At 04:23 PM 1/13/00 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>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?
Just to add to what Karin said, it is usually recommended to try to crush
the cord, rather than make a clean cut, like would happen with scissors or
a razor blade. If you crush it, the blood can't get through the crushed
part to the place where it is cut. Crushing it with your fingers and then
using fingernails or something like that to separate the cord from the
placenta is I think what Karin was getting at. Also, try to do this far
from the body, to decrease the risk of bleeding.
Hope this helps,
Rebecca...
Rebecca Allbritton
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bryan/College Station, Texas
ICQ 171829
