[tammys]

Originally Posted by mimimomo

That's exactly what Mimi did, she licked the cogulated part off of 3 of her 5 pups (she left 2 of the biggest pups alone). The smallest, who has no tail now had the poor blood circulation problem...the end of the tail died & fell off. I think it was the vet tech's fault (he blames Mimi licking it off)....he cut it too short, I specifically told the doc to cut it in the middle. He (vet tech) had the nerve to tell me that 'in nature' the mom ignores the runt. Well, he was not the runt, she was bred by AI on her 11 & 12th days....he was born 3rd. He is now the biggest! I had to sleep on the floor, next to her box, so I can supervise whenever she nursed.

tjdmom~ Anemia, will that come out in blood panels? She's had numerous tests & the acid bile test as well & she's all good.

Unbelievable! I had never heard of this before; neither had our vet.
They are 17 days old today, and I have slept next to their box since they were born. The first few days, I worried that she would lay on them (which she has done), and after that I had the tail reason.

The tails are better now, but she still lays on them. I am waiting for them to get big enough to tell her to get off them!