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She is a Shi-tzu Lhasa-Apso Mix and this is her 3rd litter, having 2, 3 & 4 pups per litter respectively.She labored & birthed them all night Saturday night. When I got home from work yesterday, I thought I saw blood in the little presents she left me in the front room, but today I am sure. Blood is almost always present, new blood (not black) and the mucus is only there sometimes.
Is this something I should be EXTREMELY worried about? My vet said that they would need a stool sample within 2 hours of her giving it. I work all day & live alone. Any ideas?
2006-11-28 15:31:47 · 3 answers · asked by neenie217 2 in Pets ➔ Dogs
sounds like worms.
Call your vet and see if anything can be precribed for a lactating mother that wont harm the pups.
Take care and good luck-
Cat
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2006-11-28 15:39:48 · answer #1 · answered by CatLambe 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is normal for the mom to bleed for up to a few weeks after delivery. When having a bowel movement the straining more than likely causes some of the afterbirth to come out. You should be able to refrigerate a fresh stool sample for up to 8 hours while you would be at work, check with your vet though. My pup had a sample done quite a while ago and according to my vet refrigerating a few hours doesn't hurt a thing.
2006-11-28 16:13:19 · answer #2 · answered by dolly 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats abuslty normal. It just the birth stuff comming out... etc
2006-11-28 15:34:07 · answer #3 · answered by tdude09 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋