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Old 14-06-2009, 10:34 PM
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Re: Weaning puppies - how much etc

We ended up at the vets this evening as one of the puppies was really not happy, she emptied herself early this morning - looked just like tea coming out of her and went to sleep, eventually having tried to get her to suckle on her mother a couple of times with no result and her really not moving a lot I rang a more expert person than me and by 7:00 this evening we decided that she needed the vet so off I trundled.

The vet checked her over, temp was at the high end of normal and her nose was dry so she got a jab of anti-b's for any infection she had managed to get (no idea where from but hey ho they've been out in the garden so could have eaten anything) and she got some electrolytes and pro-biotic stuff and by 10:00 she was much better and starving hungry so had a big feed off her mummy.

I always wonder if they wont get better on their own but she had been asleep for about 9 hours so it was worth the trip to the vet as she has certainly improved this evening - poor little mite she must have had a really poorly tummy.
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