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Why do mother dogs eat the placenta?
Eating the placenta is instinctive, masking scent from predators and supplying antibodies and recovery help. Too much can cause indigestion.
Why Does a Dog Eat the Placenta?
Eating the placenta after birth is instinctive, helping wild mothers erase traces from predators. The placenta is also nutritious, supplying protein, iron and calcium, and is generally harmless.
Retained Placenta in Dogs and Cats
Retained placenta is failure to expel the afterbirth within the normal third-stage time after birth. If retained beyond a day it rots and causes acute endometritis, and within two days can progress to septicemia and rapid death; medical, surgical, or supportive care is needed.
The Importance of Deworming Your Cat
Parasites greatly affect cats, causing anemia, skin infection, low energy, poor appetite, and harming health, so deworm inside and out regularly. Here we explain the importance.
Dog Urine with Blood: Causes and What to Do
Blood in dog urine usually means tract injury or infection, but causes differ — urinary disease, an intact tom's mating friction, poisoning, or blood parasites. This guide covers each with the right treatment.
Why Pregnant Rabbits Miscarry or Have Stillborns
A pregnant doe can lose litters to nutritional, toxic, mechanical, or disease causes. This guide breaks down each cause so owners can manage diet and stress to prevent loss.
What disease is retained lochia in dogs?
Retained lochia may come from weak contractions, fatigue, hormonal imbalance, uterine inflammation, or retained placenta. Treatment aims to expel contents, contract the uterus, and prevent infection; see a vet to avoid sepsis.
I suspect my cat is pregnant—she was a stray I adopted, hasn’t gone out in over a month, belly and nipples growing daily and now large; I’m a first-time owner and unsure of dates or how to prepare
Cat pregnancy is 63-68 days; by your story she is likely late-term with swollen breasts, some milk, weight gain, big belly. Confirm with a vet B-ultrasound for pregnancy, fetus count/size/placenta, and prepare a nesting box.
How can I help my dog have a natural birth?
Normally don't interfere much; give a warm, quiet space. If the mother doesn't break the amniotic sac, gloved, tear it open at the face, tie and cut the cord, and put the pup by her. Feed wet food between pups if many.
What happens when a fold-eared cat has kittens?
The fold trait comes from an inherited bone disease, so kittens likely inherit it and may face joint and bone problems. Breeding fold cats also risks difficult labor.