I had a female pass recently. She was about six days (Jack, I recounted) or so out from having pups. She looked good, acted good, vet checked as good to go. Her first time so we made arrangements if she needed vet help during the night. All was well.

I came home around 11pm and she was scratching and clawing and cutting circles in the box making her bed ready. I fed her but she only sniffed and went back to getting the box the way she liked it. I assumed she was about to have the pups. I checked on her the next morning about 5am and she was dead. Not too long because she was still warm and had not began to stiffen. I was totally shocked.

I checked her the best I could. She did not have any marks or swelling for any type of bite. She had a couple heavy bloody discharges but nothing to the extreme. She did not to appear to be bloated. She looked pretty much just like she did a few hours before.

The only thing is that her mouth was completely gray. Her gums, tongue, cheeks and under her tongue was all gray. It smelled horrible. There didn't appear to be any type of bite in or around her mouth.


Anyone ever heard or seen anything similar to this? Way weird to me. Sort of quick to happen from 11pm to 5am. EWO