Hi all! My miniature schnauzer is currently nursing a week old litter of 6 healthy puppies. Mom and pups are all doing great. I took her to the vet for a checkup yesterday and he mentioned the risk of eclampsia with a small dog and a relatively large litter. Up till now I have only bred toy poodles and had a max of 4 puppies, and have thankfully never had to handle eclampsia. Hopefully I still won’t but he advised me to be prepared just in case.
He mentioned crushing up plain tums for her if she develops symptoms, but plain tums don’t seem to exist. Has anyone ever given their dog mint or fruit flavored tums? Is it safe? Or do you know of any other effective and safe options I can stock up on?
She gets bone meal in her food and is on high quality puppy food, and the vet assured me I’m doing everything right but that sometimes it still happens. I’m not sure if more bone meal would suffice if it does.
He mentioned crushing up plain tums for her if she develops symptoms, but plain tums don’t seem to exist. Has anyone ever given their dog mint or fruit flavored tums? Is it safe? Or do you know of any other effective and safe options I can stock up on?
She gets bone meal in her food and is on high quality puppy food, and the vet assured me I’m doing everything right but that sometimes it still happens. I’m not sure if more bone meal would suffice if it does.