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Originally Posted by luckylady  Though a temp drop is a good tool to use in anticipating whelp time, it can also make you crazy! As Ginas_babys said, temps can fluctuate all over for a few days and different females can and may act differently as whelp approaches. Temp drop also will mean labor can happen within 24 hours, so not necessarily that day. When labor is imminent with my girls (meaning within 12-24 hours), they will have a temp drop along with a definite loss of appetite.
At day 62 your girl may have been close, but I would not be surprised if she was toying with you and made you wait another day or two. Has she had them yet? |
All the charts and lists of things to watch for that mean a whelp in about to happen, are great ONLY for subtle warning signs! This is why you need to know exactly when your female was bred, and then you need to start watching her intently for a week before she is due to deliver....she may or may NOT have any of all the little indications she is about to start....I had a female that used to walk around, eating and drinking and playing and having a ball, never once did her temp drop or spike, never once did sahe go off food/water, never showed nesting behavior any more than she normally liked to root and arrange bedding.....and she would eat dinner, and just calmly walk over to her bed and drop out a puppy! So you just dont know! They are all different and each whelp is different.