Second Temperature Drop Observed
Last night Tink’s temperature dropped to 98.7 degF. This morning her temperature was lower then normal. 99.1, and she was breathing hard, but after awhile she dropped off to sleep. She has been staying in the whelping box and is showing signs of nesting. She is digging at the bottom of the box, lifting the towels and rearranging them around her. I put newspaper in the bottom of the box and she has been tearing it up into strips. She is also making little grunting noises and is very sensitive to my movements around the room. In the process of writing this posting, she came out of the box and coax me over to sit with her. She is clearly more fidgety this morning than before. Lets hope she can have this puppy naturally and avoid the c-section tomarrow.
April 10th, 2006 at 10:25 am
Lets hope that the puppy will arrive naturally. After reading some swedish breeding papers I have understood that the bitch sometimes want´s some kind of hiding over her whelping box. In Sweden some breeders arrange a some kind of a roof over the box to make it more cosy to make it look more like a cave. Maybe Tink would like an arrangement like that to make her more relaxed and ready for the whelping. :)) It is worth a try.