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Originally Posted by Wend  That same exact thing happened to me on the last litter. She passed the placenta on a potty break about 12 hours after the last pup and too my horror tried to eat the thing after it had landed in the dirt. Nasty.
My vet is not a fan of supplements. I have my girls calc levels tested and have never supplemented because of my vet's beliefs. Thank goodness I have never had a problem. This makes me rethink though. Would supplementing when the dog didn't need it hurt the dog in anyway? (Of course after whelping, never before). Maybe I should just supplement with every litter to avoid any problems. Is that what most of you do? |
My vet isn't a fan of supplements either....believing if you are feeding a good quality food it's not necessary.....However, being the repro vet that he is.....his concern is always for the female, because in taking care of her you are safeguarding the pups. So any litter that has more than 2 and because eclampsia hits hard and fast, he believes in calcium tabs....however, after pups are weaned.....no more.....and no it doesn't hurt the female........I don't supplement every litter......One of the last litters I had there were 4, I began the calcium tabs......I lost 2 pups, but didn't stop the calcium tabs because I'd already started the process and stopping could cause more of a problem.