Time to Start Taking Temperatures
Taking Maxi’s temperature will help me know within 24 hours when she is actually going to whelp her little Havanese puppies. She is due Saturday so I began Monday. I take her temps in the morning and the evening when she has rested a while…which is pretty much all the time right now!
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| If she gets any bigger she’ll be dragging on the floor! |
Her temps are hovering between 100.0 and 100.8 degrees Fahrenheit. A dog’s normal temp is 101.5 but the hormones prevalent in a pregnant bitch will lower her temp to closer to 100.0 during her last trimester.
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| Maxi chilling this morning while the others play around her! |
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| You can’t really tell from this photo but Maxi is as big as a doghouse! |
With a little luck we will catch the dramatic surge to over 101.0 F which happens 12 hours before the drop to the 98.0 F area. When her temp drops I will know the puppies should arrive in the next 24 hours!!
So, we actually have about a 36 hour heads up on when the pups are likely to be born, which is very helpful.
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| This is Maxi’s private apartment! I think she likes it. The box on the left is where she’ll whelp her pups. |
