Overdue Papillon

Question
We have a 5 year old papillon that is on her 4 litter right now.  She was bred on May 15 and her due date was around July 12 thru 17.  She has always had her puppies around 61 days gestation and we are on 64 now.  She has been nesting, gone off her food for the past 30 hours now, she has had some contractions, puppies have been active (until this morning) and her temp. has been down to 98.6 for the past 24 hours of more.  I'm just a little bit worries, because she hasn't gone this long before and has had her other litters with no problems.  Thank You, Amber

Answer
Hi Amber

Have you used the same male for the breedings?  Have you done an internal?  Can you feel if a pup is stuck?

The older a female gets, the harder whelping can be.

The contractions are fine, you need to start worrying if she's pushing and straining without results.  In that case, a trip to the vet is in order.

Good luck