Ultrasound Scans

[kirs]

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Please can anyone tell me how accurrate are ultrasound scans in determining how many puppies are being carried in a 6 week pregnant bitch?

 

[dessie]

In my experience, not very!!

 

[kirs]

Why what happened? I think for the price the vet charges to do it they could be a bit more reliable!

 

[whippetmad]

I,ve never had my bitch scanned as theres no guarantee what the vet says,so i don't se the point of wasting the money :- when you might need it towards a possible caesarean or having dewclaws done etc.Besides its nice to wait and see how many she has

 

[Rae]

Good luck to Twiglet - I'd rather wait and see how many you get on the day. x

 

[kirs]

Wey you would say that, wouldn't you?

You know I'm impatient you conkerbonce!

 

[whippetsrus]

It also puts the mum through the stress of a visit to the vets.

 

[kirs]

Twiggy had to go to the Vets anyway to be weighed for wormer. It was just a quick decision to get her scanned at the same time. So many people had told me about phantom pregnancies.She loves the vets, her tail never stops wagging in there!

 

[rls22]

We had both our bitches scanned at 30 days it costs £16.

For Holly's litter she was out by one and Ruby's out by 3. It is over and done with, within 2 minutes, with no stress to the bitch what so ever.

 

[kirs]

Well it cost me double what you paid and I was so excited. Nearly as much as when I was scanned when pregnant. I think I just wanted peace of mind that the pups were developing and breathing. Vet reckons 3, poss 4 pups and they were right up to Twig's sternon!

 

[whippetmad]

We had both our bitches scanned at 30 days it costs £16.For Holly's litter she was out by one and Ruby's out by 3. It is over and done with, within 2 minutes, with no stress to the bitch what so ever.

£16 wow, our vet charges £50+

 

[liza]

We had both our bitches scanned at 30 days it costs £16.For Holly's litter she was out by one and Ruby's out by 3. It is over and done with, within 2 minutes, with no stress to the bitch what so ever.

£16 wow, our vet charges £50+

i always have my bitches scanned at 28 days and my vet has always got the numbers right i did have a bitch scanned at 6 weeks all he told me was that she was in pup and was having 7 pups she had 11 it costs £20 i myself will never worm a bitch when she is in pup