Congratulations on your upcoming litter. I do pray all goes well. It is possible your girl will have more pups or they could just be larger pups. I have had that happen to me before when I thought a female was going to have a big litter and she would just have 3 or 4 larger pups in her instead of 5 or 6 smaller pups. Did you use the same male for this litter as you did for the other litters?
As for your question about care of the expectant momma, I don't do anything any different if they appear to be carrying more pups. If they are really big I do use extra caution in making sure they don't jump around too much and I will help them to get on or off of the couch.
Larger litters do sometimes require more intervention in assuring all the pups are getting plenty to eat. Over the years I have had several litters of 6 or 7 pups. You do really have to be very vigilant in making sure momma is eating plenty of food. Occasionally I would have a pup that would be smaller that I would have to make sure it was nursing and not getting pushed off. Sometimes you might also have to supplement the pups if mom does not have enough milk. |