My Tinkerbell is due on Sunday!!!

[Sharonandtink]

I have an update on Tinkerbell's puppies. I went and had an xray to be on the safe side. Tinkerbell is going to have 5 puppies!!!! WOW!!! And I thought that there was only 3. Man would I have been suprised on delivery day. There is some bad new though. One of the puppies looks like it has died and is being reabsorbed into Tinkerbell. I guess that is a good thing because Tinkerbell is so small and this is her first litter. But wow I never imagined 4 live and kicking puppies. I guess that I should not get my hopes up just yet. I will add the xrays as soon as I can find a way to get them on here. They are just so great to look at. I love them. I think that I might just have them framed and put on the wall.

Oh some good information that I have learned from my vet.

1. Calcium suppliments should start the day that the female gives birth. NOT BEFORE.

2. Becareful with using vanilla icecream inbetween puppies because they can be lactosintolerent. This can be very harmful to there health. Expectially if you did not know that they can not handle milk products. It might even be only a problem when they are pregnant. Yikes!!!

3. It is okay to let the mothers eat the placenta, but if she does not want too, that is okay too.

I hope that this helps anyone that is on this site learning like I am.

Thank you everyone for all the great information and I can't wait to learn more. Have a goodnight.

[Sunnie]

Originally Posted by Sharonandtink

Thank you so much for you input. Did you do anything special to keep the babies from getting tangled in the hair? Also thank you for the websites. Great information. I have the heating pad, but it is one of those that turns off every 20 minutes. Does anyone know where to get one that will stay at a certain tempature for long periods of time?

I didn't do anything special. Sunshine's hair is very long, but those puppies KNOW where to get thier milk and the hair just never seemed to get in the way. I will post a picture of her and one of her and the babies.

I got my heating pad at Walmart. I actually had Sunshine set up in her x-pen. I layed a vinyl tablecloth down, then set up the pen on top of it. In one corner I put her travel crate with the door and the top taken off. (After the babies were born I put the top back on and kept it covered with a small blanket to help hold in the warmth. I placed the heating pad under the back half of the crate, then a towel on top of it before putting the crate in there. Outside of the crate I used pish pads (washable potty pads) then in one corner I put regular potty pads and in another corner put moms food and water bowls. I got some warm fleece at the fabric store and pinned it all around the xpen except the door. Then I used a sheet over the top of the entire x-pen. In the daytime I would pull the sheet back so it covered only 1/2 of the xpen and cover the whole thing at night. It kept them nice and warm without Mom getting too waRM AND SHE COULD COME OUT of the crate if she was too warm. I kept the heating pad on low the first 3 weeks. then I turned it off during the daytime and on low at night. Hope this helps.
Sonya

[MorkieAZ]

You'll hear lots of opinions on letting them eat the placentas...I let my moms eat a couple and that's it. Otherwise I find they have diarrea afterwards.
I'm glad you are getting a wealth of info here. I'm also glad you got the x-rays, it's so nice to know when it's really over and you can relax.

[Sharonandtink]

Originally Posted by Sunnie

I didn't do anything special. Sunshine's hair is very long, but those puppies KNOW where to get thier milk and the hair just never seemed to get in the way. I will post a picture of her and one of her and the babies.

I got my heating pad at Walmart. I actually had Sunshine set up in her x-pen. I layed a vinyl tablecloth down, then set up the pen on top of it. In one corner I put her travel crate with the door and the top taken off. (After the babies were born I put the top back on and kept it covered with a small blanket to help hold in the warmth. I placed the heating pad under the back half of the crate, then a towel on top of it before putting the crate in there. Outside of the crate I used pish pads (washable potty pads) then in one corner I put regular potty pads and in another corner put moms food and water bowls. I got some warm fleece at the fabric store and pinned it all around the xpen except the door. Then I used a sheet over the top of the entire x-pen. In the daytime I would pull the sheet back so it covered only 1/2 of the xpen and cover the whole thing at night. It kept them nice and warm without Mom getting too waRM AND SHE COULD COME OUT of the crate if she was too warm. I kept the heating pad on low the first 3 weeks. then I turned it off during the daytime and on low at night. Hope this helps.
Sonya

Thank you so much for putting my mind at ease about her hair. I just love it so much. I am going to have to go to walmart tonight it looks like to find another heating pad. The only ones that I could find were the ones that turn off after a certain time. Darn safety standards. HEHE. Great information about it though.

The crate is a good idea. Tinkerbell has taken to a laundry basket with blankets in it. So I just let her have it. She is really pertective of it twords the cat, so I think that she has her spot already picked out. Weird, but very cute.

On another note....your furbabies are very cute. I love the bow in her hair. Too cute. Thanks for all the wonderful information.

[Sharonandtink]

Originally Posted by MorkieAZ

You'll hear lots of opinions on letting them eat the placentas...I let my moms eat a couple and that's it. Otherwise I find they have diarrea afterwards.
I'm glad you are getting a wealth of info here. I'm also glad you got the x-rays, it's so nice to know when it's really over and you can relax.

That is what the vet told me. He said if she eats too much or whatever she will have bad diarrea and that can cause more trouble then it is worth. I am really happy that I know that she is going to have 5 puppies. I thought that there was only 3 and that is from the heartbeats that I could hear. Thanks for the information.

[Yorkiedaze]

My husband me Zada and Azrael will be in Ft. Greely Alaska around January or February. We will be there for two years, but we will be back home every seven weeks for two weeks. We will be going to Fairbanks each week-end for shopping and a little get-away. I've been buying the girls their winter gear and will now start on mine. I would like to meet you and Alaska Yorkie while we are living up there. Good luck with the new additions.

[Sharonandtink]

Originally Posted by Yorkiedaze

My husband me Zada and Azrael will be in Ft. Greely Alaska around January or February. We will be there for two years, but we will be back home every seven weeks for two weeks. We will be going to Fairbanks each week-end for shopping and a little get-away. I've been buying the girls their winter gear and will now start on mine. I would like to meet you and Alaska Yorkie while we are living up there. Good luck with the new additions.

I would love to meet you. I am in Anchorage so it is quite the drive from Fairbanks. But if you are ever in Anchorage let me know. I would love to see your babies and meet you.

P.S. If you buy the little booties for your babies make sure that they get use to them asap. You will laugh at the way that they walk.

[Sharonandtink]

I have some video that I uploaded on youtube of Tinkerbell and her babies still inside. All five of them.

Update: Still no babies yet and she does not seem to be showing any signs that they are going to be coming soon. Still waiting.....

[sweetr72]

Do you have a link to the youtube video?? Congrats on the new puppies coming!! I have a litter of himalayan kittens due soon...so I feel your excitement!!

Dawn

[Sharonandtink]

Originally Posted by sweetr72

Do you have a link to the youtube video?? Congrats on the new puppies coming!! I have a litter of himalayan kittens due soon...so I feel your excitement!!

Dawn

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[Sharonandtink]

Sorry about that. It did not work as intended. Here is the url:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blE5CUd6QTo

Congrats on you upcoming litter. It is just so exciting.

Update:

Tinkerbell has not had her puppies yet. The last time that I took her temp it was 98.7. She has been panting, which is something she very rarely does and right now she is just resting on the cool linoleum. We are still waiting...

[love_me_cody]

I love the video!!! And I also hope you catch the birth on video because i would love to watch it

[sweetr72]

Originally Posted by Sharonandtink

Sorry about that. It did not work as intended. Here is the url:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blE5CUd6QTo

Congrats on you upcoming litter. It is just so exciting.

Update:

Tinkerbell has not had her puppies yet. The last time that I took her temp it was 98.7. She has been panting, which is something she very rarely does and right now she is just resting on the cool linoleum. We are still waiting...

That is sooooooooo neat...seeing the puppies kicking!! I also hope you catch the birth on video!!

Dawn

[Sharonandtink]

Oh I hope that I catch it on video too. Youtube needs more information on yorkie welping for us people who have never done it before. Maybe ease the nervousness a bit. AHHHHH!!!!!

[Yorkiekids]

Best wishes with your birthing experience.