[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Whelping Problem? Update/Thermometers
- From: Wasatchgld@xxxxxxx
- To: zlrockenstein@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 14:37:54 EDT
Glad your girl and her babies are doing well, Zoa. Since sperm is good
for about 7 days after the breeding, you don't really know the exact day
the eggs were fertilized. You're safe waiting a little longer if she isn't
having contractions.
My experience with the digital thermometers I've bought is that they aren't
very accurate. I've tried several, including the one that you put in your
ear <G>, and decided their a quick easy way to check your temp, but
then I use the old fashioned type to get the "real" temperature if the
digital one looks like there is a problem. The accurate ones the vets and
doctors use are usually much more expensive.
You might try doing both next time you check your girl - maybe the
digital one is reading a couple of degrees off.
Good luck - let us know when the babies arrive!
Janice
In a message dated 5/2/2007 8:13:44 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
zlrockenstein@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
I like the digital thermometers better because you only have to stick the
tip in. This makes it easier for one person to do without a second person to
hold the bitch. They have a low battery indicator, and the battery is
supposed to last for three years. My vet uses one as well.
Zoa
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From: Dawn Bonome [mailto:sheppiefan@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wed 5/2/2007 8:54 AM
To: Rockenstein, Zoa L. ; showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Whelping Problem? Update
Don't they make the OLD FASHIONED thermometers anymore? Are the digital
thermometers better?
I am glad that your girl is o.k.!!
Dawn Bonome
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From: "Rockenstein, Zoa L. " <zlrockenstein@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: zlrockenstein@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Whelping Problem? Update
Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 08:46:36 -0500
>I wrote a few days ago about my bitch Venus' temp being at 98 for 3 days
with no puppies. This became 5 days at 98 with no puppies. I want to thank
everyone who responded. Still no puppies, but I learned a lot, both from
horror
stories of dead puppies/c-sections and from those who never take temps and
just let nature take its course. I heard about bitches delivering on the
68-70th
days with no problems. Advice ranged from take her in for a c-section
immediately to have a drink and relax. I decided that I needed to know if the
puppies were alive. A follow-up ultrasound yesterday confirmed that all five
had
strong heartbeats. When the vet took her temp, it was normal. He wondered if
there was something wrong with my thermometer, a new digital one. I wondered
if the temp had spiked back up. It was 99 this morning. We are on the 63rd
day. She did some scratching in her bed at 2:30 this morning. She seems like
something is going on. I have to go to work for a coupl
> e of hours. It wouldn't surprise me if there were puppies when I get home.
I think everything is okay. The list is great. I felt like I had a lot of
very knowledgeable and terrific people right here with me. Thanks Again! I
hope
I get to meet some of you at the Midwest Futurity. Good luck to everyone
this weekend!
>
>Now, in the words of the old song:
>
>"Venus, if you will...please send a little girl for me to thrill..."
>
>Dr. Zoa Rockenstein
>RiverRock
Janice Buchanan
Wasatch-Gold German Shepherds
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