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Originally Posted by Marlee

Ok , I am no expert by any means, but could he be worried about hypocalcimia, since she is so little. One of our momma's was a wonderful mom, and nursed those babies, hated to leave them, but they litterally drained her. Yes I was feeding her everything I could, and giving her as much as she wanted. Her meals consisted of canned puppy food, dry puppy food, shredded chicken, cottage cheese and a little of the isblac mixed in. We allowed her to free feed since she was just at 4 lbs after delivery ( she had 4 pups) Anyways, depsite all our efforts, she did become hypocalcimic, and had I not known something was differnt in her actions ( she did not show typical signs) she would have died. The vet later said, they just took everything from her, and what may have helped was partial supplementation. Instead we had to force wean 4 week old pups, bottle feed all of them around the clock, and cover Mom with a towel, then a onesie, so she would not nurse. It sucked, and she was miserable. So that is just something to consider.

Eclampsia can happen to any Mom anytime no matter how big or small she is...She can have one puppy or several puppies...

I have had eclampsia 3 times and had to do what you did with your Mom and babies the first time...Since we use Calsorb with every litter from now on we have not had the problem with Eclampsia anymore...