A small hernia can close by itself, a freind of mine breeds s**t Zu's and she had a pup with one the vet told her to put the pup on its back and massage that hole every day around the circumfrence.
By the time she was 14 weeks it was almost all the way gone.
Might not work with yours but well worth a try
I have had many cords right up to mom I do not pull out the placents, would hate to have one tear on me. |