Nevermind-i'm sure she will be fat with kitts soon enough,but yes her call will happen as it would have if she had been with kitt i would think,depends on how her head is really-meaning if she quickly realises that she hasn't had kitts or carries on as if she had

Oh what a shame

Hope you have better luck next time

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I had one recently with a phantom pregnancy - only in her case it was more like a phantom litter. She kept flopping down all over the house suckling this imaginary litter of kittens. You could see them, but they didn't actually exist, if you see what I mean. All that time she was full of milk which never let down , totally engorged and looked absolutely dreadful. At first I thought she must have had a litter somewhere and I spent ages trying to find them. She finally decided to "wean" the non-existent kittens at about 6 weeks. Stupid creature could have had a real litter if she wanted as my boy was ready and willing!

Liz

Gosh!, It must have been really strange to see, and very confusing for her. How long did it take for her to get back to normal?

anji

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A couple of months.

Liz

Well dunno what to say to that Liz,stupid creatureIt wasn't stupid to her and your the slave so go figure

Well I've been breeding for quite a while and would like some advice on phantom pregnancies from anyone that has actually had one, as I've never had one here, touch wood. Does the queen actually gain weight, pink up and look like she is about to give birth? If so at how far gone do realise that it is a phantom and how do you realise that? Is it early on or in the late stages? Does the queen get the milk in as with a normal pregnancy shortly before they would be due?

Very curious and any advice would be appreciated, as this is something that I luckily have not experienced yet, but can understand it being so disappointing for anyone that has. C.x. confused:

Like you I have had no experience of phantom pregnancies in cats
( Dogs i have had a couple) and when the time came around for whelping the girls went down in size and did try and nurse socks and little toys lol
I found it quite sad but this only lasted for a few days and both the girls milk dried up and normality was back again
From what lizward said in her post she has had first hand experience in this with her queen, maybe she will share her knowledge of phantom pregnancies in cats with us all

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Mine showed no signs of pregnancy at all. It's just all of a sudden she was really thin and looked as if she had half a dozen kittens somewhere that she hadn't fed for hours.

Liz