1, wash the dog's dirty parts with warm water, especially the genitals. Wipe the breast and its surroundings with warm water to keep the puppy close to the dog's breast. At this time, the dog will instinctively lick the puppy's body, and the puppy will suck the breast milk, so that every dog can drink the breast milk as much as possible, thus obtaining invisible antibodies on the bitch and enhancing the puppy's resistance to diseases.
2. Give the dog a quiet environment after delivery. At this time, the dog's motherhood is also the strongest. Don't let strangers or other animals near, so as to avoid aggressive behavior of the bitch.
3. At the same time, dogs should be given foods with high calorie, high protein, high fat and high calcium, such as puppy dog food. In addition, a proper amount of calcium powder should be added to regulate the intestinal function of the bitch and accelerate the recovery of production.
1, mastitis
The so-called mastitis means that one or more mammary glands are infected by bacteria, and the cause of infection can be upward infection of nipple or trauma of breast. If not treated properly, infectious mastitis may lead to fatal systemic infection.
Symptoms:
Dogs suffering from mastitis usually have poor appetite, poor spirits and neglect to take care of puppies. Touching the breast by hand is hard, swollen and warm, and most dogs will feel pain, and there will be pus-like blood flow from the nipple. In the case of severe infection, thick sores or gangrene will appear in the breast, and the dog will have fever and dehydration.
2. Exothermia
Definition:
The reason is that postpartum hypocalcemia leads to tonic-clonic contraction of skeletal muscle, which is fatal. Please be careful! When puppies suck too much milk for more than ten or twenty days, the bitch loses calcium seriously. If there is no proper calcium supplement, the bitch is prone to postpartum fever.
Symptoms:
(1) Dogs will become restless and neurotic;
(2) Kicking and breathing become faster, making a whine;
(3) Stiffness and dyskinesia;
(4) muscle tremor and convulsion;
(5) However, when the initial symptoms appear 8- 12 hours, it may cause fatal symptoms such as muscle stiffness, straightness and falling to the ground.
Usually accompanied by elevated body temperature, hypoglycemia and dilated pupils, it does not respond to light.
Treatment:
1. Antibacterial and anti-inflammatory, large doses of antibiotics can be used.
2. Intravenous injection of glucose and sodium chloride injection, vitamin C and disodium hydrogen phosphate solution to correct dehydration and acidosis.
3. Calcium deficiency
(1) Diet is an essential thing every day. If you want to prevent calcium deficiency in dogs, you should start with your daily diet. In addition to giving dogs a single dog food, we should also pay attention to a reasonable diet. There is little calcium in dog food, and some even have no calcium. You can give your dog some foods with high calcium content, such as shrimp skin and bean products, and you can also give your dog more fruits and vegetables to supplement vitamins.
(2) In the first few days, feeding should be based on? Eat less and eat more? The principle of feeding, generally with broth, porridge, milk and other easily digested and absorbed food. You can feed it three or four times a day. In addition to appropriately increasing concentrate and vegetables, we should also feed more meat, liver, bone soup, broth, eggs and milk to supplement calcium for bitches.
(3) In order to achieve better calcium supplement effect, you can also choose professional calcium supplement products for pets. From the effect point of view, liquid calcium is generally recognized now, followed by calcium powder and finally calcium tablets.
(4) In addition, basking in the sun for dogs can also make dogs absorb calcium better. However, it is not advisable to stay in the sun for too long to prevent the dog from sunburn or heatstroke.
4, lochia
When breastfeeding, people often lie on their side, and the vulva is close to the bedding for a long time, which is more likely to cause infection. Parents should regularly disinfect and clean the dog mother's vulva and perineum. There will be a lot of blood and other substances that are easy to breed bacteria, so it will cause upward infection, so it should be wiped clean in time. 0. 1% potassium permanganate water is often used as cleaning solution in clinic because of its strong oxidation and no irritation.
Dogs with lochia and vulvar bleeding need to be injected with postpartum Kuaikang or Houttuynia Cordata injection to promote uterine contraction. That's what it's like to go to the hospital. Maybe it's called differently. Motherwort and brown sugar water can be eaten after delivery, which can warm and protect the palace and help the dog mother recover quickly.
If the above situation occurs, please take your pet to the hospital for treatment as soon as possible. The doctor will give a slow intravenous injection to improve hypocalcemia. If the body temperature is too high, you can use cold water immersion and electric fan to cool down and stabilize the dog's vital signs. In the late lactation period, you should supplement enough calcium.