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Originally Posted by amanda350  Not much has changed... I posted pictures of the whelping box that I put in her xpen and she has not had anything to do with it since it got there.. Well today I have been in and out planting some flowers and stuff and I peaked through the door and there she was laying in that box, on top of the heating pad. Whenever I opened the door to see if she was ok, she would come out to greet me... Then on the way inside to take a shower, I walked passed her and she was laying in there looking around and she never got up to greet me, she just watched me walk by.. Very unusual for her... Then when I got out of the shower, she was ready to see me and she has been acting normal ever since..I am pretty sure that it will not be tonight either.. I am going to check her temp before bed but I do not think they are coming for atleast....oh I'd say a year or so.....lol...Lord knows it feels that way.. If a baby gets stuck, how will I know when she is having a contraction?? I know with mine I screamed and cursed people....Will she do that??? lol |
Amanda, I don't know if anyone answered this...you will be able to tell she is contracting by the hardness of her belly and it will usually change shapes when she is contracting..she will also be bearing down, when all of this happens together, she's contracting..if you feel a pup is stuck...taking her to vet would be what to do if you have tried to get the pup out and if you absolutely "can't do it", but time is pressing for mom and a dying pup to waste time going to the vet...Do you have any gloves? ANy sterile gloves??? If you dont' have sterile gloves, take a new clean glove and pour betadine in a dish and put the glove on you hand and wash the gloved hand in the betadine, then rinse it off without touching it to anything else beside water, put the k-y on it and use it if you have to ...