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Originally Posted by AnabellaRose  Thank you all for your advice and suggestions. She doesn't have a temperature. Yes, all the placentas did come out. She received the shot as well to make sure everything is out.
The puppies are very healthy, growing and gaining weight. Mommy is starting to eat a little bit more today. Some wet, mushed up puppy food with cottage cheese, plain yogurt, and chicken. She also drank some goat milk blended with egg, karo syrup, etc. Today is much more than she has eaten this week.
The vet didn't see anything wrong with Bella. Just told me to feed her and do everything I can to get her to eat even if I have to sit and feed her by hand for awhile.
Well, we're keeping a close eye on mommy and babies and hopefully in a couple of days, she'll be back to normal. Thanks again. |
Do the scrambled eggs (natural calcium) along with sunshine for vitamin D. The whelping pudding that is a sticky is excellent for nursing moms.
Since she's eating minimally your concern should be with eclampsia.
A product to keep on hand is
Breeders' Edge® Oral Cal Plus
I don't know how many pups your girl whelped but if it is 3 or over you might speak to your vet about calcium supplements. You may also want to supplement your pups feeding to help mom out. The goats milk with equal parts of distilled water and a bit of Karo is the closests thing to mom's milk. Just Born causes premature cataracs. Esbilac has trace minerals that can cause shunts.
… 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.