New Yorkie owner
 

Hi everyone, our new girl Ellie came to us because her owner passed away and nobody wanted her due to the fact she was pregnant. We took her in to join our animal family as we couldn't see her put into kennels. Well 5 weeks later shes huge lol, were so excited bout the new arrivals and cant wait as were wanting to keep a couple to extend the family, ive noticed today shes starting to produce milk so not sure how long she has left as nobody knew when she was mated. Any advice would be so welcome so please get in touch.

Many thanks

Lee

p.s sorry for the short message before my cat ran across the laptop and sent it lol

Hi and welcome to YT :). Bless your huge heart for taking in this poor girl! I'm so glad she has someone.

Hopefully, YorkieMom1 will see this thread and will offer great advice, as you have a ton of learning to do regarding the whelping...in a very short amount of time. I wish you the very best of luck and can't wait to hear that everyone came through the whelping safely :)!

When does the vet think she is due? I would think the sonogram would have given a good idea of the pup size, due date, quantity, and if she will be able to birth them naturally or will need a c-section as some yorkies have a need of.

How old is she and how much did she weigh before pregnancy?

Bless your heart for taking on this enormous responsibility and provide this baby girl a safe home to whelp her little family.

Do you know ANYTHING about what she was bred to at all???!! I would take her and have an xray done, so the vet can count how many babies you need to be expecting....you can also see the size of the babies and the vet should be able to measure your momma's pelvic ring to see if these babies are going to have problems fitting thru the birth canal....if these babies are too large, you will need to do a c-section or yopu can very easily loose the entire shooting match, momma included....your vet will be able to provide this service a lot cheaper than an emergency clinic will....you will do better to have any necessary c-section done in the day, during office hours of your vet, rather than getting hung up in an emergency clinic in the middle of the night.

You need a large "box" or crate, ....my birthing crates are about 34 x 60 inches.....mommas cardboard box, where she is secluded with her babies, is on one end of this whelping crate.... with a heating pad UNDERNEATH the box, NOT IN IT,....measuring 30 inches x 25 inches......this is her private space with her babies, keeping them all warm and safe and secure....if you are interested, I can send you pics of my set up, but you will need to send me your email address, as my computer skills are horrific and I have NO idea how to post pics on this site!!

You want to have on hand First Born brand puppy milk....you want a bottle of Pedialyte (unflavored), you want an egg yolk, live cultured yogurt, and Dr.Millers Nutra Drops, available on line.....If you need to feed these babies after they are born, I will give you the formula for mixing this milk up for your babies, which will deliver the required calories/cc for newborns to keep them thriving. This should get you started....contact me at ladyofrosehill@aol.com if you need help!

Hi and thank you for your replies, our girl ellie is 5 yrs old and was bred with another yorkie shes not a tea cup yorkie but a 7.5 pounder lol. Today she has been wanting her bed alot and has been panting so i think she is due any time now i have to say im so excited as im going to keep some if not all if she has a small litter... oh and last couple of days has been hard to get her to eat up till then she ate for england lol but today refuses everything...ill keep u all updated as we go along the vet said shes in good shape and everything is goin to plan so fingers crossed for a good whelp

Lee

Good luck! Let us know what's going on!

Welcome to YT

Good luck on your new babies

Hi Ellie had 7 pups but sadly the last one was very tiny compared to the others and died...but she has 6 and everythibg is going well shes being a great mom to them

Lee

Congratulations......aren't you so lucky to have all of those adorable yorkie puppies.

So glad all went well. That was a big litter. I sure would love to see pics.

Ellie has 5 boys and a little girl the pics seem to be too big to put on here :(
Lee

Congrats!! It's great you took in momma Ellie. Hope the pups are all doing well. If you wanna make the image size smaller, you can maybe try this link: Resize Images online

Would love to see photos :)