The pups whelped between 4pm & 9:30 pm on October 4th. She apparently knew when her due date was. This was a first-time experience for all of us involved and we are so glad mom Sarah knew what to do almost perfectly. There are some interestingly colored pups in the litter and 3 of them we still can't tell apart consistently. If you watch the puppy camera or look at some of the still pictures you will see that there is a dark brindle, a white & maybe dark brindle, a smaller pup with a darker brown body & light- colored head. Then there are 4 maybe solid or brindled greys. Maybe they are blue brindles. Not sure yet. One has a white patch on the back of his neck and 4 white feet. The other 3 look a lot alike just looking at their backs but have a different design on their chests.
Sarah had a rough day yesterday and she needed to go see her vet. Dr Lynette took some x-rays to make sure no one got left behind, gave her a post-delivery injection, and put her on antibiotics. Since yesterday Sarah’s temperature has dropped to normal from the 107 degrees, she ate a good breakfast so hopefully she is heading back to her new-normal life. After breakfast and a trip to the back yard she went right to her whelping box, counted her pups, and then searched around my office to make sure we were not hiding anymore. Once she had a full tummy the pups got theirs and have been napping, wiggling, and slithering around ever since. The pups make noises most of the time. It may be moans, squeaks or in some cases loud screams. Mom is slowly learning not to step or sit on the pups but that is a hard task. When she gets up to go somewhere they fall all over the place and start to move to where they think she is. Before she goes down to sit or lay she will often spin about a bit and target a safe place to land. We are thinking it is our job, at least for now to make sure the landing space is fee of small bodies. It works most of the times but in a 4ft X 4ft box it can be a challenge. Yesterday we introduced a heating pad. That has been a hit and last night one of them burrowed under it much to my worry. Today we introduced doggie potty pads since they light, disposable and a light color so you can see the puppy colors better. The pups seem to like them to wrestle with and sleep on. They seem to like to be up on or under things. We have a “pig” rail that is supposed to keep them safe from being sat on or squashed by their mom. I believe that works as intended but they also love to use it as a shaded and safe travel path. They seem to like to sleep in that space. When we can’t find one of them for one of our multiple head counts they are usually under the rail. Since I was not in CA when the “GreySave 6” were born I never saw them as newborns and so this group is quite interesting to observe. Some of their cutest parts are their little pink bear (like black bear) feet, the nearly invisible but sharp claws and their flappy ears which are growing by the hour. We just turned on the evening version of the puppy camera (5 to 8 pm - CA time) at https://www.twitch.tv/grey_save so be sure to look for it. We are also streaming from 10 to noon CA time zone. To read about and see pictures as they are growing and learning check the GreySave website News feed at https://www.greysave.org/our-news
Sarah had a rough day yesterday and she needed to go see her vet. Dr Lynette took some x-rays to make sure no one got left behind, gave her a post-delivery injection, and put her on antibiotics. Since yesterday Sarah’s temperature has dropped to normal from the 107 degrees, she ate a good breakfast so hopefully she is heading back to her new-normal life. After breakfast and a trip to the back yard she went right to her whelping box, counted her pups, and then searched around my office to make sure we were not hiding anymore. Once she had a full tummy the pups got theirs and have been napping, wiggling, and slithering around ever since. The pups make noises most of the time. It may be moans, squeaks or in some cases loud screams. Mom is slowly learning not to step or sit on the pups but that is a hard task. When she gets up to go somewhere they fall all over the place and start to move to where they think she is. Before she goes down to sit or lay she will often spin about a bit and target a safe place to land. We are thinking it is our job, at least for now to make sure the landing space is fee of small bodies. It works most of the times but in a 4ft X 4ft box it can be a challenge. Yesterday we introduced a heating pad. That has been a hit and last night one of them burrowed under it much to my worry. Today we introduced doggie potty pads since they light, disposable and a light color so you can see the puppy colors better. The pups seem to like them to wrestle with and sleep on. They seem to like to be up on or under things. We have a “pig” rail that is supposed to keep them safe from being sat on or squashed by their mom. I believe that works as intended but they also love to use it as a shaded and safe travel path. They seem to like to sleep in that space. When we can’t find one of them for one of our multiple head counts they are usually under the rail. Since I was not in CA when the “GreySave 6” were born I never saw them as newborns and so this group is quite interesting to observe. Some of their cutest parts are their little pink bear (like black bear) feet, the nearly invisible but sharp claws and their flappy ears which are growing by the hour. We just turned on the evening version of the puppy camera (5 to 8 pm - CA time) at https://www.twitch.tv/grey_save so be sure to look for it. We are also streaming from 10 to noon CA time zone. To read about and see pictures as they are growing and learning check the GreySave website News feed at https://www.greysave.org/our-news
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