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I hope you don't mind me asking another question about the rescue lab bitch that we are rehoming
She recently had a litter of pups but has been away from them for nearly a week.....there were 9 pups in the litter
We have had a few set backs on bringing her home because of her milk
Today she was seen by the vet who noticed that one of her back teats was slightly hard and are giving her another 48 hours in kennels as it could develop into mastitis
Is one slightly harder nipple normal??
If it does turn out to be mastitis she will have to stay in to have a course of injections
I was just wondering how long it usually takes for a bitch to overcome mastitis, and what the treatment entails
I realise I probably haven't given much info to go on really as it is not something that I have ever had to deal with with Bailey
They decreased her food some more from wednesday as they were finding that her milk wasn't drying up very much
All I know is from personal (human) experience from breastfeeding, and (sorry to be so blunt) my breasts were rock hard when I decided to give up breastfeeding and painful.......after 24 hours the milk had started to dry up, and is wasn't mastitis, just normal for going 'cold turkey' :wink:
Thanks in advance once again
She recently had a litter of pups but has been away from them for nearly a week.....there were 9 pups in the litter
We have had a few set backs on bringing her home because of her milk
Today she was seen by the vet who noticed that one of her back teats was slightly hard and are giving her another 48 hours in kennels as it could develop into mastitis
Is one slightly harder nipple normal??
If it does turn out to be mastitis she will have to stay in to have a course of injections
I was just wondering how long it usually takes for a bitch to overcome mastitis, and what the treatment entails
I realise I probably haven't given much info to go on really as it is not something that I have ever had to deal with with Bailey
They decreased her food some more from wednesday as they were finding that her milk wasn't drying up very much
All I know is from personal (human) experience from breastfeeding, and (sorry to be so blunt) my breasts were rock hard when I decided to give up breastfeeding and painful.......after 24 hours the milk had started to dry up, and is wasn't mastitis, just normal for going 'cold turkey' :wink:
Thanks in advance once again