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08-27-2007, 03:37 AM | #1 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Canada
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| I think it's nearly time for Lilly!!! Eeek, I think it's nearly time! She's been acting pretty lethargic and tired all day & evening & just barely picking at her food. Her temp this (yesterday) morning was 99.7, then afternoon 100.1, just now at 4:30am it's at 98.7! The babies are moving like crazy & she doesn't seem like her happy little self at all (ears pinned back & all teary eyed) She keeps looking back at her tummy & then at me as if to say whats going on Mom Are there any other signs I should be watching for? I don't see any fluids yet, but she keeps licking herself. I notice her tummy seems to harden for a few mintes and then soften again... I'm assuming like us woman these are contractions? Geeze... thought I was all prepared & now I'm a wreck! Poor Lilly!! Tina Last edited by LillyH; 08-27-2007 at 03:40 AM. |
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08-27-2007, 03:44 AM | #2 |
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| It sounds like she's getting ready. Like a woman, bitches do have contractions. Look for her to start digging like a mad woman. She'll also have that far away look. She may start peeing everywhere but with little result. They're just feeling the pressure and starting to push a little. Keep us up dated! Last edited by Susan123; 08-27-2007 at 03:45 AM. |
08-27-2007, 03:46 AM | #3 |
Little Boogers Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: virginia beach, va
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| most become very excited, running around, panting hard. this can last for about 12 hrs. what day are you on? it could still be early. her temp is not staying down.
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08-27-2007, 03:58 AM | #4 |
Little Boogers Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: virginia beach, va
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| also, the babies will calm down b/4 she is due. again this is for most.
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08-27-2007, 04:00 AM | #5 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Canada
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| She is due anytime after the 27th, so pretty much right on schedule. I've been up busy all night, trying to get her to hold off until at least 6am. Maybe kind of silly, but an emergency vet call in the wee hours on a sunday can cost upward of a $250 an hour here. My logic is if I can at least get her to hold off until 6 or 7am, at least we only have another couple of hours before the offices are open... just in case the vet is needed. She's been by my side pretty much all day & night... only leaving me to go pee. She's litter box trained & just went into her box twice in the last 30 minutes peeing & pooping both times. Last edited by LillyH; 08-27-2007 at 04:01 AM. |
08-27-2007, 04:07 AM | #6 | |
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08-27-2007, 04:10 AM | #7 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Canada
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| Well no panting, but her breathing seems a bit laboured. No nesting yet either, but I know she's waiting until I go to bed for that. I'm almost positive she's going to try & have them on my bed, under the covers... where she always sleeps. |
08-27-2007, 04:12 AM | #8 |
Little Boogers Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: virginia beach, va
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| they will try and go to a small area. i would place pillows under the bed and under anything else she can get to that is small and dark.
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08-27-2007, 04:19 AM | #9 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Canada
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| No, I myself have never whelped puppies... but I've been witness to several litters born. Old English sheep dogs, English Mastiffs, Shih-tzu's and a few others. Never anything as small as our Yorkies, and none have ever had any real difficulties. Asside from a few still borns that is. With the exception of the c-sections the bitches did all the work themselves & us humans just got to stand by and watch the miracle happen. |
08-27-2007, 04:41 AM | #10 |
Little Boogers Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: virginia beach, va
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| ok.....here is some little tid-bits if you see green/black fluid prior to the puppies being born....get to vet asap if you see green/black fluid after a pup, make sure the next pup is born w/n 2 hrs, if not, get to the vet if she is in hard labor for 2 hrs with no pup if she is in distress if there is another pup and no contractions for 4hrs sometimes you have to help them deliver..... dry puppy, you need to lub and try to pull slightly if she is straining, you can place your hand down her belly to help her push these are just a few things. just keep us posted. be online when it happens so that if there are any questions, yt breeders can help you out.
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08-27-2007, 04:52 AM | #11 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Canada
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| Thank you so very much Lisa! I know to worry if she's taking too long between pups, and if straining for too long etc, but I knew nothing about the green/black fluid. With all the research I've done I've heard nothing about this... what does it indicate? |
08-27-2007, 04:56 AM | #12 | |
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if you have had a puppy, the placenta has separated and if the puppy does not get out quickly, it will be a still born go into the search box above, put in "green fluid"....it should bring up some threads discussing it. you will get a lot of information regarding it
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08-27-2007, 05:02 AM | #13 |
Piper & Sebastian Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: florida
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| I had a dog that had that green fluid once, and I nearly died. I rushed her to the vet, and he delivered all 8 of her pups. Thank goodness they and her were all ok.
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08-27-2007, 06:09 AM | #14 |
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| The dark green/black fluid is called lochia and is indicative of the placental separation at the wall of the uterine horns.
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08-27-2007, 06:22 AM | #15 |
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| I just wanted to say , Good Luck with that little girl, I hope everything goes well for her. |
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