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06-12-2006, 05:35 PM | #1 |
YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Michigan
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| I'm SOO excited! Zaylee is going to be a Mommy! Ok, perhaps I am counting my chickens before they hatch...but I am just so excited! Zaylee just got bred to our male a few days ago and is now due in August (fingers crossed). These next couple months are going to be killer for me. This is her first litter (he gets around LOL) and I just think they are going to be beautiful. I am going to call and set up her x-ray tomorrow....lol they will think I am crazy to set it up so far in advance! Do you think I should set up an ultrasound? I know they are not 100%, but an x-ray isn't either. We always do x-rays to see how big the puppies are about a week before they are due, but do you think that getting an x-ray is bad for the female and the puppies?? We have done so in the past (with other females) and nothing ever happend...it just seems that radiation isn't good. What are all of your thoughts?
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06-12-2006, 07:15 PM | #2 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Texas
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| can't help you on the radiation part but as far as humans go, radiation is bad for a pregnant woman because it causes mutations in cells and sometimes it changes the genetic code. Congrats on your upcoming babies..are you going to keep them all? |
06-13-2006, 07:41 AM | #3 | |
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06-13-2006, 02:02 PM | #4 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Qc, Canada
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| Ultrasounds don't really work on dogs, it would just be a waste of money. X- rays are only usefull after the 45th day (after the 50th day is even better), because the bones of the puppy need to be formed so we can actually see something with the X-rays. Just 1 week before due date, I don't think X-rays will harm the puppies, but if it was done at an earlier stage, yes I think there would be a risk of harming the puppies. |
06-13-2006, 02:19 PM | #5 |
Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Indiana
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| I didn't want to take a chance with the x-rays either, so, since she wasn't showing any signs of delivering I had it done 5 days before due date.
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