[gemy]

Originally Posted by dreyeeek

Thank you everyone! She was able to expell all of her placenta and is doing much better. The 5th puppy however, didn;t make it He never quite learned how to latch on and when he did, he was too weak to keep sucking. I wish I learned more about tube feeding to maybe prevent his death. I've given him Bene-Bac and liver too. He was a tough fighter. Died on us twice last night and twice again this morning until he finally couldn't take it anymore

Okay how do you know she expelled all the placentas as a) you did not do pre whelping Xray, and b) according to your admittedly inexperiernced person only "heard" 4 heart beats?

Get her into vets and she already should be going at 2-3 days after whelp which co-incidentially aligns up with when you do dew claws and tails.

O f course I do so hope with all your reading , that you did read the whelping bitch does at the minimum needs a calcium supplement. Sure hope you are doing that.