Concerned over Mastitis 1 Attachment(s) Maybe I'm being paranoid, and I did have the vet check her out just yesterday and he said things looked great. I expressed concerns about the lumpiness to him, but he said she looked fine (and yes, he felt around the area as well). I notice more than anything how lumpy her breasts seem, and today especially this whole area around her breasts are just pretty firm. I don't have experience with this, so I don't know if this is normal. There isn't any redness around it (maybe since this is just beginning it hasn't advanced to that yet?), and no discharge of any sorts, her temperature is where it should be. I did notice earlier when a puppy when nursing from one of those teats, she seemed to whine a little bit; this didn't last very long, but I've never seen one cry while nursing. Is that normal. The last thing I want is for my mama to be in pain or my babies to suffer from it as well. :( I'll attach a picture of her teats; mainly the milk is just in the bottom two teats as the pups tend to nurse from those mainly. Am I just being paranoid, I don't know what they should look like. :/ |
Let me just add that there isn't hardness directly around her nipples, and the milk that I am able to squeeze out looks normal. It's just that this firmness looks so strange, even though most of the lumpy firmness is below her teats. She is not lethargic at all, and is eating fine. Her babies are gaining weight steadily as well. Please tell me I'm just overreacting. |
I agree with the vets opinion, they look just perfect for me. You are worried but they look fine, mastites is not common in small breeds, when it happens in large breeds it "hangs" down filled with way too much milk that becomes hard and inflamed... as long as the puppies are nursing you are fine, if they are engorged and swollen they will be tender, do not worry ! |
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. |
When our Australian Shepherd had pups back in August, she developed mastitis in her lower two teets but she developed a fever (about 103.4 I think) on Friday night (had the pups wee hours of Thursday morning). I took her in with the pups on Saturday morning and the vet confirmed it. Got antibiotics and probiotics (for her and the pups). This was my first time to experience this so the vet showed me what it felt like. I think maybe your girl just feels lumpy because all her milk is in the lower teets? Hope she continues to do well but just keep an eye on her. Good luck. |
Bella Mia had mastitis....it was very obvious to see the red color and it was much warmer and she did have a temperature and the pups would not nurse from the infected nipples...it was suggested that we apply warm compresses off and on and massage the infected area... |
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I have the same problem now with my new mother it's been 2days now that half of her breasts,I meanfrom the diaphragm upwards is red and tender and she runs fever.since we don't have a vet on duty,any recommendations to alleviate her pain,tnx |
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