Fake Pregnancy ?

[*The*Field*Marshall* 674]

OK, fleas aside. I was given a lovely little working gill from an old boy who giving the game up. Now she came into season not long after I got her (mid July, late I know ?) So for obvious reasons I put my hob to her over three nights, job done, she came out. I separated her accordingly and upped her feed (I like to keep my ferrets like my dogs, lean) So she started putting on weight and I did my ground work (finding them homes)

 

I've always kept hobs in the past so not particularly familiar on pregnancy progress, but again did my homework. The gill was getting nice and round and I was anticipating I little batch of nippers, as mentioned elsewhere I've been working a lot lately and lost track of time a bit, so yesterday I checked up on time passed - 8 weeks! Hmmm so I go to the gill for a closer look (I just assumed previously) after a bit of feel and research I concluded that it was fake pregnancy and the weight she'd put on was down to the deluxe food intake!

 

Any first hand insight on this?

 

Thanks

[bobcullen79 1,495]

If it was a first time mother she could have had a small litter and eaten them.

[dogger 100]

maybe shes had a season already and this is her second one and not so fertile so been missed?i had a jill sort of like that this year phantom the first time, didnt take till the second season and had 10 kits of which one went missing/lost/eaten?maybe shes too old to have kits do you know exactly how old she is?

[*The*Field*Marshall* 674]

Maybe so Bob, and yes it would have been her first litter. But more than likely I think it was a case of the first instance of the above post, not fertile and the roly poly effect came from over feeding! She back to normal now, so all's well. Cheers gents