I did a follow up
on the lady by
phoning her
yesterday, April 11,
2013 and managed to
get her on the
phone. She said the
extra-large pups are
thriving on the
"internet-researched"
milk formula of
yogurt-egg-yolk as
in the link given by
her below.
The puppies were
much larger than the
sole pup naturally
born in the first
litter a few months
ago. Also they drank
30-40 ml of this
formula every
2-hourly, "not 20
ml" as suggested by
me. I did not
comment as the "20
ml"/2 hourly was a
minimum for puppies
at 7 days old.
"What are the
feeding times?" I
asked.
"Every 2 hourly
except from 3 am to
7 am". Her mother
helped her.
Nowadays, the
internet has much
more information for
pet owners and the
younger generation
can have more
specialised
knowledge on feeding
orphan puppies than
a veterinarian. The
two puppies disliked
the pet shop
supplied milk powder
and were losing
weight. They also
dislike the milk
bottle nipple bought
from the pet shop.
But they loved the
internet milk
formula and human
baby milk bottle.
Vets can listen and
learn much from the
younger generation
on some aspects of
veterinary medicine
as they focus on
specific problem
areas. Other
home-breeders have
successfully reared
puppies using
syringes and cow's
milk or goat's milk.
In all cases, they
need to spend
2-hourly of feeding
and know how to
stimulate the puppy
to pee and poop.
Most vets will not
have many cases of
C-sections in dogs
unless they provide
inexpensive
loss-making $300
C-sections like I
did some years ago
and performed over
200 cases of
C-sections from the
professional dog
breeders at Pasir
Ris.
Still vets need to
know:
1. How to perform
the Caesarean
section competently
2. How to revive the
distressed puppies
(not crying or
moving) when taken
out during the
C-section.
3. How to treat
eclampsia
4. How to advise
regarding "orphan"
puppies.
I will be producing
a video on these
aspects to educate
vet student.
On Wed, Apr 10, 2013
at 7:35 PM, J
@gmail.com>
wrote:
Hi Dr Sing,
XXX's owner here.
We went over to
your clinic 2
weeks back for the
C-sect.
They did mention
that using a human
milk bottle is
better than the
pet dog milk
bottle so I
actually bought
the human milk
bottle. The
nipples are much
softer than the
dogs milk bottle.
Thank you! We will
come back for the
vacination in 1
1/2 weeks time.
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EMAIL REPLY FROM
DR SING DATED
April 11, 2013
Thank you for
sharing info on how
you successfully
feed the 7-day-old
puppies since their
mother has eclampsia
(milk fever).
Eclampsia usually
occurs in the first
litter for small
breeds but your dog
had given birth
naturally once
earlier. The present
milk congested
mammary glands will
reduce in size with
time. She had no
milk produced when I
saw her for the
treatment of milk
fever 7 days after
her Caesarean
section and this
could be due to the
fact that the two
pups had drunk all
the milk.
In retrospect, the
two extra-large pups
could have been
given alternative
milk (e.g. goat's
milk formula or the
one in your email
link) for some
periods of time,
giving the dam time
to recover and
produce milk.
The two extra-large
puppies would have
died if you have not
researched the
internet. Now they
have put on weight
and do not have
watery stools as
they dislike the pet
shop supplied milk
powder and bottle.
First vaccination
for your two pups
will be at 8 weeks
of age since they
don't live in an
environment with
lots of viruses as
in a professional
dog breeder's farm.
Best wishes.
JH
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1.
http://2010vets.blogspot.sg/2013/04/1351-panting-high-fevered-dam-with-2.html
2.
http://2010vets.blogspot.sg/2013/03/1346-follow-up-on-caesarean-section.html
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