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ChantalB · 10-15-2009, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Mardelin

I would not leave the first diapering to mom. Take a cotton ball dipped in warm water and massage it's lil anus. Do you have any NutriDrops on hand? If you do, place a couple of drops on your finger and rub it into the pups gums.....as a matter of fact I'd do it to all of them. Once you've done that gently squeeze a bit of mom's milk out and help him latch onto mom's teat. Did you dry and warm them with a hairdryer? While crying is great to get their lungs to get inflated, too much crying can exhaust and dehydrate them.....make sure the room in which they are in is warm .....suggested heat is 85 degrees and dropping it degree by degree every couple of days.

Make sure you get her to the vet in the morning for a POP shot (Oxytocin), just in case there is any retained placenta, to eliminate any dead tissue, and to assist in milk let down

I just love reading your comments, they are always full of good info.

azureblue54 · 10-15-2009, 09:25 PM

I'm so glad you had a safe whelping, and hope all goes smoothly from now on. Wow, 5 babies, you'll have your hands full for a while.

millies mum · 10-15-2009, 11:54 PM

THANKS FOR ALL YOUR ADVICE, I THINK THE CRYING BABY WAS COLD, (THEY ARE ON A HEAT MAT THOUGH) I EXPECT SHE WAS IN A BIT OF SHOCK, SHE SETTLED NOW AND ALL FEEDING. They been at the side of my bed in there whelping box, got up on 4 occassions to the same one crying,she latching on. I will check on there weights after there feed.
Daddy sat downstairs looks as though he trying to talk, his jaw keeps moving like his teeth are chattering. ( HOW STRANGE).

10-15-2009, 09:25 PM	#17
azureblue54 Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: WI Posts: 137	Congratulations!!! I'm so glad you had a safe whelping, and hope all goes smoothly from now on. Wow, 5 babies, you'll have your hands full for a while.

10-15-2009, 11:54 PM	#18
millies mum Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: england Posts: 82	THANKS FOR ALL YOUR ADVICE, I THINK THE CRYING BABY WAS COLD, (THEY ARE ON A HEAT MAT THOUGH) I EXPECT SHE WAS IN A BIT OF SHOCK, SHE SETTLED NOW AND ALL FEEDING. They been at the side of my bed in there whelping box, got up on 4 occassions to the same one crying,she latching on. I will check on there weights after there feed. Daddy sat downstairs looks as though he trying to talk, his jaw keeps moving like his teeth are chattering. ( HOW STRANGE).