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Okay, Ellie got this with her first pregnancy. An experienced breeder told me that if you get some PH strips, like the ones to test fish tanks, you can actually test her milk. If it doesn't register as milk which is a 6.7, almost neutral, then the milk is infected. That's when you need to stop the babies from nursing from that nipple. Ellie was put on antibotics, and I covered that nipple and let the babies drink from the other ones. I put cold cabbage leaves on the nipple that was infected which helped bring the swelling down. I cut an old sock and used that to hold that nipple tight and keep the cabbage leaf there. It worked great. Within 5 days, that nipple didn't have milk anymore and the rest of the milk was fine. I checked all the nipples with the PH stips and that worked like a charm for me.

I forgot to state that I did drain the pus from the infected nipple by milking it. She was relieved when it would come out. I know it's gross, but the way I look at her, well all I can say is that she is my child. The daughter that I never had and I would do anything for her.