Quick! Need Advice! Female bleeding!
 

My yorkie had puppies on Nov 7th. Well, she just got up on my lap and when she got down I had blood all over my shirt. I looked her over and she is bleeding as if she was in heat. Whats this all about? Is this normal? Its been 11 days since pups were born... I am freaking out.... all the horror stories from people losing their mommas.... She is eating, playing, sleeping, ect..
Advice??

If it was me, I'd call the vet. I know it's Saturday night, do you have an emergency vet clinic near?

I dont have any experience with breeding/whelping, and all that, but hopefully someone will come along quickly!

You might wnat to try posting this in the breeder section, so another breeder might see it sooner.

sorry I can't be of any help.

Do you have a book on breeding? What does it say about post partum.

Can you contact an er vet? Please don't take any chances!

Is it heavy bleeding, bright red?

yes, very red, heavier than her heat cycle

OK, I just spoke with my vet. She said it was completely normal to bleed a little up to several weeks after birth. Whhhhhheeeeew! I am so relieved to hear that. Now I can rest easy tonight! Thanks everyone for your advice!!

My girl had 4 healthy pups andafter the 2nd week she started spotting. It was a brownish discharge though and it was very light. I did take her in to see the vet. He checked her and took her temp. Then said that every thing seems to be normal. But he did tell me to keep a watch on her temperature and if her discharge changed to a bright red or got heavier that he would need to see her because it could be a sign of infection. Please keep checking her temp. And I would get a second opinion just to be sure. There are vets on call for after hours.

Don't take any chances....get a second opinion! Your female is worth it.

Discharge is normal after delivery, but if it turns bright red that is a warning
signal that something might be wrong. I would take her in as soon as possible. If the bleeding is heavy I wouldn't wait until Monday.

Here's a paragraph taken from a website:

For the next six to eight weeks, the mother will be producing a reddish brown to bright green odorless discharge called lochia. This is a normal discharge and nothing to be concerned about. If your dog had a bright red bloody discharge, however, call your veterinarian right away. You will also want to continue to take your dog’s temperature and inspect the mammary glands daily so that any uterine or mammary infection can be caught and treated early.

i think you should call the vet back after reading all of this

I did call them back. They told me to quit reading stuff on the internet! LOL What should her normal temp be? I will go check now.

I had a vet tech (actually she's a dear friend of my neice also) tell me to quit reading the internet!

I told her quick, there were over 14,000 yorkie members here, and most had more than 1 dog, and a lot of breeders. She shut up then. It'll probably get back to me through my neice, lol. I don't care. I will keep reading.

So many have lost dogs from vets making "mistakes". If there is anything I can learn from these poor folks that lost their yorkie, its not all in vain.

I'd find another vet, that would be happy that you are learning so much, from such a large, knowledgable board!

I second the "new vet" motion. Any doctor, whether for humans or animals, that tells you to stop trying to educate yourself, is an ass:rolleyes: GOOD doctors want educated patients.

A lot of vets don't seem to understand how quickly these toy breeds can go "down":( I lost the love of my life to an incompetent vet. Please get a second opinion. Bright red blood is NEVER good, IMHO:eek:

Find a different vet!! 3 years ago my Siberian Husky had Blastomycosis. My vet wanted me to take her to the university so they could run several tests on her and try to cure her. or he said that I could have her put down because not very many dogs survive this. or there was a medicine I could give her that would cost over $300. a month. I turned to the interent and read every thing I could. Her nose was swelled real bad and she had two areas on her leg that was draining puss. The vet did xray her lungs and it was in her lungs also. Anyway, I had to hot pack her leg every hour for about 15 minutes to keep the fluid drained and to keep it from traveling to other parts of her body. I had to keep the wounds open and cleaned. after several hours on the internet, I found where I could order the medicine for $100. a month. She had to take this for at least 6 months. I told the vet what I was going to do and he advised me that she may never fully recover. I said fine I would take my chances. At the same time there were six other cases in the area. All of them have perished. My husky is still alive, her lungs are clear and she does not seem to have any side effects that the vet prepared me for. To this day, he says that she would not be alive if it was not for me disagreeing with him and going with my gut. Now he respects my opinions and he has said that if it was anyone else, she would probably not be here today.

Ignore your vet and use the weekend vet on call for a second opinion or get a new vet. You will be happy you did.

Good luck.

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It can be normal and not normal...take her temp, is she acting normal, eating, caring for her pups, is she restless, panting...hard to go by one symtom...her temperature is a good indication of what is going on..I take new moms temp for at least a week or more after whelping..

Oh yeah, her temp should be around 100 to 101. If higher then she probably has an infection.

I did a search with the search engine here on normal temperature. The only post I found said nomal anal temp is 101-102.5

Now don't even ask me how long you keep thermometer in there!

Anyone else know?

Ok I will go take her temp now.

The bleeding has slowed down to a tiny bit. Its more like red blood tinged with clear mucus. Seriously it looks JUST like when she was having a heat cycle.

I just took a pic of her..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../goodmomma.jpg

She is feeding and acting fine, eating, playing, etc

She is gorgeous. My Gizmo had four little girls on September 17th. An hour after she had her last pup, I still felt a hard lump and she was not pushing any more. I took her out to go to the restroom and then we came right back in and she laid back down with the pups. This knot had me concerned and since I did not have an xray done before she gave birth, I did not know how many she would have. So I called the vet on call for the weekend and she agreed to meet me( This was on a Sunday) and do an xray. Luckily everything was fine and it was just her uterus contracting. But it was well worth the fee to make me feel at ease. Then on Monday I took her to the regular vet and got her clean out shot and had him check all of the pups. Then there was no drainage after the 3rd day but 2 weeks later she began to have a discharge so I took her in and had him double check to make sure she was ok. I would do the same all over again. Today everybody is healthy and she is back to her old self.

Keep us posted.

101 to 102.5 is normal, if it hits 103 you have a problem. My thermometer is digital so I take it out when it stops blinking - probably at least a minute, not more than two on a bulb thermometer. Insertion only needs to be about a 1/2 inch.

I just took her temp.. It was 100.9 so we are safe there.



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Check her gums to make sure they are a healthy pink and keep a close eye on her and check her temperature at least 2 times a day. Temperature below 100 is dangerous too (sign of shock and internal bleeding). Here are the signs and symptoms of internal bleeding:

Internal Bleeding

Signs/symptoms

One or more of the following signs/symptoms, you should suspect internal bleeding:

1. Pale or white gums
2. Respiration may be rapid, panting.
3. Animal is lethargic, weak, reluctant to walk.
4. Animal's rectal temperature may be less than 100 degrees F. (Take animal's temperature with a rectal thermometer. Apply a small amount of petroleum jelly to the tip of the thermometer before inserting into the rectum. Leave in at least 2 minutes before checking. The normal temperature for both dogs and cats is approximately 100.5 degrees F-102.5)