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Originally Posted by YorkieRose You actually had an xray, saw pups, also saw and felt movememt, then the litter was gone to reabsorption? Never experinced it to my knowledge..but before an xray it may have happened...but once the number was determined, I have never had less born..had more born when the xray did not show a hidden one, but never less. It certainly happens..I have been lucky. |
Pat I always x-ray my girls.. Last year I had one of the girls x-rayed 7 days before her whelping and there were five skulls and five spines.. When she whelped we only had 4 puppies and she had mostly absorbed the 5th puppy.. We did have to x-ray and do an ultrasound on her after the whelping because of her temp spiking and there were some remnants of her 5th puppy still in there.. She was given an antibotic injection and sent home on antibotic.. My vet said that if her temp was still high the next morning he would have to go in and remove whatever was left of the 5th puppy.. But the next morning her temp was lower and she did great from then on..
I also had a female absorb her whole litter about 2 1/2 weeks before her due date.. She was spay and placed into a pet home..