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Originally Posted by rayray27
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mama is doing wonderfull all the pup are great all drinking milk mama is eating i made her welping pudding she loves it im giving her gatarade to she is doing great thank u guys for all your help u guys are great
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Be sure to crush a Tums for her too. My vet told me 1/2 a Tums a day, but I have heard others say a full Tums. It won't hurt and could be the very thing that keeps her calcium up. That is the big danger for any yorkie mom and doubly so for those with big litters like yours. That is a lot of calcium being taken away with each feeding. :)
You must be in awe, thrilled, but also petrified! This is a lot to throw on a person who was just told last week that the pregnancy was false. Think a new vet is in order! Thankfuly, sounds like you have a good little momma on your hands. Definately offer her water/gatorade or milk often. She may be reluctant to leave the puppies to drink as much as she really needs to. I know I had to offer mine drinks and food. She would not leave them the first week at all. I even had to physically pick her up to take her out to pee. Glad yours is doing that on her own.
Your pups are good weights for a large litter -- no problem there. Just keep weighing each day and you should see continued gain. Might want to put some sort of a color code on them so you can record the weight of each. I have seen little velcro collars, yarn tied around their little necks (and changed every few days so they do not become tight), nail polish on their toe nails......anything to know which is which....Just be sure if you do put anything around their necks that it will not pose a choking hazard.
You may want to come up with some sort of nursery system for them. A whelping box is all you need right now, but they will learn how to get out that by the second week. So, you will need a pack-n-play, or a play yard that you can set up a puppy bed in one area, puppy pads all over the bottom, food & water in another area. Of course you won't need food until they are 4 weeks old. Water -- I would strongly suggest a water bottle. That way it stays clean and they won't play in it and make a mess. Again -- don't need this until like 3-4 weeks old. I always offered mom food & water away from the pups so they did not get into it too soon. The following two links both make great puppy places after the whelping box is breached. ;)
North State Superyard XT Portable Playard and Gate - Walmart.com This is the one I have -- I made it into a rectangle, put their bed at one end, puppy pads over all the bottom, food & water at the other end, toys in the middle. Made a perfect place for them to live from 2 weeks old to 12/16 weeks.
Walmart.com: IRIS 4 Panel Indoor/Outdoor Plastic Pen White: Dogs -- This is the one I would buy now if I was needing it. A little nicer with the little doggy door. and only $42
For the first 2 weeks I kept the whelping box in a pack N play like this:
Walmart.com: Mia Moda Playgio Playard in Blue: Gear I actually cut a hole in one end, several inches up from the bottom. That way tiny puppies could not make it up to the hole but momma could. Then I put her stool outside the hole so she could make her escape when needed. This works well, as long as you only use it for the first 2 weeks. After that they will try to climb and their little claws get stuck in the mesh. They will also try to get out the hole I cut. So that is when they get moved to the play yard. You may come up with your own system. I just offer these as ideas to start your own imagination. :)
I am a little jealous at all the fun you are about to have. There is nothing like having a litter of puppies to tend to. They are so much fun, changing and learning every day! It is the next best thing to having your own babies!
