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Originally Posted by littlelady  But if I turn on the heating pad she lays right down on it. she was panting like crazy last night. she didn't even do that during labor. Were do I find the signs of eclampsia in a dog. I thought that could only occur before the pups came, not after? she is good at letting the pups all latch on at least 5 can nurse somewhat easily without her having to go onto her back. There are a couple of puppies that like to dig in under her to the tits she is laying on. I have a 1 cc syringe I have been trying to put alittle of supplement in the sides of their mouths inbetween along with karo syrup. I have a very thin pipette, I don't have a eye dropper. I bet they could almost suck the fluid out of it without much trouble. I thought they could do that with the syringe. Maybe they are just tooo young yet. all of them lost a couple of tenths from their birth weight. The heater sets on a table next to the whelping box about 2 feet off the floor. I have it blowing warm air over the whelping box.
Hurray Angel passed her placentas last night. she no longer has a black discharge. |
Wow, lots going on there huh! Good news about the placentas, mom will probably feel better now too.
The panting isn't just from being hot. She is making milk like crazy and that raises her body temperature. If the heating pad is only on 1/2 of the bed area, she can get off it and lay on the cooler side if she wants. Let her choose. The heat is really necessary to keep the puppies warm, as you know. Petco, and other pet stores have a baby bottle set with nipples, etc. If you can get one of those, put the nipple on the end of the syringe. After the puppies have nursed, if their tummy is not round and full, let them suck on the nipple, and VERY SLOWLY push a little supplement into the nipple for them to suck out. Make sure the supplement is warm like mom's milk, but not too hot.
Put the little guys on the teats closest to mom's tail. They have the most milk and are easiest to nurse from. Anyone who is losing weight should be given private time to nurse. Take the bigger puppies out and put in a warm box, and give the tinies their own chance to nurse. When they are done you can add the other puppies back in with mom. I weighed all puppies 2 times a day, and weighed the tinies every time I supplemented them (before and after) about every two hours, day and night. Pretty soon they will all get good at the nursing and you won't have to monitor them so much.
You are one lucky lady having 7 girls!! My goodness. What a little family.