« Reply #30 on: March 13, 2014, 02:34:48 PM »
I only xray any more if I am not sure they are pregnant or its obvious they only have a couple of pups.
The section rate is higher on them because they can lack hormones to be able to whelp properly.
I don't US any more. Doesn't matter if there are pups at 4 weeks. Because that is no guarantee there will be pups at 9 weeks.
Oxytocin is hardly ever used any more by most breeders. The recommended drug of choice is soluble calcium.
WRL
Oral and injection. I had my vet give me the oral tubes and also the injection at the recommendation of a world famous Chessie breeder. Calcium deficiencies can be to blame for a couple problems which can arise. Then there is the manual manipulation to cause contractions. I had to be taught that one by my whelping supervisor. Well, I could feel one puppy left and it worked.
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