The body of a female dog is relatively weak after giving birth, and diseases are easy to come to the door during this period. If the female dog does not receive proper care after giving birth, the root cause of the disease may fall.

Postpartum, the most common problem that occurs when a female dog is breastfeeding is postpartum calcium deficiency, which causes high fever and convulsions in the female dog. This situation occurs during the rapid growth and development stage of puppies, usually after 7 days postpartum. Especially female dogs with large litters cannot bear the nutritional needs of too many puppies, and manifest as insufficient nutrition to make ends meet, causing hypoemia. Calcium convulsions.

Clinical symptoms include head-up twitching, teeth clenching, foaming at the mouth, and high fever reaching around 40C. It is very dangerous if the diagnosis is misdiagnosed at this time, and death may occur due to delayed illness. During treatment, intravenous calcium supplementation is the main method, and cooling and sedatives are not necessary.

After the female dog has postpartum hypocalcemic convulsions, treatment is on the one hand; on the other hand, the number of lactations of the female dog should be reduced, thereby reducing the nutritional expenditure of the female dog. At the same time, the puppies should be artificially fed a certain amount of food to ensure that the puppies Growth and development needs.

Postpartum mastitis and endometritis are issues that should be paid attention to in the health care of female dogs. After mastitis occurs, the puppy's breasts hurt when feeding. Female dogs will refuse to nurse. Endometritis can cause pyometra and even sepsis.