How commen are false pregnancies and how do you deal with them? My girl has not been around any males except one who was nutered in november and she has decided that she needs to build a nest. She has also gained some weight, but I think that is just because she has been eating more than usual. Should I take the nest away from her or will she just make another one? Should I continue to let her run around with my nutered male, or will that cause her to keep thinking she is going to have babies? Any information on this will be helpful.
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false pregnancy?
- Thread starter leti2pets
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Hiya,
Just leave her to get on with it. She'll get bored of the nest and then you can remove it. If you take it away straight off she'll pull more fur out to rebuild.
Its fine for her to be with the neutered male. It would upset her more to separate.
False pregnancies are quite common only way to stop them is spaying.
Just leave her to get on with it. She'll get bored of the nest and then you can remove it. If you take it away straight off she'll pull more fur out to rebuild.
Its fine for her to be with the neutered male. It would upset her more to separate.
False pregnancies are quite common only way to stop them is spaying.
Amethyst
Warren Veteran
Two of my girlies had false pregnancies before I got them spayed. They both pulled out fur and made a nest, and I was told to leave them. They eventually got bored with them and then I removed them. They had two or three each before I had a chance to get them spayed, but since then there hasn't been a single false pregnancy. 
AMETHYST
AMETHYST
