Sentences with phrase «phantom pregnancy»

Making this harder is the phenomenon of phantom pregnancies where a cat will often show some of the signs of pregnancy without actually being with kittens.

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.

Cats have a different type of reproductive cycle and therefore the conditions under which phantom pregnancies occur are different.

She will live longer and not suffer mammary tumors or have phantom pregnancies where a dog imagines it has pups and produces milk.

Could it be a phantom pregnancy or some other illness that mimics pregnancy?

Having a phantom pregnancy does not mean that the bitch is sterile and unable to be mated and bear a litter.

Answer: A phantom pregnancy is when a female imagines and goes through all the symptoms of believing she is pregnant.

A phantom pregnancy is not to be considered a neurotic tendency, but should be considered as normal behavior due to an abnormality of the ovaries.

Her teats have swollen and the vet informed me she is having a phantom pregnancy, she has never had sex.

Bitches can be prone to phantom pregnancies; it is wise to have her spayed after her first season if you are not going to breed from her.

In addition, every dog's phantom pregnancy is essentially different.

It's called a pseudopregnancy, also know as pseudocyesis, false pregnancy or phantom pregnancy, and is a normal part of your dog's ovarian cycle.

Her teats have swollen and the vet informed me she is having a phantom pregnancy, she has never had.

Your dog's behavior sounds like a phantom pregnancy.

As well as aggression, females also can have phantom pregnancies, meaning that they pull their fur out and make nests.

If not then it is probably just her natural state or a phantom pregnancy (which is relatively common at the end of the heat cycle in dogs).

I have called a animal behaviorist and he said she is going through a «phantom pregnancy» He also told me that because these dogs are usually in packs, when one falls pregnant in the pack the rest tend to start nursing such as an aunty etc,