Well, from what I understand, a bitch can get it at any time. Like I said, last time, she had a wonderful whelping, wonderful milk, everything was perfect. This time, she had the runny tar poop and now eclampsia. Lord, she gave me such a scare!
She's doing just fine. Fed the babies again and went to the grocery store to get goat's milk for mama. She seems to like it. She is staying right by my side.
It's so pitiful, she stands by the x-pen, looks at her babies and cries. It breaks my heart everytime.
I've been instructed that I can let her go back in with them but at time intervals. She can no longer nest with them as she did in the past. Puppies this young have a tendency to free feed and that's probably why she got so drained.
Also, once they have it, they have a tendency to get it again but nothing is written in stone about that. Also, it is NOT hereditary from what I understand. Anyway, I'll keep everyone posted. Thank you for your kind words. We're gonna make it!
