to:    "K. Sherman" <>
Subject: Question regarding false pregnancies
 
>My question is: How do you tell the difference between a real pregnancy and
>a false one?  I was told that you cannot test for pregnancy in ferrets and
>that a physical exam would not prove or disprove pregnancy except 24 hours
>prior to birth....
 
False Preggers look like real ones, except after 6 weeks, the ferret does
not look pregnant anymore.  If the vet can not feel babies, and she has been
large for over 4 weeks, then she is FAT and needs to have a full physical to
determine that she is not full of cancer or something else.
 
Pam/STAR*
[Posted in FML issue 1403]