PLEASE HELP....Pregnant Yorkie..

[ladyjane]

A 4.5 pound pup had SEVEN puppies? YIKES

[megansmomma]

They must be very very tiny for 7 to come from such a little girl

[TaylorWoods]

I have been following your post but not commenting because I dont breed but wanted to say congratulations on the new babies im glad it all went well and my sympathies to the one that was lost do post us some pictures of the new litter!

[ladyjane]

Oh..YES...congratulations! So happy to know that all is well and will look forward to puppy pics!

[mommadog1]

Originally Posted by HuskerYorkies

Thanks....Tuesday would be the 63rd day from when her and our male were together....We were not planning on breeding them...I have no experience...but have been in constant contact with our vet....the vet said two possibly three babies....and my girl is 4.5 lbs

Boy was that vet ever wrong..LOL

[Woogie Man]

Oh, boy, .....now the work starts. Getting Mom to eat enough to feed all those babies can be a challenge. Also, you may have some small ones there that will need supplementing right away. I just went through one of my girls (a 5 pounder) having 6 babies. I was worried from day 1 about Mom and the babies. I started right away with calcium supplements for Mom (I used PetCal) and fed her as much as she would eat. She ate well for the first 2 days and then got picky on me. What worked for me with her was feeding boiled chicken, beef liver, scrambled eggs, goat's milk and canned food. By the second week after giving birth, she was eating 5 to 6 meals daily.

Your babies may look fine for the first day or so due to pre-nartal nutrition they got from Mom but can drop off really quickly. If you see any that aren't gaining, supplement them right away. Don't wait for them to start going downhill. With my girl, there were 2 smaller ones and I supplemented them starting the first day. I let them nurse but made sure they had enough with supplementing. I used the canned goat's milk (mixed with equal parts water) and added a little karo syrup to it. I used an eye dropper for feeding them and went slowly so they didn't aspirate the food. I warmed the formula to about the temp for baby formula. I use the inside of my wrist to check it.

I would think that the biggest things to watch for in your girl would be infection from the c-section and eclampsia (low blood calcium). You'll find the signs of it in the link posted earlier. You can hopefully avoid it by giving her calcium supplements and calcium rich foods. There is also a recipe for whelping pudding at the top of the forum here that is very good. With the PetCal tabs, I fed 1/2 tab twice daily. My girl did fine and had plenty of milk for her babies until weaning.

Not sure of the temp where you are, but the babies need to stay warm. They are unable to regulate their body heat for the first 3 weeks and need to be in a warm room (about 78 degrees) with no drafts. I also use a heating pad but make sure Mom can get off of it so she doesn't overheat.

Congrats on the babies and good to hear Mom is doing well. Best of luck!

[Mardelin]

Originally Posted by Woogie Man

Oh, boy, .....now the work starts. Getting Mom to eat enough to feed all those babies can be a challenge. Also, you may have some small ones there that will need supplementing right away. I just went through one of my girls (a 5 pounder) having 6 babies. I was worried from day 1 about Mom and the babies. I started right away with calcium supplements for Mom (I used PetCal) and fed her as much as she would eat. She ate well for the first 2 days and then got picky on me. What worked for me with her was feeding boiled chicken, beef liver, scrambled eggs, goat's milk and canned food. By the second week after giving birth, she was eating 5 to 6 meals daily.

Your babies may look fine for the first day or so due to pre-nartal nutrition they got from Mom but can drop off really quickly. If you see any that aren't gaining, supplement them right away. Don't wait for them to start going downhill. With my girl, there were 2 smaller ones and I supplemented them starting the first day. I let them nurse but made sure they had enough with supplementing. I used the canned goat's milk (mixed with equal parts water) and added a little karo syrup to it. I used an eye dropper for feeding them and went slowly so they didn't aspirate the food. I warmed the formula to about the temp for baby formula. I use the inside of my wrist to check it.

I would think that the biggest things to watch for in your girl would be infection from the c-section and eclampsia (low blood calcium). You'll find the signs of it in the link posted earlier. You can hopefully avoid it by giving her calcium supplements and calcium rich foods. There is also a recipe for whelping pudding at the top of the forum here that is very good. With the PetCal tabs, I fed 1/2 tab twice daily. My girl did fine and had plenty of milk for her babies until weaning.

Not sure of the temp where you are, but the babies need to stay warm. They are unable to regulate their body heat for the first 3 weeks and need to be in a warm room (about 78 degrees) with no drafts. I also use a heating pad but make sure Mom can get off of it so she doesn't overheat.

Congrats on the babies and good to hear Mom is doing well. Best of luck!

Just to answer your temp setting. Start with the room at 80-85 degrees, and lower one or two degrees each day.

Pup Body temp. Weeks 1-2: 94-99 degrees Fahrenheit
Weeks 3-4: 100 degrees Fahrenheit.

An alternative to a heating pad is a 100 watt light bulb in a safe goose neck lamp a couple of feet above the nest.