

False pregnancies are not uncommon at this stage, which can last from anywhere between four to 14 days.

The symptoms of false pregnancy are a lot like pregnancy.

These physical and behavioral changes may all indicate pregnancy in a feral cat but one confusing factor is False Pregnancy.

False pregnancy is when a female dog starts showing the symptoms of pregnancy, including lactation and nursing pups, when she is not pregnant.

Once dogs start having false pregnancies, they usually continue to have them after every heat.

Some female dogs start showing symptoms of false pregnancy a few days after being spayed.

Once we got her to our vet, we discovered that she was either pregnant or had a false pregnancy as she was leaking milk after just being spayed the day before.

According to PetMD, phantom pregnancy in dogs, also known as false pregnancy or pseudopregnancy, is most likely caused by hormonal imbalances, especially of progesterone and prolactin.

This false pregnancy is due to a hormonal imbalance.

Female dogs are spayed in order to prevent the side effects of heat cycles, pregnancy, false pregnancy, production of unwanted puppies and development of cancers of the female reproductive tract and mammary glands.

Some female dogs after a heat period experience a false pregnancy, where they act and even look pregnant, but are not.

Many of these signs may be present if a dog goes through a «false pregnancy».

Some have «clear heats», flakey or false seasons [1] or false pregnancies.

I thought my beautiful black lab was having a false pregnancy.

But the false pregnancy is normal.

These health concerns include, according to a survey conducted in 2004, musculoskeletal (spondylosis, elbow dysplasia, and arthritis) and reproductive (pyometra, infertility, and false pregnancy), and blindness.

Your veterinarian can also help you determine if your dog is having a false pregnancy, a condition in which she looks and acts pregnant when she's not.

Also learn about abnormal conditions such as ectopic ovaries and pseudopregnancy (false pregnancy).

Not that it seems likely but I have seen one patient with a sudden worsening of «false pregnancy» behaviors who was actually pregnant at eleven years of age.

It would end the problems with false pregnancies except that if a dog is spayed during a false pregnancy there are anecdotal reports of a short term increase in false pregnancy signs (even stronger nesting / maternal aggression type behaviors) that may last a few days to a week or so.

There are no major medical benefits to spaying at this age except a small decrease in the risk of uterine infection and the alleviation of the false pregnancy problems.

If she is bred, she will ovulate and go into a false pregnancy or a real one if the breeding was successful.

Some false pregnancies resolve without medical attention; others need veterinary assistance.