Ellie has Eclampsia

[blancla]

Originally Posted by Mardelin

Do a google search on Dr Dodd's vaccination protocal......

Thanks so much. I am so glad all of you are here to educate me.

Thanks again and again!!!!

[Mardelin]

Originally Posted by blancla

Thanks so much. I am so glad all of you are here to educate me.

Thanks again and again!!!!

This breeding thing is not easy, big responsibility.

[blancla]

Originally Posted by Mardelin

Remember, Ellie maybe feeling depression because she's away from her pups......Let her eat what she wants at this point...producing milk is not your concern at this point....just that she is obtaining nutrition.

I didn't think of that way. I will definitely be giving her special loving, and making sure that she eats. Thanks again for your help. If I could hug you, I would.

[blancla]

Originally Posted by Mardelin

This breeding thing is not easy, big responsibility.

You definitely hit the nail on the head with that one. They are my first priority right now.

[Mardelin]

Originally Posted by blancla

You definitely hit the nail on the head with that one. They are my first priority right now.

If and when there is a next time around......you made a statement that you went down stairs and found her. Not sure where you had her and the pups. But the first 8 weeks after a whelp are crucial. Keep the pups in your beedroom, or at least close by, where you can monitor mom and pups.

[peanut]

Sorry that Ellie had eclampsia, Blossom got it also, but the pups were older, Blossom bounced back fast and did great, but she was depressed for awhile.

[peanut]

Originally Posted by Mardelin

If and when there is a next time around......you made a statement that you went down stairs and found her. Not sure where you had her and the pups. But the first 8 weeks after a whelp are crucial. Keep the pups in your beedroom, or at least close by, where you can monitor mom and pups.

I still have mine in my room they turned 12 weeks today, talk about fun I have 4 little ones waking me up every morning.

[carmen in nj]

Originally Posted by Mardelin

If and when there is a next time around......you made a statement that you went down stairs and found her. Not sure where you had her and the pups. But the first 8 weeks after a whelp are crucial. Keep the pups in your beedroom, or at least close by, where you can monitor mom and pups.

also a baby monitor works wonders when I have to go cook in the kitchen downstairs of I have to be in the first floor for something, I have the pups in my dressing room..LOL is one door down from my bedroom, but I still use the baby monitor when I go to bed i put on my night table so I can hear everything that goes on with them... is a really good investment..
hugs,
Carmen innj

[Mardelin]

Originally Posted by carmen in nj

also a baby monitor works wonders when I have to go cook in the kitchen downstairs of I have to be in the first floor for something, I have the pups in my dressing room..LOL is one door down from my bedroom, but I still use the baby monitor when I go to bed i put on my night table so I can hear everything that goes on with them... is a really good investment..
hugs,
Carmen innj

Those baby monitors are great. I have one set up in the regular puppy/grooming room so I can monitor all my babies during the night. My pups stay in my bedroom until the day they go to their forever homes...

[blancla]

Well, I guess I will be adding to the list of things for my husband to do today. I will tell him to move them upstairs to the bedroom. I had them down stairs in their own room so that Ellie could have some peace and quite. Guess I need to move the others down there and have her there with me. Again, you guys are awesome!

[Mardelin]

Originally Posted by blancla

Well, I guess I will be adding to the list of things for my husband to do today. I will tell him to move them upstairs to the bedroom. I had them down stairs in their own room so that Ellie could have some peace and quite. Guess I need to move the others down there and have her there with me. Again, you guys are awesome!

Probably warmer up there, since heat rises, which pups will need since mom isn't with them all the time now.

[TammyJM]

Originally Posted by blancla

Well, I guess I will be adding to the list of things for my husband to do today. I will tell him to move them upstairs to the bedroom. I had them down stairs in their own room so that Ellie could have some peace and quite. Guess I need to move the others down there and have her there with me. Again, you guys are awesome!

This will also give you such peace of mind as well. Livi and her babies were in their box, at the end of my bed...I laid at that end of the bed so I could lean over and check on them at any given time. I loved waking up and the first thing I would see were precious puppies.

[blancla]

I am so ready to get home and see all my babies. My husband told me that I am calling home too much. I need to give him a break, but I am so anxious.

[blancla]

I am so confused. Here's what my vet said:

1. Checked her calicum levels which are fine now - the IV helped last night.
2. Go home and let her empty out the milk that she has right now and then after 24 hours do not let her nurse any more. Decrease her food supply so that the milk will dry up.
3. Bottle feed the puppies and then once they have full tummies and don't want to nurse any more, she can be with them (with the onsie) so that she clean them and bond with them.
4. Do not give goats milk = water because it will cause scours, sent us home with some puppy replacement formula.
5. We can start the weaning process at 4 weeks old.
6. We are to continue with the calicum tablets and once they are gone they are going to put her on vitamins with extra iron.
7. Do not breed her again for at least 1 1/2 years.

I need some help and advice on this one. Any is greatly appreciated.

[Mardelin]

Originally Posted by blancla

I am so confused. Here's what my vet said:

1. Checked her calicum levels which are fine now - the IV helped last night.
2. Go home and let her empty out the milk that she has right now and then after 24 hours do not let her nurse any more. Decrease her food supply so that the milk will dry up.
3. Bottle feed the puppies and then once they have full tummies and don't want to nurse any more, she can be with them (with the onsie) so that she clean them and bond with them.
4. Do not give goats milk = water because it will cause scours, sent us home with some puppy replacement formula.
5. We can start the weaning process at 4 weeks old.
6. We are to continue with the calicum tablets and once they are gone they are going to put her on vitamins with extra iron.
7. Do not breed her again for at least 1 1/2 years.

I need some help and advice on this one. Any is greatly appreciated.

The goats milk = water I do not agree with. Per my repro vet, Goats milk is the closests things to mother's milk (97%). Just Born replacement milk causes premature cataracs. What I did notice once I changed over to Goats Milk, the pups began gaining very quickly, where with the Mother's Replacement milk, I was going backwards.....showed my vet what I was giving and he went balistic. He's a repro vet. And why I wasn't using Goats Milk when my breeder/mentor had advised me to use it. Smart me, I thought I was being progressive, going with the times....things had evolved. I did google searches and called my breeder/exhibitor friends, everyone uses Goats Milk.

I'd worry about letting her nurse.......The calcium pills I agree with.

Per experience, pups can lap at 3 weeks. I usually let my pups do it whether they are nursing or not. Just to give mom a break.....maybe once a day.