Topaz joined us on Tuesday evening as her due date is imminent. Temperature readings Tuesday night and Wednesday morning were normal, but Wednesday evening her temperature had dropped below 100 degrees. A second low reading will indicate that whelping will happen within 24 hours. We'll see...
The house feels very full now, and it will only get fuller once the little pups arrive! Thankfully for the first three weeks or so they don't make much impression on the general state of the household, sticking to their wehlping box and relyign on Mama for everything.
By the time they are starting to get active and move out of the box, the older pups should be mostly gone. (I'm still hoping to make that "all" gone, but 2 still need homes - and then there's still Ophelia!). Four, at least, will be going to their forever families at the beginning of May long weekend, and that will already make the house more managealbe.
Stay tuned for a birth announcement one of these days soon!
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