"Supplies Needed for Delivering Puppies"

Subject: "Supplies Needed for Delivering Puppies" Fri Mar 19, 2010 8:22 pm

Supplies Needed for Delivering Puppies
by:Dr.Debbie Jensen

Hair dryer - you may want to blow dry the pups to dry them off. Great for a sluggish pup too, gets him going.

Stethoscope - to listen for heartbeats and to make sure all pups are whelped

Towels - lots of them. If you think you have enough, your wrong. get more. Rub the puppies hard to stimulate them.

Karo Syrup - Weak pups get fast energy from a few drops of Karo Syrup.

Styptic powder - to stop bleeding

Hemostats - for crimping the umbilical cord and to stop it from bleeding

Dull scissors - for cutting the umbilical cord, dull scissors crimp as well as cut

Paper and pen - to record the time each pups are born, and how much time lapse between pups. Record each placenta. Identify each pup. Notes on behavior of your female so you will remember next time she has a litter.

Heating pad - keep on low setting, with a towel over it. Keep the pups warm.

Bulb syringe - to aspirate fluids from nose and throat. Start with the throat, and then the nostrils.

Antiseptic - to apply to umbilical cord

Paper towels

Garbage can

Whelping Box

Scale - to weigh pups at birth. Monitor pups weight until you see them double their birth weight

Identity marker - some band or marker to distinguish each pup

Subject: Re: "Supplies Needed for Delivering Puppies" Fri Mar 19, 2010 8:49 pm

Informative! thumbs up

Subject: Re: "Supplies Needed for Delivering Puppies" Fri Mar 19, 2010 8:54 pm

thanks sir sana makatulong.. Smile

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