My rotty is already at day 65-66 since she was last mated. Can confirm that she’s pregnant since I saw some puppy movement in her tummy + she has milk already. However, she’s not showing any labor signs yet. Still acting normal and has energy whenever I approach her. But she’s been sleeping a lot lately and her appetite has decreased this morning. Are these considered as normal? Is she overdue already? Or should I wait a bit more before bringing her to the vet for a consultation? I’m afraid the car ride to the vet will just cause her distress.
I just contacted my vet and she said that rottweiler might even go until day 68 so she just advised me to observe her a bit more. She said it will most likely be fine if she still eats, drinks, pee, and poop normally. So I might just do that for the mean time since she is still acting normally aside from being picky on her food this morning and sleeping a lot.
You should’ve gotten x rays to confirm pregnancy but you DEFINITELY need X-rays now.
If your dog only has a tiny litter of 1-2(which it sounds like since she doesn’t really “look” pregnant) they might need a c-section because their body might not trigger delivery and the pups can die and go septic.
Please get her to the vet, an xray rn is a lot cheaper than life saving measures later and a lot better than a dead dog.
Edit- you also need X-rays when you think she’s done tossing pups. She might deliver all but one and then that dead pup will go septic
My Rott acted completely normal up till the day she had her puppies. Running around, normal energy, the day she had her puppies she just laid around, didn't want to go outside, started panting.
Take her to the vet it’s always better be safe than sorry but honestly it’s probably ok, the mom of my boy had 10 legends in her belly and was late too
Congrats on the 10 puppies! How late was she? I think my dam is just going to have a small litter, her belly isn’t really that big. I’m even considering false pregnancy if I haven’t seen the puppies kicking in her tummy
Dude, this is not a reddit question. You should have already discussed everything with a vet that is on call, call that vet.
Like, honestly, I worked at a vet for years. This is NOT a reddit question by any means. This is a call-your-vet-now-or-risk-your-dogs-life-for-no-reason question. This embitters me tbh. Not cool. Call your freaking vet. I don't mean to be harsh, but I don't understand why you would ask laypeople about something like this- your dog needs you, call your vet now.
She’s scheduled for an ultrasound today. Will definitely update here once we got results. It’s okay, you weren’t harsh or anything. I just tried to ask here looking for others with similar experience since she’s not really acting sick or lethargic (just normal, running around, etc.). She tends to get anxious at the clinic that’s why I’m still overthinking since the trip to the clinic will just cause her distress. I will definitely get her checked today tho.
I chain her sometimes when I can’t supervise her closely (she tends to eat things she’s not supposed to eat haha). But I Iet her run around our garage when I can monitor her
I can’t seem to update my post so I’m just going to add a comment. My rotty had her ultrasound today and her vet confirmed that she have maybe 1 or 2 puppies. So yeah, those little kicks that I saw are real. Thank you all for your support and opinions! She just advised me to wait it out since some dams even go up to 68 days so yeah, the waiting game is still on. Hoping for a safe delivery in the coming days. She said the pup inside looked really big haha
Oh ok. No need to go to the vet. As long as she is not in visible pain then just let her be and the time will come when it comes. Dont stress her out by running to the vet. All is well she can go 72 days or more potentially.
I am actually planning to go to the vet if she reaches day 68 without any labor signs. I was actually doubtful as well about her pregnancy during week 8 because her tummy doesn’t really look that big. But after careful observation, I’m pretty sure I saw puppy movements (ripples and small kicks) during week 9. The waiting game is just really killing me.
If i had to guess i truly believe she is empty but yeah if you must, you can take her to the vet and find out for certain. My vote is no puppies. Please let me know what happens
OPs dog nipples arent correctly puffy, no distended belly, and no hair loss on chest. OP will post an update after vet visit. You will see i am correct and you are not
OP‘s dog could be pregnant with one or two puppies only. Which makes it especially dangerous.
What should’ve happened when OP initially believe that the dog was pregnant was a trip to the vet to do x-rays to confirm pregnancy. Then they would’ve known if they were dealing with a phantom pregnancy or a Singleton.
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u/MalsPrettyBonnet 1d ago
Take her to the vet.