Whelping supplies list for my Yorkie?
Posted in Digital Food Scale on July 15th, 2010 by Andrew – 7 CommentsHi my little Prissy’s puppies are due on Jan. 25th and I am a first time breeder(you gotta start some where right)I did a ton of research and talked with my vet and breeder before I breed my wonderful akc register,full bred yorkie to a male akc registerd full bred yorkie and we all decided that she could be bred safely.So now she is 28 days along and I am starting too get her whelping supplies together I have already gotten her whelping box.I have a list of things that I am getting together of whelping supplies and I was just wondering if I left out anything that I shouldn’t
here is the list.
1.Newspapers(both shreeded and not)
2.Trash can
3.paper towels
4.Incubator box
5.Sharp safety scissors(for cutting the umbilical cord)
6.Betadine(for cleaning umbilical cord after cut)
7.dental floss(For tying off umbilical cord after cutting it)
8.plastic gloves(for helping mommy)
9.digital thermometer(for taking mom’s temp.)
10.bulb syringe(for clearing out puppies mouth and nose)
11.flashlight(in case power goes out in the night)
12.clock (too keep up with what time puppies are born and how long mom has been in labor)
13.paper and pencil (too write down times,weights of puppies)
14.nail polish (for identifying puppies)
15.food scale(for weighing puppies)
16.heating pads
17.fan(in case mom get hot during delivery)
So can you guys think of anything that I missed if so please say so!