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Whelping Puppies - C-section Pictures Sassy the Mastiff had a text book, planned cesarean. As soon as her temperature dropped Thursday night and she was in labour we took her to the vet first thing Friday morning for the procedure. Mastiffs are known, to loose 30-50% of their pups when whelping a litter of puppies. All puppies deserve to live, so we did the cesarean for $2000. Whereas an emergency section performed after problems start would cost more and be more stressful on the dam, and usually a cesarean is decided after a couple pups are already lost.
Sassy is such a mellow girl, taking all the human contact in stride.
IV is in her front leg. Sassy getting prepped for surgery.
Tummy prep.
Sassy is put under then a final prep is done.
She is moved to the O/R room.
She is cut open, and you can see a puppy in a horn. The horn is pulled out of the uterus.
PUPPY #1 big Red boy, came out SCREAMING, very good.
The cord is clamped and cut.
Puppy #2 YELLOW girl.
Pup #3 Pink Girl.
Pup #4, breaking sack. Green Boy.
Breaking the sac off the face.
Pup #5 blue boy.
Sewing Sassy back up.
All done. Time to wake her up.
Keeping her warm.
Cleaning her up.
Saying "Good Morning, good to have you back Sassy".
Receiving a shot of oxytosin to help her milk come in.
Checking to see if all pups will latch on and helping the pups nurse for the first time.
Home and all pups are nursing. SASSY's puppies are here, They were all very big... Five pups, 3 boys, and 2 girls, 1.5 to 2lbs each.
Making sure each puppy's plumbing works by stimulating them to go potty.
All pups are peeing and pooping just fine.
Weighing the pups.
All pups are thriving and doing well. Sassy the Mastiff is recovering her c-section.
Sassy is licking her puppies to help them go to the bathroom. Something that must be done, if not by the dam than by the humans.
She is eating well...
And in very good spirits. The next day all the pups have lost some weight as Sassy's milk is not yet in. This stage is nerve racking, as you MUST let them nurse and suck till they are exhausted and hear them cry. If you do not do this and you start supplementing then the milk will not come in. You have to keep close tabs, so they don't get too weak and not able to aggressively suck to bring the milk in. So at 10 p.m. I topped them off with a little puppy milk supplement, and then hope for 4 hours of sleep. This will give them a boost, pick up, so they can aggressively suck again.
Courtesy of MistyTrails Mastiffs
When a C-section is necessary, Whelping Puppies C-Section in an English Mastiff Whelping Puppies - C-section Pictures Whelping Stories - C-Section due to Uterine Inertia and a sideways pup
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