hi all took my girl cindy to the vets today, he palpated her felt 3or 4 pups. Then had her scanned he saw 3 but was not sure if it was the first one moving around, but he could not hear any heart beats she is on day30 is it to early to hear them. My vet just got a new scanner.

Hi , I havent got the answer to this but am to very interested as my bitch if in whelp will be on day 31, and this is my first time breeding ever so I will keeping an eye on this Question for the same answers. Was it expensive to have a scan done ?? As i took my Bonnie to vets and she also was palpated and said she thinks she can feel something but think is not the answer I wanted really.

not sure at 30 days if you would see them moving around I have my girls scanned and have never seen them moving !!!!  think thats too early ..i have mine done round this time and have always had good scans .I pay £30

When is the best time to get a scan done , or is it best to just play the waiting game and find out ???

I had my girl scanned at 28 days and we saw movement, my vet called them 'little fishes' too small to pick up heart beats though at 28 days!  She was scanned a week later and we saw heart beats!  So maybe you were just a little too early!

I only had a scan done once many years ago, and was told that there was definatly 3 maybe more, it turned out that there was 1. Now I just wait and see it do's add to the exitement of a litter

My girl was scanned, saw 7+ pups on a 5 week scan, the vet thinks 2 days later the litter died, if I had waited until the day she was due she was have ended up with a pyo due to the litter being absorbed aborted and we could have lost our girl.  So I prefer to have them scanned a couple of times during pregnancy.  There was no obvious signs the litter had died and she was put on anti-biotics before things turned nasty.

Admittedly this is rare, but I prefer to be safe than sorry.

Hiu minnie

you can scan for pregnancy at 28 days and if your good you can see the heart beats I know this because I scan and have done a fair few vets don't seem to get it right haven't said a bitch is pregnant and she is not and visa versa.

please feel free to contact me if you wish anymore info

good luck

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