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06-18-2014, 02:21 PM | #16 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Las Vegas, NV
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| I found a vet that has a yorkie and has also been a breeder of yorkies. They have calcium chewables. Everywhere that I'm calling doesn't have the Oral Cal Plus. I'm on hold at a feed store right now. |
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06-18-2014, 06:51 PM | #17 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Las Vegas, NV
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| I ordered the Oral Cal Plus and made welping pudding and the other easy one. She drank it up like crazy. So I crushed up a tums and put it in there and she drank it all. My other pup is staying another night at the vet. |
06-18-2014, 08:41 PM | #18 |
Rosehill Yorkies Donating YT Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Houston Texas
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| Breeders buy this for their bitches....you get it from Revival Vet Supplies....it is NOT a tablet....it is a chicken flavored paste that is in a big syringe that you adjust the dosage with a ring, and then give the paste into the dogs mouth....you can NOT get this in pet stores....this is for breeders to keep their mommas from going into eclampsia.....are you familiar with eclampsia, so you know when you need to give the calcium? |
06-19-2014, 12:03 AM | #19 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Las Vegas, NV
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| Now I'm familiar but not before. I think I already missed my opportunity. I'm not breeding anymore puppies after this. My one is already spayed and then I'm spaying my other one in a few weeks once she finishes nursing. She is panting like crazy. I took her from the puppies for a little bit in the yard and she wasn't panting at all. Only while nursing. I ordered from that site and got quick ship. I made the whelping pudding and the liquid fast one. She didn't really like the pudding but loved the liquid one. She has been eating. I should be picking up my other dog tomorrow and the vet told me that they want me to wean early. I asked how you do that and she said she will have to look into it all because they don't generally have puppies like this. I asked about me just supplementing and they seem to want to have the pups on her some. However if she has the depleted calcium I don't know how that is a good idea at all. It didn't take much for her to have an issue. |
06-19-2014, 12:33 AM | #20 | |
Rosehill Yorkies Donating YT Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Houston Texas
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06-19-2014, 12:50 AM | #21 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Las Vegas, NV
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| Okay thanks for all the advice. They said they would be doing calcium level again tomorrow before she might go home. I'm going to start seeing the new vet with my other dog that owns a yorkie and has breed them. The pups are looking really strong which is good. A few tiny ones but most are boys 4 boys and 2 girls. She just went out to the bathroom, got some water, ate a little food. I had got her cottage cheese today so I will see if she wants some right now. Lily looks strong and super attentive just has a lot more panting then I have ever seen her do. When I called the feed stores, vets and pet stores trying to find this Oral Cal Plus you would think I was speaking chinese lol. The only place that had any sort of calcium supplement was the vet with the yorkie she had tablets. |
06-19-2014, 01:23 AM | #22 |
Rosehill Yorkies Donating YT Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Houston Texas
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| Be sure you are checking mommas temp morning and evening, with the panting she is doing....she passed all the placentas for certain, didnt she? Make sure she isnt too hot....you dont have her and the babies too close to a heating pad do you? You dont want her to get dehydrated.....make sure she is still drinking plenty of water....make sure you keep her glucose up too.... |
06-20-2014, 01:02 AM | #23 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Las Vegas, NV
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| I'm not using a heating bad because its like 100 or higher here in Las Vegas right now. But I don't have any air on so the room temp is like 80. She isn't panting as much now. She does still when she has been sitting nursing them for to long. I have just got her up and out to go to the bathroom and walk around. She is eating well actually A LOT. Tink came home today as well. I have the two separate because Lily is being super duper aggressive and very territorial over her pups. Tink is doing well on augmentin which they said is the same thing basically as amox. Its not the bubble gum pink one though its white. They also told me to give her 1/8 of a tums twice a day. I hid it inside of her food but then later saw in her bowl the stupid tums. The Oral Cal Plus should be here soon they told me it shipped. Babies are all doing well. Tink has been nursing I saw her starting to pant so I took her outside. I got her some whelping pudding she loves that stuff. She has been eating like crazy huge portions of food for such a tiny thing. I have them on puppy food canned science diet. |
06-21-2014, 10:48 PM | #24 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Las Vegas, NV
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| My Oral Cal Plus arrived today. Is 1cc just one notch on it? Do I stop with tums if I'm giving this? Tink is also on the antibiotic augmentin which she said is the same as amox but not the pretty yummy pink kind. All the pups now have tails docked, dew claws out. Tinks are getting big at just a little over a week old. I have tried to take on 1 feeding for her but her pups are stubborn. I only have 2 of the 4 that will drink from the bottle. The other two yell at me and refuse to suck. Today Lily got out of the room I have her in for just a second and went after Tink. She is SUPER aggressive. Thankfully I was able to snatch her up before Tink got her. (Tink is one that got c-section). I had a question. As the pups get bigger and they start to eat more is this more taxing on the moms? I mean seems like a stupid question but they will be feeling stronger after recovering more from birth and does the body start to get use to feeding the pups? I have noticed that Lily (which she has done this before) will not want to feed the smaller pups. So I did a special feeding just with them on her and took the others out to weigh and chart them. |
06-22-2014, 12:43 AM | #25 | |
Rosehill Yorkies Donating YT Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Houston Texas
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Mommas get stronger and babies eat more and more.....it is taxing on mommas, which is why you have to watch her closely to make sure she is on an even keel....some mommas never have calcium issues....I have one female that has real problems with her calcium levels and it requires constant monitoring....it is because of her that I was first introduced to the Oral Cal Plus several years ago.....it saved her life. Watch Lily closely with the smaller babies....make sure she feeds them and you can supplement what she allows them to have. Be sure you are weighing the babies at least once a day....I weigh my babies twice a day, morning and evening.... Also, be very careful with these two mommas being aggressive with each other....someone can get killed or seriously injured.....and it is not uncommon for mommas to get all upset with crowds, and then eat puppies....so keep peace with these girls....keep them completely separated...... | |
06-22-2014, 12:11 PM | #26 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Las Vegas, NV
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| I'm pretty sure my Lily thinks Tink took her babies. Tink is a really sweet dog she never bites, nips or even gets mad. So when Lily started to go after her she just dropped to the ground in submission. Lily gets really super over-protective when she has babies acts nutty. I did 1 notch for Lily she is bigger and .5 for Tink who is smaller. They're eating well and I'm trying to supplement when I see a need. Tinks babies are 1 week 3 days and looking really good. They sleep a lot more now. She is able to take some time to sleep away from them on the floor. I have been keeping a close eye on them around the clock. If they are feeding for to long both of them pant. So I get them some food and try to give them water. Both are being horrible with water. But Lily likes the whelping liquid and Tink loves the pudding so they have been eating a lot of that. I can't wait for July when the puppies are bigger and starting to wean lol. |
06-22-2014, 12:51 PM | #27 |
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| Holy moly.....what a thread!
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06-22-2014, 02:33 PM | #28 |
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| I know huh!! I just had to come and peek and see how the babies are doing.
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06-22-2014, 02:44 PM | #29 | |
Rosehill Yorkies Donating YT Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Houston Texas
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you dont want to overdose them...do not give that everyday, guessing how much you need or you will get into trouble.... | |
06-25-2014, 10:08 AM | #30 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Las Vegas, NV
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| Lily's pups are 1 week old today Tink's are 2 weeks old tomorrow. I wish I could figure out how to attach a photo. One of Tink's babies is already almost a POUND he is a fatty. |
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