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Placentas: to eat or not to eat? I have been reading everything I can get my hands on from the library and from the web. Question is: do you let the mother eat the placentas or not?? There seems to be a lot of opinions both ways and I was wondering what you all do. Some say that the mother needs the nutrition from eating the placentas and others say that it can upset her stomach and cause diarrhea; others say compromise and let her eat one or two and then remove the rest. I know that I can feed the mother can goats milk mixed with water,Karo and edd yolk to help build up her body again. And I was planning on that. Please give me your thoughts and opinions: Thanks Dawn |
Forgot to add: I am sorry about any hard feeling that has risen because of Lacie's condition. I am greatful to everyone here for your help. I do reget that she is going to have puppies so young but I can not consider aborting unless the vet says it is life or death for her. I will keep a close eye on her and keep in close contact with the vet. I use two different vet, she will be seeing the one that is most experience with small breeds and has done delierey with yorkies before. Both natural and c-section. Thank you again for your advice: Dawn |
I compromise. I'll let mom eat 1, maybe 2 depending on litter size. It can certainly give diarrhea, but I think the nourishment is worth it. I don't want mine to eat too many though. |
Ok I must have missed the original thread and dont have a clue what is going on but in order to answer the question that you actually asked.........I compromise and give the first one to her and take the rest. It does cut down on the diarrhea. |
Does anyone know how many weight watcher points are in a placenta??? Just kidding. :D |
I didnt go back and read the other thread but from just the first few posts I did read all I can say is I hope your little girl makes it through this ok. I am very worried for her. Good luck!!!!!!!! |
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Seriously, I let mine eat one, can't deal with the getting up 5 times a night to run her out with diarrea. I wish you the best of luck with your tiny one and I hope you seriously will consider spaying after this misfortunate misshap. |
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Don't you think dogs are like humans, some are more susceptible when it comes to soft stools...My Molly had 7 pups, I tried to take most of the placentas from her so that she wouldn't eat too many, however, with clamping and cutting the cords, her delivering them quickly and taking care of a sickly little guy I only managed to get 2 of the 7. With that being said, We did not experience any diarrhea with her and all was well. Now she is a larger dog so I don't know if that has anything to do with it. So I think it depends on how sensitive your dogs stomach is. |
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It's very common for the females to experience digestive upset when eating them. Of course that may not be the case for all females as they are all different, but it does contribute to problems in some. |
I let mine eat one..good for milk production...some get bowel problems, theirs do not... |
No table food for any of my dogs. Dry food, and dog biscuits we call cookies is it. I may have just gotten lucky with Molly who knows.:p |
Wanted to wish you luck! The momma of my Jasmine was only 3.5 pounds. She had 4 healthy beautiful puppies. When Jinny had her 3 I was only able to take one placenta away. It never upset her at all. |
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agreed a placenta and vanilla ice cream keeps the strength and sugar levels up during whelp and aids milk production. |
I would suggest if you have 2 vets, maybe you should ask them and see what they suggest If she has a csection that will be really different and you won't have to worry about any of that. |
My Mommas get to chomp down 2. |
Lexie had four pups and I hardly had a chance to even try to get any from her.....and didn't. She basically was eating them as they came out. I think I actually only caught a glimpse of two of them before she gobbled them up. In any case, she had no problems with diarreha at all. Whew! |
Abby just had four puppies and I managed to get 2 and she had 2. She was so fast that before I could get to the pup she was eating. Not a pleasant sight I might ad. She has had soft stools, but not totally runny so guess it really depends on the dog. |
I should not have read this thread while I was eating... |
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Please be respectful. This is a place for questions and experiences and if you do not like the thread or the topic that has been asked/started do not respond. It is quite that simple. Enough is enough!:mad: |
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Did you happen to notice that there was actual discussion regarding the question she asked?;) Not sure if maybe you missed that... |
Thank you all for you advice. I guess I'll have to wait and see if she wants to eat them. I do believe I'll try to remove them after one or two. that seems to be a good compromise. ... again depending on what the xray shows as to numbers and size. as you stated I may not have a choice then. |
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Hope all goes well for you. keep us informed on how your making out.. pooh's mum |
We'll see! Porsche ate both placentas, so I guess we'll see about the vomiting and diarrhea. Something I didn't expect was for her to vomit during labor. I guess some human moms get sick during labor, so it's the same with furmoms.:rolleyes: |
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and where is the reciepe for this welping pudding I've heard about here???? thanks |
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