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Help! My Yorkie has decided she doesnt want to take care of them! I have 4 puppies who are 11 days old now and the mother is just refusing to be with them or nurse them. If I make her, she will let them nurse and she will clean them, but I have to FORCE her in to the cage and put all the puppies on her, then she will clean them and let them nurse. She is not really rejecting them, its just like she suddenly forgot she is supposed to be with them and feeding them. Why would she do this? How can make sure my puppies survive? |
Do you have her whelping box in an area that is too busy? |
I didn't think it was too busy but it might be.. Should I move them to where they are almost nearly isolated? |
It might be worth a try, also, is the whelping box too war? If you have a heating pad in there, there should be enough room for mommy to move off the pad if she is too hot |
Also, they are 11 days old now, so she isn't going to stay with them ALL the time. She should be checking on them constantly, though. |
Do they get hungry enough so they cry for her? Do you have her penned in so she has to stay with them like in an xpen or a playpen? |
This morning they were crying loud and she just laid there like she couldn't hear them. She started with being away from them for longer periods of time til now she does not want to be in there at all and only goes to check on them if I go in there and mess with them or if my male yorkie goes in there ( all he has to do is walk in the room, not get near them) If I physically force her to stay in there by locking her in she will feed them and take care of them. I have them in a large cage. The walls and top are removable ( has a door when on) and she was coming and going at her own free will, til she decided not to go back. Now I am locking her in for about an hour every 2-3 hours to force her to care for them. It is large enough that she can get off the heat. |
Diva's baby is 15 days old today. She will leave him in the whelping box for periods of time to come sit in my lap and get some loving. But, the minute she even thinks she hears a squeak come from the room her baby is in, she is off like a shot to check on him. Sometimes she will just run in there and look at him and make sure he's there and sleeping, then she'll come right back to where I am. This perfectly normal for a dog to do at this point. My only suggestions are basically the same as the other posters. * Make sure that she can move away from the heating pad if she gets too hot. * Make sure that you are not spending too much time holding the puppies. She may think that since you want to care for them she'll just let you do it!! * Make sure her whelping box is in a very private area. Diva stressed out if too many people come near her baby. She tried to attack the phone repair man when he walked into the kitchen and had to be picked up. Dogs are very protective. * Last, if the puppies have nice round bellies are warm and are not crying, then let her do her thing. Mommy knows best sometimes. |
I have had that happen and found I had to put a lid on the x-pen. Once I made it so she couldnt get out she did fine. Apparently she would rather be with me then the puppies. I spoiled her too much. Just put the whelping box in an x-pen and make some sort of top for it. I used another x-pen and took it apart and used the panels as a lid. |
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Wanted to add: I only mess with them when I am placing them on her to nurse and to weigh them and change their bedding. I only weigh and change the bedding every three days or so when the room starts to smell like doggie doo in there. |
:confused:Sounds like you are doing everything you need to.. Hopefully she knows what's she's doing. She is a first time mother and may be a little stressed,:( but it is a mothers nature to be with her babies. I am just a little worried, please keep in touch and like I said you are doing everything well..:) Good luck |
Congrats on your puppies:) Love to see them when you have time to post pics;) Anyway, anyone that has some experience please correct me if I'm wrong, and I don't want to scare you or anything with what I'm about to type:eek: But isn't not wanting to care for the puppies one of the early signs of eclampsia? I could swear that I read that here somewhere:confused: If I remembered that correctly, it's worth a call to the vet to discuss. Good luck with your new little family, and here's to good health for all!:thumbup: |
Hi -- just wanted to relate my experience with low blood calcium, in case it helps. My 6 lb. chihuahua had a large litter this winter and developed low blood calcium (per vet). I had been crushing a calcium (with vitamin D) pill and putting it in cream cheese and giving it to her daily, but had stopped when the pups were born. The vet indicated I should continue to do this as this was the problem. I feel my dog would have died without me giving her the calcium/cream cheese regularly. Good luck whatever the problem! |
As far as I know you are not to give bitch calcium before they whelp. After is fine and encouraged, but beofre can help them get sick with the eclampsia as they stop producing it and storing it on their own... |
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