I am so sorry for your little lady....everyone has already suggested the things I did to help Hailee get through her grief of loosing her baby. For whelping, I use a large cardboard box (30" x 38" x 8" deep) with shredded newspaper for softness, covered with large disposable pee pads...as my girls give birth, I pull the top pad off and discard, leaving a clean pad for the next puppy's birth....In little Hailee's case, I tossed the entire box...no familiar smells to fret over....she did search all over the bedroom for her baby....she collected ALL her stuffed toys and put them in her satin bed, where she arranged them and cuddled with them....she did this for about 3 weeks...I didnt think she would EVER get over this, and it was breaking my heart watching it...she would even bring me "her babies" to put them up in my bed so we could all sleep together.....she eventually moved on...I gave her TONS of extra love and care and attention during this time, sitting with her and her bed and her "babies", while we all watched TV....I also applied warm compresses to her teats, (draping a towel heated in the microwave and then placed in a plastic bag to retain the heat), across MY forearm, and placing Hailee straddling my arm, her belly on the warm towel, at least three times a day....that and the dry parsley dried her up with no incident. |