 Maggie's Symptoms - Help?
I posted this thread in the Health and Diet forums but no one really knows and someone suggested I post this here so here I am!
Okay so lately Maggie has been acting a little strange. I have done a little research and have narrowed it down to a couple of things. First though, I want to tell you her symptoms and let you all tell ME what you think.
1. She has not been eating very much lately.
2. She's been VERY grouchy. She and Franklin have grown to be best buddies and they fight (play) all the time. They were just playing earlier this afternoon and then all of a sudden they got into a huge, gnarly fight. I do understand that this happens every so often with dogs but I thought it was more extreme than their usual spat. She also has either been really cuddly or not at all. Like.. literally ON TOP of us or curled up in a corner on the opposite couch, away from everyone else.
3. She has been humping Franklin during their playtime, something that is completely new.
4. Her diet hasn't changed but her little tummy has gotten bigger.. I can also tell the area around her nipples is swollen.
5. Up until the last week or so, she would just lay on her bed/blankets the way I arranged them for her. I've noticed in the mornings that they are all messed up, meaning she dug and rearranged them a lot throughout the night.
My research tells me 3 things:
1. She could be pregnant. However - she absolutely has not become pregnant while in my care and if she IS pregnant, it would've had to have happened before we got her. It's possible considering we've had her just over a month and the typical female dog pregnancy is around 62 days. However, I highly doubt Vicki would've let that happen.
2. She is going through heat? I'm not sure when her last heat was.. I'll have to ask Vicki.
3. She is having a false pregnancy.
Any ideas? |