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01-11-2008, 06:59 PM | #1 |
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| When do you know? When do you know your girls are PG? Is there a particular sign or symptom that you always go by? Also, how soon can an ultrasound be done? I'm asking this one because there was a thread earlier in the general section about a 2 lb chi for sale who was supposedly pregnant, and the ad said she was due in 45 days and her ultrasound said she was having 2 or 3. Is that even possible??? |
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01-12-2008, 03:03 PM | #2 | |
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My vet does my ultrasounds at 28 days from the first tie. My last lutrasound was wrong tho. Showed three and she actually had five. two probably didn't show from the first tie but were from the second tie. This is also about the time I can tell if she is PG. Anyway, around thirty days. Just physical changes start. Belly looks a little different, nipples a little larger and etc. | |
01-12-2008, 03:12 PM | #3 | |
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My vet does my ultrasounds at 28 days from the first tie. My last lutrasound was wrong tho. Showed three and she actually had five. two probably didn't show from the first tie but were from the second tie. This is also about the time I can tell if she is PG. Anyway, around thirty days. Just physical changes start. Belly looks a little different, nipples a little larger and etc. | |
01-12-2008, 03:20 PM | #4 |
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| If they only have one, it is sometimes very hard to tell. People on here have reported that even the vet said the girl wasn't pregnant and she delivered a day or two later. if you really want to know then I guess I'd do the ultrasound. |
01-13-2008, 04:37 AM | #5 |
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| Jmo Vets are wonderful inventions..but I, perfer to keep my Yorkies out the vet clinic as much as possible, pregnant or not. It is a bit like the hopsital for us humans..if you really want to get sick, go to the hopsital, infections, etc.. Sometimes, they barf around 2 or 3 weeks...but I know by 5 1/2 with mine, that seems to be the magic number. |
01-13-2008, 04:55 AM | #6 | |
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01-20-2008, 09:38 AM | #7 | |
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So thats about 38-39 days correct? What do you normally notice at this time? I've had one who was her first breeding just have a "tiny" difference in her belly, meaning just a "slight" more roundness to it...making me even wonder...at day 39. Then I've had a female who was on her 2nd litter and I could tell , it was was more noticable, no guesses at all. I've read that with a 1st litter a female can be harder to tell, is this true? | |
01-20-2008, 10:25 AM | #8 |
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| It can be a guessing game alright... I try not to look closely at their belly every day...a slow change is not as noticable. At 5 weeks many have no visible signs, then as a rule, 3 to 4 days later they swell up quite large over night it seems. Many have a clear discharge at this point, others wait a longer...I treat all bred females like they are pregnant, until proven otherwise...I have had so very few to miss over the years, I just take it for granted they are...they have what I call "milk ridges" along the nipples, they are plump and run the length of the belly..much like a veggie plants in a garden.. I have found a bitch who has had pups once or more times tend to show quicker..I think it may be due to the muscles not having the same tone to hold the belly/uterus tight to the body...but that is just my theory, certainly not a science... Last edited by YorkieRose; 01-20-2008 at 10:26 AM. |
01-20-2008, 10:54 AM | #9 |
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| I palpate our girls at 28 days...this always gives us a good idea also of when they will be due...usually can tell if they will be a couple days early or late by the size of the fetuses when I palpate. It take a gentle hand...and would recommend having someone teach you rather than just trying it!
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01-20-2008, 01:55 PM | #10 |
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| I just confirmed recently that Brooklyn is pregnant, and she definitely has the "milk ridges" (you can sort of see them in these pictures). She has also gained 1/2 a lb, her abdomen is very tight and she's starting to show just a little... She's around 25 days. I don't know how big she'll be but it's looking like it's going to be HUGE...she had 6 her last litter... |
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