Re: Birth announcement--umbilical cord!!!?,color?,and avail.pups :O)

[Julian and Jackie]

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>Taliah had her 3rd litter today! :O) 5 cutie pies :O)
>
>I have a few ?s though:
>
>1) one of the pups has its umbilical cord still attached as well as the
>placenta, which has a ton of shavings stuck to it and really seems to weigh
>the pup down--T has made no attempt to chewit off as of yet, sooo what do I
>do? do I leave it on and hope it allfalls off, or should I at least try to
>cut the shaving covered placenta off?

This may cause haemorrhaging, so I would leave it for now.


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Julian

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