Natal care for Teacup Yorkies as pups and their Moms

You can expect the teacup yorkies as pups nine weeks from the day of the mating, even though sixty-one days is as common as sixty-three. Gestation is the period when the puppies are developing inside their mother, and it varies among individual bitches.

During this time, female teacup yorkies should receive normal care and exercise. If she was overweight at the start, don’t increase her food right away. Excess weight at whelping time can be a problem with some dogs.

If she is on the thin side, however, supplement her meal or meals with a portion of milk and biscuit at noontime. This will help build her up and put weight on her.

You may also want to add a mineral and vitamin supplement to your teacup yorkies diet, on the advice of your veterinarian since she will need an extra supply not only for herself, but for the puppies growing inside her.

As the teacup yorkies mom’s appetite increases, feed her more. During the last two weeks of pregnancy, the pups grow enormously and the mom will have little room for food and less of an appetite. She should be tempted with meat, liver, and milk during this time.

As the whelping teacup yorkies grows heavier, cut out violent exercise and jumping from her usual routine. Even though a dog used to such activities will often play with the children or run around voluntarily, restrain her for her own sake.

A sign that whelping is imminent is the loss of hair around her breasts. This is nature’s way of “clearing a path” so that the teacup Yorkshire pups will be able to find their source of nourishment. As parturition draws near, the breasts will have swelled with milk and the nipples will have enlarged and darkened to a rosy pink.

If the hair in the breast region does not shed for some reason, you can easily cut it short with a pair of scissors or comb it out so that it does not mat and become a hindrance to the suckling puppy teacup yorkies later on.

A few days before the teacup yorkies' mom is about to give birth, prepare a whelping box and allow her to sleep there, so that she gets accustomed to it. This way she is less likely to try to have her puppies under the front porch, or anywhere around the house where she may find suitably comfortable.