Pitbull Owners-Help Me out!!

[BigCracker]

Are bitches assholes when they're prego? She's kinda antsy to begin with but lately I feel like beasting her ass. Of course I don't, but the extra barking is fucking w/ me.

 

[wags8]

Rub cocoa butter on her nipples.

 

[heatherrae]

Hey, I used to breed Shitzu .

When a bitch was pregnant, I fed her lots of chicken livers. I cooked them for her. The added iron and such is great for her.

You will know when she is going to go into labor when she starts acting strange. If she is contracting hard and nothing is happening or if something looks like it is going wrong, rush her to the vet. Otherwise, just be there with her for the birth.

When they come out, the bitch should have the instinct to lick and chew off the sacks and the umbilical cords. My bitch did not do this the first time (she was scared shitless). So, I had to break all the sacks and cut all the little cords myself. So, make sure you have foreceps, peroxide and scissors for this, just in case.

The bitch should also lick their faces to clear mucos and allow them to take their first breaths and their genitalia so that they pee. Once again, my girl didn't do this, and I had to draw out mucous with a baby syringe and rub their genitalia the first time (no dirty jokes please...lol) I actually had to give one pup mouth-to-snout resusitation, but he did fine. =-)

Make sure you have a proper whelping box for her and then just look out for them to make sure it is kept clean, that mom is properly nursing all the pups, etc.

Make sure you get their shots on time. The get 3 series of shots as puppies. =-)

HTH

 

[H_T_]

Hey, I used to breed Shitzu .

When a bitch was pregnant, I fed her lots of chicken livers. I cooked them for her. The added iron and such is great for her.

You will know when she is going to go into labor when she starts acting strange. If she is contracting hard and nothing is happening or if something looks like it is going wrong, rush her to the vet. Otherwise, just be there with her for the birth.

When they come out, the bitch should have the instinct to lick and chew off the sacks and the umbilical cords. My bitch did not do this the first time (she was scared shitless). So, I had to break all the sacks and cut all the little cords myself. So, make sure you have foreceps, peroxide and scissors for this, just in case.

The bitch should also lick their faces to clear mucos and allow them to take their first breaths and their genitalia so that they pee. Once again, my girl didn't do this, and I had to draw out mucous with a baby syringe and rub their genitalia the first time (no dirty jokes please...lol) I actually had to give one pup mouth-to-snout resusitation, but he did fine. =-)

Make sure you have a proper whelping box for her and then just look out for them to make sure it is kept clean, that mom is properly nursing all the pups, etc.

Make sure you get their shots on time. The get 3 series of shots as puppies. =-)

HTH

lol @ the kettle...

 

[heatherrae]

Are bitches assholes when they're prego? She's kinda antsy to begin with but lately I feel like beasting her ass. Of course I don't, but the extra barking is fucking w/ me.

Ah, give her a break. She feels weird and she doesn't really understand why. It would make you an asshole too if you felt like that...lol.

 

[musclemom]

Certain rules hold true for any animal, so I'll pass the generic info on: the big thing is you want to PROVIDE her with a nesting box (you don't want her dropping them in your bed, on the sofa, or in some truly horrible place). You want to provide her a safe nesting area, out of the way, out of drafts, preferably in a room where you can close the door. They like areas that feel very secure, in corners, or in a corner with a large piece of furniture on one side is really great (like a cul de sac feel). As she gets closer to delivery date (WHY don't you know when she got pregnant?!? BAD daddy) you keep her enclosed in the nesting room as much as possible. Line the nest with newspaper for the birth, don't get fancy, just lay it out. After the messy stuff's over you pick that up and put some nice towels or sheets down (but just lay them out smooth, you don't want the pups getting tangled up and smothered) but no reason to screw the towels up until the pups are born, especially with a bigger breed.

For kittens the only "surgical" equipment I've ever needed was a nice towel and a sharp pair of scissors (in case the mom left the cord way too long. You don't want to cut it closer than 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch but you don't want it so long it gets in the way). I've always given kittens a nice brisk rubdown with the towel after they're born, made sure they're faces were clear, made sure they were breathing.

Some animals want you to hold their paw when they give birth ... some of them go fucking nuts and you're out of there, depends on what kind of bond you have with her.

Good luck.

 

[heatherrae]

Certain rules hold true for any animal, so I'll pass the generic info on: the big thing is you want to PROVIDE her with a nesting box (you don't want her dropping them in your bed, on the sofa, or in some truly horrible place). You want to provide her a safe nesting area, out of the way, out of drafts, preferably in a room where you can close the door. They like areas that feel very secure, in corners, or in a corner with a large piece of furniture on one side is really great (like a cul de sac feel). As she gets closer to delivery date (WHY don't you know when she got pregnant?!? BAD daddy) you keep her enclosed in the nesting room as much as possible. Line the nest with newspaper for the birth, don't get fancy, just lay it out. After the messy stuff's over you pick that up and put some nice towels or sheets down (but just lay them out smooth, you don't want the pups getting tangled up and smothered) but no reason to screw the towels up until the pups are born, especially with a bigger breed.

For kittens the only "surgical" equipment I've ever needed was a nice towel and a sharp pair of scissors (in case the mom left the cord way too long. You don't want to cut it closer than 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch but you don't want it so long it gets in the way). I've always given kittens a nice brisk rubdown with the towel after they're born, made sure they're faces were clear, made sure they were breathing.

Some animals want you to hold their paw when they give birth ... some of them go fucking nuts and you're out of there, depends on what kind of bond you have with her.

Good luck.

yeah, pretty much same except I like to have forceps to hold the cords if I have to cut them. They are really quite slippery...lol.

I used to like to use a kiddie pool for a whelping box. Worked out really well for me. Easy to clean. I didn't use sheets and towels. I just continued to use newspaper shreads, because it was so much easier to clean.

 

[CO B-man]

Are bitches assholes when they're prego? She's kinda antsy to begin with but lately I feel like beasting her ass. Of course I don't, but the extra barking is fucking w/ me.

Are you the father? You having little crackers? Cracker Jacks perhaps?

 

[musclemom]

yeah, pretty much same except I like to have forceps to hold the cords if I have to cut them. They are really quite slippery...lol.

I used to like to use a kiddie pool for a whelping box. Worked out really well for me. Easy to clean. I didn't use sheets and towels. I just continued to use newspaper shreads, because it was so much easier to clean.

I never would have thought of a kiddie pool, but I've never midwifed dogs. With the really big breeds all you can really do is put down a big nest of newspaper in a closed room and hope for the best (my ex's Newfoundland had pups, he lost his entire bedroom for 8 weeks). Never noticed cord slipperiness but kittens are tiny when born, length of your palm (excluding fingers) at the most so as long as the scissors are sharp really no problems, it's like trimming a piece of yarn.

 

[BigCracker]

Welp(no pun intended), it happened. Strangely enough she only had 2 fem pups. Labor went fine. Delivered 2 pups over 6 hours. I brought her to the vet and got an x ray just to make sure no pups were left inside her. It was really strange how quiet she was during labor. She had the 1st pup 5 ft away from me and I didn't even know it until I heard squeaks from the little girl. The mom is kick ass. She actually waits for both pups to be asleep before she goes outside to pee. Here's pics-

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b169/bigcracker/pitbulls/chillaxin.jpg