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01-31-2009, 04:42 AM | #1 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: California
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| nursing puppy My Sis in laws daschund is currently in labor. the first puppy was born about 30 minutes ago, but the placenta didnt come completely out till about 15 minutes ago. this first puppy has not yet latched on to nurse. her mommy jsut keeps cleaning her and cleaning her, and the pup hasnt been able to latch on to nurse yet. she noses around but just passes by the nipples. any advice on getting her to nurse?
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01-31-2009, 04:56 AM | #2 |
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| It's ok that the puppy hasn't latched on yet, just think of it as a skin baby they don't eat as soon as they are born. The pup was getting all the nutrients it needed from the mom up until it was born so don't be alarmed just yet. Good luck with the others
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01-31-2009, 05:17 AM | #3 |
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| thank you so much. second puppy was born about 20 minutes ago, the placenta hasnt come out yet. the puppys umbilical cord is still attached, but it is out of the sac. is this long without the placenta normal?
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01-31-2009, 07:52 AM | #4 |
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| It's normal for the placentas to not come right out with the puppy. So what I do is, use 2 sets of clamps. Put one about 1/4 away from the puppy's belly on the cord. Then another a little farther from that, towards the mom. Leaving enough room to get scissors in there to cut. Or you can just tear it with your fingernails. Leave the one on the mom and you can use it to keep track of that placenta. That way, she doesn't suck the cord and all back up in there. If you decide to pull on that cord to help the placenta come out, you have to do it very carefully. If you do it too fast and too hard, it can tear and will leave some in there. So, just pull very gently. Mostly just putting a little pressure on. If you don't feel it start to give then just wait a while.
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