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Originally Posted by bjh  That is interesting. I misread the post, I thought you were giving Nutri-cal twice a day. I did not you were giving her Cal-sorb twice a day. I always thought you were not supposed to give them calcium before whelping. The Cal-sorb does not make her sick to her stomach? I have only used it in emergency situations. What are the symptoms when they are hypocalcemic and need extra calcium before whelping. How many puppies is she expecting. I am sure you posted that somewhere but sometimes I miss things. There is so much to keep up with. |
Chattie had an emergency hypocalcemic episode last night. I caught it in the early stages, panting, stiff legs, couldn't walk. Since our vet practice has a vet on call 24/7 I was able to get her into see one of the regular docs. Within 30 minutes she was receiving a calcium iv. Within another 20 minutes she was back to normal.
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.