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Post by marjolein on Jan 4, 2007 15:45:37 GMT 1
Can't feel a thing Rute so it looks good!
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Post by rute_paredes on Jan 4, 2007 18:34:24 GMT 1
ah, at the risk of sounding really ignorant... do you feel her belly? is that how you tell if she's preggers? does her behaviour change? Can't feel a thing Rute so it looks good! |
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tasha
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Post by tasha on Jan 5, 2007 4:54:14 GMT 1
can't they do a pregnancy test now??
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Post by marjolein on Jan 5, 2007 10:17:08 GMT 1
Yes, I feel her belly. Am quite good at it and it's the only way to detect a pregnancy at this early age. Her behaviour hasn't changed a bit.
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Lois
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Post by Lois on Jan 5, 2007 11:51:48 GMT 1
I admire you ability to palpate a bitch. I try to do that everytime I breed a litter and can never feel a thing! Unless I have an ultra sound done, I have to wait until I can feel movement in the last couple of weeks. I love feeling the unborn puppies move inside their Mums.
Lois
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Post by marjolein on Jan 5, 2007 12:33:13 GMT 1
The trick is to do it at the right time Lois. After the pups are 3.5 weeks old, it's almost impossible to feel anything, due to the changes of the uterus. But when they're between 2.5 and 3.5 weeks old (last litter I "had" them when she was only 2 weeks ahead), you should be able to feel little marbles. It's such a great feeling when you've done a planned mating and feel that!!!!
But I've done this loads of times. Every time we have a cat in for speying, I empty the bladder before I'll put them on the table . That way I can feel perfectly well whether she's preggers or not and when she is, I usually open the uterus afterwards to check on the size of the kittens. That way you get quite experienced. You do need a bit of time though and a bitch that's cooperative.
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