2.44am Cuddles has arrived
Cuddles is here. She is very small at only 314g, although that is still more than 20g over Aristotle’s birth weight so hopefully she will […]
1.54am Cosette has joined the party
After what seemed like a long break including waking our vet for the second time as we were concerned about both the first two’s cords, […]
12.24 Casanova is here
Casanova has joined us. He weighs 434g. Cinderella’s breathing is sounding better she weighs 456g. They are both nursing. We had to tie his cord […]
11.53pm – Cinderella is here
Cinderella was born at 11.53 – at the moment she has a lot of fluid and we are trying to clear it. We had to […]
Friday 11.30pm – Shadow’s waters have broken
The chance of sleep was short lived. Shadow’s waters broke at about 10.45 and she has moved into stage 2 labour. She is having stronger […]
Friday 27th 8.30pm – Shadow is relaxing
Shadow is more comfortable now than she has been all day. She is putting her paws up and showing no sign that the pups are […]
Friday 27th 6pm – I’ve been growled at
Shadow has asked for the room to be cleared and seems to be moving towards being ready at last. Her milk has started to flow […]
Friday 27th December midday
Shadow is still panting and digging, but there is no more progress yet. She wants to be stroked constantly and needs to know where her […]
Friday 27th December 7am – a disturbed night
None of us has had much sleep. Shadow could not get comfortable. She was in her own bed next to her whelping box, but when […]