My bitch suffered eclamsia last night.
I have been advised not to let her feed them any longer,for fear of this happening again.Anyone got experience of this and did your pups go back to mum.

It happened once to us - our very first litter (what an introduction to breeding!) We were advised by our vet not to let "Mum" go back to feeding the pups as the eclampsia could happen again. We did as we were told & bottle fed the pups, weaning them as early as we could (2 weeks). We did not breed again from the bitch, just to be on the safe side. I'm not sure whether we would do the same now (we were very inexperienced then) but I'm guessing we would as this was such a frightening experience & not one I would ever want to go through again.

Best Wishes

Jane

jane
i dont know which way to go

Sad though it is for you to see your bitch fretting for her babies you need to be advised by your Vet.It happened to me once and I had to bottle feed the pups there were twelve I got little tablet bottles and baby teets the ones that stretch over a bottle (not indiside plastic thing) and made up several bottles with my son feeding one and me feeding the other placing each fed pup on a warm blanket over a hot water bottle wrapped up in a washing up bowl then when they were all fed and slept started the whole process
again it is very tiring,I weaned them of the bottle as soon as they opened their eyes.Let me know where you are and if poss a phone number my friend Jan is an expert at rearing orphan pups and she will help and advise you.God Bless EDIT:
Forgot to say MOST IMPORTANT you must rub their tummies to stimulate them to poo and wee as there mum does or you will have problems and keep them warm a constant temperature

my no is on my website
many thanks

I fostered and bottle fed pups when I worked in rescue way back when. I thought it was wiping their bottoms with a warm wet cloth like thier mums would do with their tongues to get their bladder and bowels stimulated. The idea behind this was that mums eat the poo to keep preditors away. PLEASE correct me if I'm wrong! :)

you have to rub their tummies (with a little towel) to stimulate them to move their bowels etc.. that is what their mum does when she turns them over to wash their tumms

A bitch that I whelped for friends who's health meant they couldn't rear a litter themselves, had a ceaser and Eclampsia right after the birth. she stayed with her pups, but had to have Collo-Cal'd from the vet or vet pharmacies, double the normal dose, twice a day, for the entire lactation.

This bitch unfortunately had enteritis at 5 to 6 weeks pregnant and her system had been overtaxed, having been unable to recover good condition before whelping.

what about given her cal/d from the vets,i give this to wispa when she had her first litter of 10 pups

in one of the books it said make every effort to keep the pups with morther.and handrise them or find a foster mother,than other book ref to pups off the dam for 24 hours and given supplement feedings,whether to resume nursing after that depends on how well the dam is responding to treatment and also the age of her pup,if they are 3 weeks of age they can be waened,if the decision is made to alllow restricted nursing,the dam should be supplemented with calcium,phosphorus,and vit d.pups should be put back on the breasts for only a few minutes the first day,gradully allowed to nurse for longer periods over the next 3 days and returned to a normal schedule by the 5th day,during this time they will need to be supplemented,

hope this helps

terri

my daughters staffie who had this condition developed it into the night, so she didnt know it was happening, the bitch shoved the pups well away from her, one of them had died the other 2 where huddled together ,the bitch had to be rushed to the vet who gave her calcium ,the pups where taken to my sisters her lhasa apso had pups on and took the staffies on board, talk about opposites, there where the very pretty lhasa pups and the stonking staffs all curled in together, the same lhasa reared 2 rottie babys in another litter, shes a fabulous mother,
my first litter needed a ceasar and the dams milk supply left, i had to bottle feed pups every two hours, i used an ordinary baby bottle,with the fast flow teats,i added honey to every bottle and once they got the hang of it they loved it,im really sorry for you ,its not easy this breeding thing is it--not if you care as much as we do , try the honey ,i just melted it for a second in the microwave and added it to the ready made bottle, oh and the staffy bitch was speyed i never took the chance again,---keep the good fight up, its worth it in the end,

Thanks dizzy.
You have just picked me up. Next feed the honeys out.
And if they like it i will call one winnie.

well aren't you polite--i called mine -POOH!!!!!