Hi everyone, I posted here quite a bit last year when Missy had her first litter. She carried 5 pups her first litter and 2 didn't make it. They both had there intestines on the outside of them
She just had her second litter this morning. She wasn't due until Tuesday, but I woke up this morning and she had had one pup and it was doing well. The second pup came about 30 mintues later.......this pup was breech and I feel like I didn't intervine soon enough. She was still born, so I thought.......no movement and blue tongue etc.... I let the dam work on her a bit and we tried reviving and nothing worked. Well then.............the 3rd pup arrived breech also, I was quicker getting this little guy out, but we still had to revived him for about 35-40 minutes. Infact, both the last two pups we had to work on for that length of time to get them to breath on there own. There was no life in them. I regret that I didn't spend enough time on the 2nd little girl, maybe she would have made it????? After all of this, I am wondering if there is something wrong with my female or if her diet is lacking something???? I know other breeders and their whelping goes like clock work. Did I intervene too much??? The smallest is 3.4 oz, and I am a bit worried about him. He will latch on to a teat, but not really look for it himself, I have to bring him to it. Should I supplement him even if he is getting some from mom??? Thanks for all of your help.