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08-06-2008, 02:48 PM
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| | Lil Pup | 6 of 8 pups died in litter viewing tomorrow
Hi all,
new to this forum so please be patient.
We are off to see a litter we originally saw four weeks ago in preparation for the big day and bringing one home. I rang yesterday to let them know we were coming for an update on their progress and was told 6 of the 8 puppies had died, tragic.
The reason stated by the breeder was that the mother's milk had somehow made the pups ill; this being the bitch's first litter and totally unexpected. A post-mortem on one of the pups showed no issues so presuming the breeder has been through a nightmare till getting the diagnosis and removing the two surviving pups from their mothers milk.
Anyone know the diagnosis of the bitche's problem? Obviously very concerned for the remaing pups and any future health problems relating to being both exposed to the problem milk and being removed to be bottle fed.
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08-06-2008, 02:59 PM
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 | Toxic milk syndrome.
Can be caused by the Dam having mastitis, an infection of the milk glands. Or Acute post partum metritis, an infection of the uterus. In some cases the cause is unknown.
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08-06-2008, 04:29 PM
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| | Lil Pup | Thanks for that Alpha,
will it affect the two surviving pups? | |
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08-06-2008, 04:40 PM
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I'm so sorry this happened. Will you still be getting a pup?
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08-06-2008, 06:41 PM
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08-06-2008, 06:54 PM
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| If the other two pups have been taken off the Dam and are now being hand-raised, they should be OK. | |
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08-06-2008, 07:36 PM
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| I might want to call a vet and ask his/her opinion on the remaining pups. I don't doubt for a minute that DLS is correct, but a second opinion is certainly worth the phone call. Good luck. What a terrible experience for the breeder to go through with her first liter.
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08-06-2008, 07:59 PM
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| What a heartbreak. | |
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08-06-2008, 08:01 PM
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| So sorry. Not good news.
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08-06-2008, 09:15 PM
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| Any news on the remaining puppies? | |
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