We had a scare with Livi around 10:30 tonight. She was resting under the ottoman and I have been letting her because it's right here with us and she feels comfortable there. I typically do not wake her when she is under it, but something told me to check on her. She was shaking (badly) and she felt cold. I took her temp and it was down to 96.8.
I rushed her into the smallest bathroom in our home...it's ALWAYS hot in there...told Geoff to call the emergency vet clinic to see what they suggest. They told us that we needed to get her on a heating pad so I wrapped her up and held her and also gave her Nutrical. We waited another 30 minutes and I took her temp again...this time it had dropped to 96.4 and this was with being wrapped in a heating pad.
Geoff then called the emergnecy clinic back and asked if we could bring her in because she was shaking NONSTOP and we couldn't get temp up. They told him NO.....
They just said that all they would do is what we were currently doing and that they do not treat pregnant dogs...unless she was in distress for atleast two hours. I was flipping out at this point because Livi looked so weak so I had Geoff page the repro vet that we decided to not go to anymore....he and the emergency vet clinic are the only ones that you can call in the middle of the night. I kept her wrapped in the pad and I did get her temp up to 99.0. By the time the vet called back, she was doing pretty good. He said that she is just doing what is normal and is just starting the labor process. Has anyone else heard of such a low temp? She is resting again and she has maintained a temp around 99ish and she has also had some contractions. I am worried that once labor gets into full swing, she will drop down to the low temp again.
Advice?