Now that April the giraffe has had her calf it is time to start the puppy watch here.  Ruth is due Thursday, though a few days before or after would be considered normal.  The whelping room is ready, the webcam still non-functional but hopefully a new, longer ethernet cable will fix that.  So now it’s up to Ruth.  I will be checking her temperature twice daily and look for a drop in her normal temp to indicate the onset of early labor.