Green fluid during birth? My friend just got home and said her dog has had 3 out of 4 puppies, the largest one was dead, the other two seem fine. The vet had hoped the larger one would be the last one born after looking at the x-ray but it wasn't. Anyway, she said there was some green fluid on the mom's legs, is this something to be concerned about? |
Green fluid can mean that the placentas separated early. |
and that can be serious. Have her call a vet!! |
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Third puppy born okay, she was due Saturday, so she was 3 days early. I guess the big puppy was 2-3 times bigger than the others. She called the vet and they said the fluid was normal at this time, but if it were showing and the puppies weren't being delivered it would be early separation of the placenta, just as you said. Thank you for your response! I really appreciate it. |
Oops - I meant the 4th puppy was born okay. Mom and the 3 remaining puppies are all doing good. You all are great! Thanks. |
the green was probably from the dead puppy. if you see green fluid prior to the birth, the placenta had separted and usually the puppy is dead. now it happened to me after the puppies were presented but this meant that the placenta had separated and if she did not have the next puppy for an hour, it would have probably died. she needs to have the mommy go to the vet and get an oxy shot right a way. with this, sometimes there is a retained placenta in her (or parts of one) |
The green fluid is called lochia and is perfectly normal during the whelping process but not a good sign if presented early. |
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im glad you cleared that up b/c i saw a dvd on whelping and i was also wondering b/c alot of breeders said green fluis is not good. im glad to hear that is ok during whelping. |
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Just be aware that it is NOT OKAY in a lot of cases. let me tell you my green fluid story. My bitch went into labor at 59 days. The first sign was her having a whole bed full of green liquid. Like when water breaks only it was a dark green. No lochia was present. I knew something was wrong already, I changed her bedding, same thing again. Lots of it. Then she started vomiting huge amounts of the same bile colored liquid. i rushed her to the vet about half an hour after all this. One puppy, the one in front was already dead. mom almost died. had a c-section to save the other puppy and of course mom was spayed. so before you consider all green as normal, make sure you know what you are looking at. Now that would get the heart pumping right off the bat. Green before a first pup is usually NOT okay.I have a little story also. Female started labor all was normal presented a sack kept pushing no pup,then she was pushing on her back! I knew something was not right for I have never seen them push in that position,called the vet took her over and all contractions stopped,a shot of oxy was given and contractions resumed he checked her and could feel nothing then out popped another sack,he said what the .... checked her again and out popped ANOTHER sack.Then a bunch of green fluid.(my heart sank for I knew it would not be good). He knew she needed a section then and fast before we lost them.We ended up with 6 pups(x-ray showed 5) all were okay we could not belive it.The last pup was sideways in the horn something he had not seen before ,that first pup blocked the train for the rest.We thought for sure we were going to loose a pup or more with all that green fluid but was very lucky.Everyone was okay 4 girls and 2 boys and momma did wonderful. Having pups can be very nerve racking at times. |
Very good information to know. Thanks everyone. |
Green fluid is normal, what you must be aware of is foul oder. Tami, you are correct if occurs prior to the delivery of the 1st pup it is a sign that there is a problem. |
Well, mine was copious amounts of dark green water. I also was told by breeders on here during that time that it was normal and if I hadn't trusted my gut instinct, my bitch would have been dead so i stand by what I said in that not all green before a delivery is normal. mine had no foul odor and after passing all the green from her bottom, she vomited about half a cup full twice. I had no sac visiable or anything. her whole bed was soaked (twice) not counting the vomit. I'm not trying to dispute Tami or mardelin either one, just telling my experience and sorry if it doesn't agree with theirs. |
green Sugars mom ..Your experience was very different from a normal, green fluid that presents during and after some whelpings..your bitch showed others symtoms of needing the vet as you did...green is the breakdown of the blood decomposing. I find a shot of oxyie after whelping cleans the bitch out and mine rarely have anything more then a few days of spotting after a litter. Best os luck |
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