Guess what? Diva surprised us and gave birth to 2 beautiful baby boys yesterday!!!!! One is 3.1 ounce and the other is 3.2 ounces. Both boys are nursing great and healthy. Diva is being a great mother.
The little stinker surprised me!! She wasn't due until Saturday and yesterday morning her temp was 100.1, not very low at all. All day she was eating, drinking and acting the same as usual, other than being a little more clingy to me than normal. At 2:30 I had to run to Walmart. She was in my youngest daughter's (13 years old) lap eating McDonald's french fries which she will beg for incessantly. I checked her again and she seemed ok, so I left her with my 13 year old daughter, her 13 year old friend and my 15 year old son and ran to Walmart, which is 20 minutes from my house. 15 minutes after I walked in Walmart, my daughter called and screamed "mom, come home, Diva had a puppy in my bed!!" I ran out of Walmart and called my mom who lives 5 minutes from me and told her to "get to my house!!" It's a wonder I didn't get a speeding ticket coming home from Walmart!! Anyway, that puppy was doing great when I got there and Diva seemed ok, so we got her in her whelping bed and settled down to wait for the next one. An hour later, she was napping and still not having the next, so I called our vet who told us to just give her a little time, since she was not in any distress. 2 hours after the first baby, no 2 just popped out with 2 pushes!! He came out crying and was nursing before she could even deliver the placenta.
A quick check and I was pretty sure that was all, so we settled down and got both the puppies nursing again. Diva has turned out to be a great mom. She's very attentive and only gets out of the box if I'm sitting next to it watching her babies!! She is eating good and hasn't had one accident inside, although she has to be mad to go out to go pee.
As soon as I can I'll post pictures.
I hope everyone has as easy of a time a Diva did!! |