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04-30-2008, 11:10 AM | #1 |
Donating YT 10K Club Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Alabama
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| CalSorb I know there have been a couple of other threads started about Calsorb, but I wanted to start a new thread in hopes that everyone who uses the product would check it out. Calsorb - Gel, 12 ml - Calcium - PetSupplies4Less.com I ordered my Nutrical and Calsorb from them and am well pleased with their service. What a bargain at $4.18 per tube. I orginally ordered 4 tubes and how glad am I -- Chattie is hypocalcemic pre delivery. She is getting 1.5 ml twice daily until delivery -- we are on day 57 today (04/30). It is very likely that we will have to bump up her dosage after the pups arrive. I just ordered 20 tubes so that I will be sure that I won't run short. |
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04-30-2008, 12:08 PM | #2 |
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| I get mine from Revival Animal Health. Nutri-Cal is $3.99 a tube and if you buy 12 or more it is just $3.85. How big is Chattie? I get mixed feelings about Nutri-cal because I have read that if you give it regularly it can actually cause hypoglycemia. I sure hope she does well with her whelping. I know you must be getting nervous. Best wishes to you and Chattie. |
04-30-2008, 12:17 PM | #3 |
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| I love Calsorb...I'm sure it saved Mikayla's last baby. Nutrical is good too, but I'm with Barbara...be careful with it... |
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04-30-2008, 02:21 PM | #6 | |
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It is unusual, but not unheard of for a bitch to have hypocalcemia prior to whelping. Because Chattie has had this one episode, she will be getting calcium (in the form of 1.5 ml CalSorb twice daily) prior to whelping and continuing until we are certain that her body can utilize sufficient calcium from her bones for both her needs and milk production. The symptoms of hypocalcemia prior to whelping are the same as after whelping - very early signs are tremors, nervousness, panting, walking stiff legged, progressing to unable to stand and panting (this is where I caught Chattie), disoreintation, spiking a high fever and then on to seizures which can result in death if not treated quickly. | |
04-30-2008, 03:03 PM | #7 |
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| I bet your were terrified. I am so glad your girl is okay. I am familiar with eclampsia so I guess that basically the same thing. You just don't hear about it happening that much pre-whelping. I have had females get eclampsia on a couple of occasions and the Cal-sorb saved their lives. I would not be without it. I pray your baby has a safe whelping. |
04-30-2008, 04:03 PM | #8 |
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| Eclampsia can happen prior to whelping, this is why we have to watch them and be home as much as possible. Calsorb was actually developed to treat hypocalcemia, so you could have given her some at home before you headed to the vets office. One of my gals was very sick with gastroenteritis on her 56th day, she was not eating because she did not feel well and because she had growing and developing babies in her she was experiencing low calcium, she was never symptomatic but we caught it on her bloodwork. I ran home grabbed my calsorb...we gave her 1 ml every 10 minutes until she had 3 ml's. She vomited about 1 min after the third dose and so my vet thought we should give her an injection since she threw it up. I asked them to check her calcium again first because I thought it worked quickly and I did not think she would need the IV injection. I am so thrilled they checked it because is was 0.2 above normal range...so whew. It is nice because it is safer than IV calcium, the risk is so low. We have experienced eclampsia in the past with a female and were able to give her calsorb once daily until she weaned without any relapse. We then gave it to her from whelping to weaning with subsequent litters and she had no more issues with it. We love calsorb for whelping too. Our vet now loves it and keeps it in stock, she is a doll and sells it to us for $4 a tube at her cost, and we do not have to pay shipping!!! YAY...she is very good to us!
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