Feeding Progesterone
To Doggy or older Bitches to stop them resorbing their whelps.
Start tablets 10 days after last mating. 10mg/ml.
1/4 tablet for 4 days, 1/2 tablet for 4 days, 3/4 tablet for 4 days
1 tablet each day there after, If at 53 days the bitch is very big,
increase the dose by 1/2 a tablet, feed tablets until she starts to whelp.
The disadvantage of feeding Progesterone
is that the bitch will have Uterine Inertia and will need a
Caesarean.
Only use this method if you have a caring Vet who is an excellent
surgeon and is willing to be on call out of normal hours if required.
To be given thrice weekly
1 Zinc tablet, 1 Folic acid, 1 Multi Vitamin, 1 Egg
At about 7 weeks split her meal in two, half morning and evening,
do not over feed, a fat bitch can have complications.
Reduce the amount of protein in her diet, excess protein
together with the waste from the whelps can cause kidney failure.
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