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11-08-2010, 05:40 AM | #16 | |
Mardelin Yorkshire Terriers Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: California
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Breeders' Edge® Oral Cal Plus To hold it eclampsia at bay, so it never comes at all… 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.
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11-08-2010, 07:24 AM | #17 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: TX
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| Thanks for all the info! I knew there were two sides to the puppy food issue. Haven't decided yet what we'll do - need to evaluate the food she's on first. She's on her way to Kansas right now (12 hr trip) so I'll be ready for her when she returns in a couple weeks. Last time we did give the supplements that the vet recommended after birth. Pet Cal Plus and PetTabs, maybe? Sorry, not at home to look at my notes but I do have all of that written down. Really, my biggest thing was thinking about how I'm going to feed her and Blaze (her son from the first litter) if they are eating different foods. I don't really like to kennel them just to eat their meals but since they like to share bowls, it may come to that. Thanks again! We can't wait for all the puppy breath!! We already have quite a waiting list so we'll just have to see which colors she produces and the sexes and try to match everyone up. I ♥ puppies! And Stormie is SUCH a great mommy.... can't wait to see her experience that again.
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