Hi Flo.. Not always...<grin>. My girl, Milkeyn Felicity, had a litter of 4 a week early last Sunday evening and there were no visible signs that she was ready to whelp. No temp drop, no nesting, no panting...nothing, other than she had had a slight brownish discharge 2 days earlier that went away. The only reason that I was keeping an eye on her that day is she had a look in her eye that made me feel that she was uncomfortable. I decided to keep her in the living room with me that evening and the first sign of whelping was the presentation of a waterbag and some major discomfort. That was it. Of course I ran around collecting all of my whelping equipment, including my 16 year old daughter, just in time for the arrival of the first baby.
Shelley had 4 blenheim babies....2 girls and 2 boys :) Kind regards, Kim Ballymena Cavaliers Nordic Angoras At 07:44 PM 11/25/2001 EST, you wrote: >Susan > >Senility caused me to forget - the bitch's temperature drops 2 degrees about >12 hours before whelp, ie from 102 to about 100 degrees. > >Good luck to both of you > >Your very own super wonderful and fantastic >Flo Sinclair >Plymouth's Premier Waffler >and >Femme Extrordinaire >Alias: >Sinclair [EMAIL PROTECTED] ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 1999 by its original author.
