I have an update on Tinkerbell's puppies. I went and had an xray to be on the safe side. Tinkerbell is going to have 5 puppies!!!! WOW!!! And I thought that there was only 3. Man would I have been suprised on delivery day. There is some bad new though. One of the puppies looks like it has died and is being reabsorbed into Tinkerbell. I guess that is a good thing because Tinkerbell is so small and this is her first litter. But wow I never imagined 4 live and kicking puppies. I guess that I should not get my hopes up just yet. I will add the xrays as soon as I can find a way to get them on here. They are just so great to look at. I love them. I think that I might just have them framed and put on the wall.
Oh some good information that I have learned from my vet.
1. Calcium suppliments should start the day that the female gives birth. NOT BEFORE.
2. Becareful with using vanilla icecream inbetween puppies because they can be lactosintolerent. This can be very harmful to there health. Expectially if you did not know that they can not handle milk products. It might even be only a problem when they are pregnant. Yikes!!!
3. It is okay to let the mothers eat the placenta, but if she does not want too, that is okay too.
I hope that this helps anyone that is on this site learning like I am.
Thank you everyone for all the great information and I can't wait to learn more. Have a goodnight.