She was lonely.. Now she thinks she's pregnant?!

foofy cat lady

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Meepy's been acting a bit strange. To give a bit of background.. She's about one and a half, and has been fixed since January or February or so. She was a loafer when she was unfixed (or broken, even) and now, she's graduated to a full couch potato. She divides her time between eating, sleeping on my boyfriend's stomack, and sleeping next to my boyfriend. He is the sun, moon, and stars in her world.

We recently came back from an emergency cross-country road trip, and Meeps stayed here, with my parents, as we all live together. She missed us for the two and a half weeks we were gone, and took a day or two to get back into full-snuggle mode.. But now, she's back in bed with him like nothing's changed.

She's never been a skinny girl.. But she looks like she's pregnant. She's been spending a lot of time under dressers, behind boxes, in corners of closets in the last few days... Much like her mommy did right before a Meepy came out of her tummy.

I've read up on false pregnancy, but it supposedly only happens in un-fixed cats. Am I reading too much into this behavior, or has Meep been watching too many soap operas?
 

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I would just caution you that because she is spayed, this could be a parovarian cyst. You should get her to the vet to be checked out just to play it safe. It may just be an insecurity behavior quirk she picked up because you left her, but better the vet, than regret-
 
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