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Originally Posted by brendah  My mentor never told me about the scrambled eggs.. Good idea. I will start them in the morn. O boy I have my hands full and it has just begun  Non stop worries and of course I finally got the laundry caught up. So far they are all doing good and I know for sure now that they have all latched on (a good sign and a lil relief -sigh, breathing again-) Thanks to everyone that has been here for me and a special thank you to Carmen when I was not able to contact my mentor  |
Calcium is a must with litters of this size. Whelping pudding, cottage cheese. Calcium pills should be administered according to weight.
To keep eclampsia at bay, so it never comes at all… forget everything about giving tums, cottage cheese, cheese, icecream.. etc. It’s useless. The body needs the calcium to be delivered with the correct ratio of Vit D and Phosphorus or it doesn’t absorb it, it’s useless. Pet Cal has this correct ratio. Another thing that has it is, believe it or not.. a scrambled whole egg! Of course everyone knows not to start calcium until the litter is whelped.. no giving it to PG bitches… I do give some calsorb during whelping If things slow down on a larger litter, but never before whelping. Make it a general practice to scramble your bitch an egg every day, and depending on weight, give ½ to a whole pet tab per day. I gave it to a 8 lb bitch ½ in the morning ½ at night…this is the “daily dose” for about a 20 lb dog who was NOT nursing a litter…so just fine for ½ the size, but nursing a litter. I would grind up the pet tab in the food processor and put the powder in the egg when I scrambled it.
Also, check your dog food for Soybeans, soy protein, or anything related to soy in any way. For SOME reason that is not completely understood by me (many menopause supplements contain soy, or are soy based, so this seems to be a contradiction).. soy protein can interfere with the absorption of calcium in dogs. If your food has soy of any sort, change to a food that does not for the duration of the weaning of the litter.
Also, order this and keep it on hand, it could save your girls life.
Oral Cal Plus