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My Maine Coon seemed pregnant, but no kittens. Why is she in heat?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | Maine Coon | Female | unspayed | 1 year and 11 months old | 16 lbs

My maine coon has been bred and had all symptoms of a pregnancy, she had all the symptoms until her due date where we saw no kittens, the next day she’s in heat and calling, we had difficulty breeding in the past and one phantom pregnancy.

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Answered By Claudia Fioravanti

Veterinarian

Published on August 20th, 2019

Hi, sometimes it can be difficult to breed from certain breeds you might need to have some blood tests done on her and on the male cat you wish to use to see if you can gather more information. Hope this helps !

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