Thanks Mo, that was very informative but late for one of my bitches that did suffer dreadfully during her pregnancy and later developed Cushings disease. The brood bitch I have now has to have calcium pre-whelp (in the last week to 10 days) because she suffers from eclampsia when she goes into whelp. You say don't give the bitch calcium suppliment during her pregnancy, I can see the logic in that. My problem is the dog I use throws large puppies and this takes it out on my bitch. I have just ordered some collcallD which is what she usually gets pre-whelp and it does help her to whelp, without it she has to be rushed to the vets for injections under the skin of calcium. Now my question to Mo, is giving her calcium with vitamin D pre-whelp going to harm her? This has been done for the last whelp and all went well considering she whelped 2 days late.

Now for another question (sorry) the last litter were late and all the placentas were green, it looked nasty but the vet was not worried and said that it was because she was late. Is there a danger when the placentas are green? This was the first time I had seen green placenta. All except one pup really did well and even that one little one pulled round after being given Nutri-drops twice.

Laura

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