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07-03-2015, 11:30 AM | #1 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: blairsville, GA USA
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| Please Read!.. Need some help! I have rescued a female yorkie. She is 7+ years old. I took her and a male from a back yard breeder. They were "mates". The male when I got him was 8 pounds and the female was 6.6 pounds. The female is now approx 40 days pregnant. This happened before I got them so please do not judge me. I am just looking for assistance. Yes she has been to the vet. They will not do much since she is so far along the xrayed and said yes she is pregnant. I have heard so many different things about diet for her. I have heard puppy food, then I heard no puppy food but a high protein food. I am scared for her, she has mammory gland tumors, and cataracts. Neither of which the vet will do anything for until she gives birth. They will not abort them because she is so far along. Please give me some insight as to what to do for her. |
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07-03-2015, 11:31 AM | #2 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: blairsville, GA USA
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| I posted this once but in the wrong forum. |
07-03-2015, 11:46 AM | #3 |
YT 2000 Club Donating Member | First welcome to Yorkie Talk - such a concern to adopt a pregnant lass with health issues. First go to Debbie Jensens website which has very good information for you on whelping. You did not mention if you have ever bred before but I am assuming you are quite new to breeding/whelping. I think the best for you is to find a vet that is experienced in whelping and have the whelp at the vets. If this can't be find a whelping coach. You are about 21-23 days away and need to set a fire under your preparing hands. Be prepared to bare the financial burden in case a Csection is needed and or if your gal needs to seek emergency vet care during the whelp. In terms of the tumors - you definitely want to learn how to tube feed from the vet prior to whelping just in case you need to get nutrition this way into the pups. Did the vet mention how many pups your gal is expecting? Did the vet mention any likely issues with the cataracts or milk production as a result of the underlying health concerns?
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07-03-2015, 12:11 PM | #4 | |
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07-03-2015, 01:16 PM | #5 | |
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It is important for you to know how many puppies are in so you can make sure they all come out. Being already a "mate or a breeder" leads me to think she has had normal deliveries before and it should be normal again. Puppy food is what we use for pregnant mommies and will keep it until she has weaned all puppies. The Debbie Jensen videos that were suggested will give some help for delivery and hopefully she will be able to nurse and with your help, care for the puppies. We have very limited experience with mammary tumors, but hopefully the milk will come down . They really get big over the last 2 weeks of pregnancy so a small belly this far is not an indication of fewer puppies. I am sure that any more specific questions you may have people will try to help you here. Make a deliver kit and get some clean towels, a clean sterilized scissors ( if you need to cut umbilical cords) , I use no waxed dental floss to tie umbilical cords , and some NUTRICAL on hand for a boost of energy to the momma. A quiet clean safe area as a helping area, there are many samples online, nothing to fancy, safe and clean will do it. And of course you will need at hand some paper towels and hand sanitizer too. Get this within hands reach near the whelping area a week before due date. ( they can go into labor early) . Well, you are doing your research and you have a vet by your side. You should be fine. Blessings to all of you. Xoxo
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07-03-2015, 02:17 PM | #6 | |
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07-03-2015, 03:01 PM | #7 |
YT 2000 Club Donating Member | I think you should get the vet to show you tube feeding, much less chance of aspiration with this correctly done methodology. The cataracts should not impair her ability to deliver normally, how-ever her vision will be somewhat obscured the degree depends on the degree of her cataracts. Given the close confines of a whelping box I would imagine she would be able to see well enough. The tumours could may affect her milk production and let down and also sadly the hormones can also cause accelerated growth of mammary tumours. Which is why I suggest tube feeding. On the breeders site here there is a good whelping pudding recipe and some other usefull tips.
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07-03-2015, 05:16 PM | #8 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: blairsville, GA USA
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| Thank you so much I will go read all I can on here. I spend hours a day reading everything I can to help her. Including day by day of yorkie pregnancy. I was worried because it seems that her belly goes up and down in size. Not sure why. After she eats she gets bigger of course, but then it goes down again. She is bigger than she was when I got her def. But, not by a whole lot. |
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