Stiffness in pups

Swarupmay Majumdar ‎3 pups born 1 day back from a ltter of 10 labrador pups , born under medically managed dystocia, suddenly shows signs like, stiffness of body like a wooden horse. they are better when rubbed. may be fading! started with s/c drips-RL, orally small amount of carminative Bonnisan, im dose of small qnty steroid. theyare better but not fine totally.they are managed on lactol as the mother refused nursing. any suggestions?

05 May at 14:46 · Comment · · Flag

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    Nassem N. Naimi I will read about the stiffness and tell you what i will find but about milk I am not sure if you have Royal canin in your country but here we have baby dog milk by royal canin so look for it if not, then half cup of milk with half cup of water add to it 1 egg yolk and 1 spoon vegetable oil and honey can be add if you think they need sugar but still they didnt get the colostrum so... plasma transfusion from the mom will be a good idea

    05 May at 15:46 · ·
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    Nassem N. Naimi if they are less than 48 hours
    you can try giving them the plasma orally it may work and it is more safe than IV for a 1 day old weak pup

    05 May at 15:47 · ·
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    Elena Madgliani hipoxia durring birth could cause this. were they born like that?

    18 May at 22:39 · ·
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    Ashok Kaushik A day old pup will not show symptoms of milk poisoning so I dont think removing them from mothers milk will be the best thing to do.How are the lungs? Any signs of congestion/aspiration of placental fluid?

    19 May at 07:18 · ·
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    Swarupmay Majumdar ‎@ellena: no they were born allright but needed assistance

    19 May at 16:47 · ·
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    Swarupmay Majumdar ‎@Ashok kaushik: No congestions or fluids in lungs. we started on baby food as mother was not propoerly nursing them

    19 May at 16:48 · ·
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    Nassem N. Naimi they are around 12 days old right now Dr. Swarumpmay ... So what happened anything new?? Please keep us posted.
    
    Thank you,

    19 May at 16:57 · ·