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melissavoights · 07-15-2011, 07:23 AM

My yorkie is not due until the 22nd-24th, but she started acting funny this morning and her vulva was a little more swollen than normal (pregnancy). I decided to take her temp. It was 100.5, two hours later 99.7, two hours later 99.3, 99. I can't get my girl in to the vet until 3pm. I am totally freaking out. Is this normal for a yorkie to have a temp in the 99s? She normally (not pregnant) runs 101.5 to 102.5.

Also she is not really wanting to eat food. I tried bribing her with all of her favorites for breakfast and she refused. Her tummy has already went to the saggy belly. Pups have moving all over the place for the past five or six days. It looks like waves. One baby will kick then the other then the other. Still a lot of activity with the babies inside even though temp has started to drop. I hope I am being paranoid and this is nothing. I know premature pups is not a good thing and survival of the pups would not be good 8 to10 days early.

I have read lots of books and articles, but I was not ready for this to happen at this stage of pregnancy. i need to keep those precious babies in her. Any advice you could give me would be great.

++She was vet checked for all diseases and health genetic conditions as was the sire before breeding. they are great specimens of the breed. I had some of my other yorkies spade/neuter because of standard issues. I did not go into this to make money. I love the breed. and if you consider how much money I have spent trying to find the best I could find in the breed and giving them the best possible care I am in the hole by thousands. I am not doing any of this for money.

07-15-2011, 07:23 AM	#1
melissavoights Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Tampa, FL, USA Posts: 36 Blog Entries: 1	Pregnant yorkie temperature issues ++Is she going into labor too early++ My yorkie is not due until the 22nd-24th, but she started acting funny this morning and her vulva was a little more swollen than normal (pregnancy). I decided to take her temp. It was 100.5, two hours later 99.7, two hours later 99.3, 99. I can't get my girl in to the vet until 3pm. I am totally freaking out. Is this normal for a yorkie to have a temp in the 99s? She normally (not pregnant) runs 101.5 to 102.5. Also she is not really wanting to eat food. I tried bribing her with all of her favorites for breakfast and she refused. Her tummy has already went to the saggy belly. Pups have moving all over the place for the past five or six days. It looks like waves. One baby will kick then the other then the other. Still a lot of activity with the babies inside even though temp has started to drop. I hope I am being paranoid and this is nothing. I know premature pups is not a good thing and survival of the pups would not be good 8 to10 days early. I have read lots of books and articles, but I was not ready for this to happen at this stage of pregnancy. i need to keep those precious babies in her. Any advice you could give me would be great. ++She was vet checked for all diseases and health genetic conditions as was the sire before breeding. they are great specimens of the breed. I had some of my other yorkies spade/neuter because of standard issues. I did not go into this to make money. I love the breed. and if you consider how much money I have spent trying to find the best I could find in the breed and giving them the best possible care I am in the hole by thousands. I am not doing any of this for money.