On Thu, 13 Jan 2000 17:27:24 -0600, Rebecca Allbritton wrote:
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>>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.
Yes, thank you for your addition! Crush was the word I should have used!
Hope the pup is still OK?
Karin.
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